Probe orders full scale look at electric sales profits
A federal probe ordered by regulators and urged by Senator Mathias examines whether utilities resold electricity at four times normal rates during the coal strike. The preliminary audit names Allegheny Power System and Potomac Edison among others and signals further inquiry into interconnections and other coal-short power sales. The investigation focuses on short term and non-displacement rate markups and whether these rates were fair and just. Officials say the audit could reveal improper practices, though no definite wrongdoing is proven yet.
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U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Maryland
Joyce Morrison
Fercan
Abe
Allegheny Power System
Potomac Edison
Pennsylvania
Virginia Electric Power Co
New York Power Pool
Ilinois-Missouri Power Pool
Kentucky-Indiana Power Pool
Allegheny Power
Power
APS
Morrison
FERC
Parents urge full funding of county school budget
Frederick County parents urged full funding of a 37 million Board of Education proposal at a final public meeting before county commissioners at Winchester Hall. Tax increases were discussed to reduce class sizes and restore trimmed programs, though officials noted many taxpayers could not afford higher taxes. The county staff recommended 36.16 million from local sources, with 15.81 million from state and federal funds, and cuts included eliminated new positions for disruptive youth and other staffing, despite partial funding for accelerated programs and math and reading textbooks. Superintendent Anderson backed staff decisions but asked commissioners to reconsider deleted programs to lower class sizes, promising a list by Monday.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Winchester Hall
Crease
Commission
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Thomas M. Fox
James L. Bryan
Bryan
Fox
Gordon M. Anderson
Dr. Anderson
Anderson
Maryland
Drowning in Potomac River Near Martinsburg
A Martinsburg man 21 or 22 years old drowned in the Potomac at the Potomac Shenandoah confluence. His body remained missing as rescuers toiled. Companions John F. Fox 58 and Henry E. Roman were downstream. Teresa Bokoles 24 of Knoxville jumped in to help but was swept away. Richard Lowry of Garrett Park helped but could not return with boat oars left ashore. Both Lowry and Bokoles were rescued by FriendShip Fire Company rescue.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Potomac River
West Virginia
Potomac
Shenandoah Rivers
John F. Fox
Henry E. Roman
Fox
Roman
Teresa
Bokoles
Knoxville
Richard Lowry
Garrett Park
Ms. Bokoles
Lowry
The
Friendship
Bolivar-Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Virginia
David Brown
Dee
Inside The News Fair: weather and business update
A brief daily note lists today and tonight’s forecast with a low around Ss and a high near 9. It also includes a Carlyle quote reminding readers to focus on present tasks rather than distant uncertainties.
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Ss. Modis
Maryland Lottery Numbers Game Winning Number 988
Maryland lottery results show the Numbers Game daily lottery drawing on Wednesday night produced a winning number 988. Also listed are results for the weekly Super 50-cent and 17 for 1 lotteries. In New York stock market action, the Dow Jones averaged three industrials rose 2.4 points in early trading despite a Fed rate hike.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore (Ap
New York
Federal Reserve
Miller tied to labor racketeering probe killed in Rockville motel
Frederick County contractor Robert Lee Miller Jr., president of Interstate Bridge Co. of Maryland, was found shot in a Rockville Jamada Inn room and had been subpoenaed two weeks earlier in a Maryland labor racketeering inquiry. Police described a white male with Italian or Armenian accent as a suspect. no robbery motive. Miller, 44, from New Market, owned racehorses and had a two million dollar contract for the New Carrollton Metro station.
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Frederick County
Rockville
Maryland
Robert Lee Miller Jr
Interstate Bridge Co. of Maryland, Inc
Washington Post
Miller
New Market
Baltimore- Washington
Hermez Guard
Jamada Inn
Nancy Moses
Daryl Carr
Harve de Grace
Texas
Interstate Bridge Company
Carrollton
Carlton Griffith
Griffith
Carr
City to designate truck routes in downtown Frederick
Mayor Richard J Ashton and city officials, under the City Planning Commission, study controlled truck routes through downtown Frederick. The plan aims to curb heavy truck traffic on streets not designed for it, following seven years of studies spurred by the Downtown Citizens Association. City planner Samuel K. Jones notes only Market, Patrick and South Streets handle heavy traffic.
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Richard J Ashton
City Planning Commission
Frederick
Downtown Citizens Association
Samuel K. Jones
Market
Patrick
South
Lindquist
Jones
Legion Opposes Anthem Change Campaign Grows Across States
The American Legion Maryland warns of a broad movement to replace The Star Spangled Banner with America the Beautiful. Originating in Putney Vermont, the effort sparked a town vote 87 to 4 and a Boston Globe poll showing 726 in favor of abolition vs 220 for keeping the current anthem. Judge Delaplaine shares Irving Berlin’s view that no substitute can match the anthem. The Frederick News-Post first publishes the stance today.
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American Legion
Department of Maryland
Legion
Free State Warrior
Maryland
Putney
Robert G. Rosegrant
U.S
Boston Globe
Edward S. Delaplaine
Francis Scott Key
Irving Berlin
Francis
Key
Frederick
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