Thurmont Commissioner Waesche resigns for paid town post
Thurmont Commissioner Waesche resigns to become administrative assistant to town Clerk Treasurer Richard K. May, earning $9,680 annually. He states the move transfers public service from politics to profession, will attend meetings in a supportive role, and a special election will be held to fill his vacancy after notification period.
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Richard K. May
University of Maryland
C. Ray Weddle
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Harry C. Miller
Filter
Thurmont Town Hall
Kenneth R. Fraley
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Weather summary notes cloudy conditions with occasional rain likely today highs in the low 70s. Tonight cooler with rain or thunderstorms and possible heavy rain. lows dipping. Saturday cooler with lingering rain, highs in the 60s and a 40 percent chance of rain. Northeasterly winds at about 10 mph.
OCJ gears up to contest PE rate hike in Maryland
The Organization for Consumer Justice, a Western Maryland group founded in 1974 to challenge electric rate hikes, plans a Sunday meeting in Hagerstown at 2 p.m. to decide actions after Potomac Edison requested a 24.1 million rate increase. President Edythe Rickard cites money as main obstacle with only about 1,000 in funds and an estimated 5,000 needed for attorney fees before the state Public Service Commission.
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Potomac Edison Company
Edythe Rickard
Wisdirectuu
Mudnek
OCI
Hagerstown
Tortuga
U.S. 40 West
Rickard
Eastaleo Aluminum Co
PSC
Jobless rate edges up to 5.8 percent in April
The Labor Department reports the U S unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in April from 5.7 percent, while total employment fell sharply by the largest amount in more than a decade. The number of jobless people increased slightly from 5.87 million to 5.93 million as employment figures showed conflicting trends.
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Washington
Labor Department
Howeholds
Thatcher tops Callaghan first British woman PM
London AP Thatcher, 53, led the Conservative Party to a general election victory. She met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to form a government, becoming Europe’s first woman prime minister. Callaghan tendered resignation as Conservatives claimed a solid majority with 324 seats from 611 declared. Labor trailed with 265 seats amid a divided nation and mixed regional support.
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Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Europe
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Denis
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth I
Labor
James Callaghan
House of Commons
Liberals
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No. 10
Downing St
Conservative Party
England
Scotland
Tentative teacher pay cuts spark talk of strike in Frederick County
A large turnout before Frederick County commissioners spurred warnings of potential job action as proposed cuts to negotiated pay hikes in the $47.8 million operating budget unfold. Teachers and officials urged reinstating 1 percent teacher and 3 percent administrator raises, arguing full funding for the negotiated agreement.
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Frederick County
Deteri
Mead
Frederick County Teachers Association
Max P. White
White
Gordon M Anders
Anderson
Lions Club
Thursby
Cotanis Stoners
Coum Anderson
Clagett
Avziere
James
East Street subdivision revision approved by Frederick city
Frederick city leaders revised prior mortgage liability terms for Fredericktowne Developers to shield individual lot owners from lender claims while keeping developer responsibility intact. The change follows 1977 agreements and centers on East Street area north of Monocacy Village.
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East Street
Fredericktowne Village
Frederick Board of Aldermen
W. Milner Roberts
David Aldridge
Michael Pue
Roberts
Fredericktowne
Aldridge
Qomee Weneanthy
James T. Barnes
Washington, DC
Monocacy Village
Odd Fellows Home
Willow Avenue
Denton to speak in South Africa on deaf culture shift
Dr David M Denton superintendent of the Maryland School for the Deaf will travel to Johannesburg South Africa next week as keynote speaker for a National Council for the Deaf convention. He aims to recruit and spread the Total Communication approach seen as a cultural revolution amid rising use of sign language in the United States. Denton plans to return May 14.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
South Africa
Detton
Johannesburg
National Council For the Deaf
Sam
Total Communication
Dr. Denton
Frederick Campus
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