Project Basic Drives Frederick County School Reforms
Dr Gordon Anderson led a countywide push to return to basics reading writing and arithmetic in Frederick County public schools three years ago. Middletown pilots for Project Basic will test new graduation competency requirements and life skills with testing in seven ninth grade, ninth grade, and earlier grades while state and local staff train this summer.
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Gordon Anderson
Frederick County
Anderson
Pluvindy Capiais wifeAy
Middletown
Miss Frederick Pageant 1979 gratitude and pageant plan
The Frederick community is thanked for its support of the Miss Frederick Pageant 1979 at the Weinberg Center. The Frederick Sertoma Club notes future plans for the Miss Maryland Pageant on June 23, 1979 in Hagerstown and hopes for a state title.
Fredericktown Association records the rise and end of an historic district
Julia Etchison writes from Frederick, Maryland, tracing the Fredericktown Association and the Frederick Historic District Commission from their 1960s origins to their dissolution after completing preservation aims. The piece notes community efforts, key leaders, meetings at the YMCA and Winchester Hall, and eventual transfer of funds to South Market Street renewal.
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Frederick Post
Preservation News
Loany
Frederick
YMCA
Preservation Aid
Charles McC. Mathias Sr
John H. Hanna Jr
Phillip Winebrewer
Richard Nallin
John Cheatham
Goodloe Byron
Mathias Kindly
Pepelpau Uy Capeast Wyluc Group
Lau Fredericktown Association Inc
Jennings Bailey
Julia E. Hanna
Winchester Hall
Rose Hill
Rose Hill Manor
Nantucket Commission
Fredericktown
Donald Rice
Glenmore Rice
National Trust For Historic Preservation
Washington
GSA
City Hal
Historic District Commission
Fredericktown Association
Jensee An As Goodloe Byron
South Market
Frederick Town
Sabotage Suspected in Three Mile Island Accident
Letter writer Robert Hohl and multiple experts challenge the Three Mile Island incident as sabotage rather than accident. They cite internal plant vulnerabilities, urging FBI investigation and media scrutiny amid anti-nuclear campaigns and political figures supporting a probe. The piece also mentions a misprint on GALOHOL and a strange note on collective nouns.
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Taylor Grey
Washington
Joseph Zeller
Jon Gilbertson
Walkersville High Victorious in Pair of County League Baseball Games
Walkersville High routed Woltsville 8 1 in baseball and won a 14 4 decision over Thurmont to claim a fourth straight win. Highlights included multiple players doubling and strong pitching by Eaves and Dorsey. Senior play for Frederick High slated for January 11 directed by Margaret H Black.
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Walkersville High School
Woltevilla High School
Walkersville
Wesley
Woltsvillians
Frederick High School
Mies Margaret H. Black
Walkersville High
Thurmont
Zimmerman
Green
Duncan
B. Smith
Dorsey
Strawburg
Eaves
Lance faces possible grand jury indictment in May
Jack Anderson reports that a federal grand jury may indict former banker and budget director Bert Lance by month’s end. Lance faces scrutiny over tangled finances, overdrafts, forged relatives’ names on checks, and overlapping banking with political fundraising under President Carter. Lance’s rise from Georgia banker to White House financier is noted, with mentions of campaign debts and bank loans tied to his holdings.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Carter
Lance
White House
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Lence
National Bank of Georgia
Grand Jury
Calhoun
Capitol Hill
Jack Brooks
Texas
Congress
Phamoat
Murray Weidenbaum
St Louis
Weidesbaum
Juline Allen
Congressional Research Farts
Bert Lance grand jury pressures Carter loans probe
Bert Lance faces potential federal grand jury as examiner findings reveal improperly secured and disbursed loans at the Carter peanut works. A $5.8 million short term facility and $200,000 cash surpluses show delayed repayments, with Billy Carter tied to about $500,000 overdue. The White House denies illegal transfers and Lance claims no knowledge of loan proceeds.
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Carter Peanut Works
Lance
Carter
Billy
Billy Carter
Jimmy Carter
White House
Clark Mollenhoff
Calhoun
Lancelot
Wal
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IR LE Roy
D. Fleming
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Manent
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
Harrisbay
James Rust
Georgia Tech
Robert Hohl
Fitzpatrick
Laurel
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Federation of
Frederick City
Emily Frances Salt
This City
Margaret Devilblas
Pear Johnsville
Minnie Frances Dodd
Braddock
Maryland General Hospital
Baltimore
Guy E. Baker
Libertytown
Russell Peiffer
W. Pa
Barbellee
Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Cuba
Miami
Pan American World Airways
Roger P. Denny
National Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Daniel J. Thomas
Harmony Grove
Jack Anderson
Allen
Weindenbamm
Allen Alee
Weidenbaum
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