Alternative sentencing proposals gain county support
Commissioner Sterling Bollinger and Commissioner Anita Stup back alternative sentencing as community work instead of jail. The county already uses work release to place inmates on public projects and support families, with broader expansion planned and state funds sought for a new work-release center near Ballenger Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Bollinger
Anita Stup
Edward P. Thomas
Robert Snyder
Tion
Ballenger Creek
Frederick
Vanishing jobs in North Carolina highlight deindustrialization
Anthony Harrigan notes 1983 textile plant closures in North Carolina tied to Asian imports, with 24 percent rise in foreign textile imports. He cites 2000 workers losing jobs, observes broader U.S. decline in manufacturing, and discusses trade policy and industrial revival, citing Prof. Hawkins of Radford University and USBIC analysis.
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North Carolina
People’s Republic of China
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Korea
U.S
Tennessee
Melville Corp
Thom McAn
Kmart
United States
William R. Hawkins
Radford University
U.S. Business and Industrial Council
Hawkins
Peoples Republic of China
Atari
America
USBIC
Brentwood
Tenn
Creeping SAT anxiety and a Libertarian viewpoint
Two high school seniors fret over upcoming SATs and college access as Frederick Community College offers prep courses. Betty Howard Payne describes tests as a yearly dread. Eddie Howard presents Libertarian views on limited government and personal liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Community College
Barron
Betty Howard Payne
DeLorean faces cocaine financing trial in Los Angeles court
In a Los Angeles courtroom John DeLorean faces trial over alleged $24 million cocaine deal to finance his car venture. Prosecution hinges on audio tapes from July 1982 with undercover operatives, while defense says the talks were for legitimate factory financing.
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Washington
Los Angeles
John 2
DeLorean
Jim Benedict
California
Hoffman
Benedict
FBI
Jim Hoffman
Frederick county CWA plan ends. CCC enrollment urged
County Commissioners were told civil works projects would stop in two days as Frederick County Civil Works Administration workers faced dismissal. Last pay rolls totaled 459. Applications for Civilian Conservation Corps enrollment at Fort Meade were available from Charles S. Houck Jr. The county quota for Meade was 16 ex service men. Under fair skies residents looked to spring despite a possible last cold snap.
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Frederick Welfare Board
Frederick County Civil Works Administration
CWA
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Fort George G. Meade
Charles S. Houck Jr
Western Maryland
American Legion
North Market Street
Frederick County
Fort Meade
Optim Mrs Club hosts dinner. Kids Inc guest speaker
Frederick speakers highlight aims of the newly organized Kids Inc as social activity, needs, and personal issues. Frederick County attends Maryland Association of Adult Education meeting at Goucher College led by Dr. Genevа Ely Flickinger. Easter outlook on North Market Street contrasts with bake shop and flower store. Congressional bags prompt bipartisan views for 1984 elections amid nuclear war fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opti-Mrs. Club of
Frederick
Dun Dee Country Inn
Maurice Orris
Kids Inc
Orris
Harriet Dailey
Frederick County
Maryland Association of Adult Education
Goucher College
Duval W. Sneadner
Frederick Community College
Geneva Ely Flickinger
Maryland State Department of Education
North Market Street
Opposing Death Penalty Faces Moral and Legal Critique
Copley News Service argues against capital punishment, noting past Supreme Court moratoriums and recent rulings. It highlights racial disparities, wrongful executions, and lack of deterrence, urging abolition and alternative prison terms.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
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Fred J. Archibald Airy
Frederick, Md
Anthony Harrigan
Evwin Meese
Libertarian Party
Eddie Howard
Onyx Court
Middletown
Jack Anderson
News-Post
Congressiona
United F
Rine
John E. Jacob
Copley News Service
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