Panel backs moving Frederick cancer center jobs to Bethesda
A blue ribbon panel urged relocating large portions of the Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center to NIH's Bethesda campus. If adopted, 500 to 1,000 jobs could move, with most government staff and contracted workers shifting there. The plan requires approval by NCI boards and committees, with meetings planned in both cities.
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Frederick
FCRDC
Jerry Rice
NCI
Bethesda
Applied Biosciences Laboratory
ABL
Rice
National Cancer Advisory Board
National Cancer Institute
Delaplaine Center names Catherine Vierbuchen director
Catherine Vierbuchen appointed executive director of the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center Frederick succeeding Melinda Wimner. Former Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts in Vienna Virginia director of group sales, she managed and marketed all group ticket sales and represented Wolf Trap with tourism groups. A reception to welcome her is set for Thursday June 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the center. Call 698-0656 for more information.
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Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Frederick
Melinda Wimner
Wolf Trap Foundation For the Performing Arts
Vienna
Ms. Vierbuchen
Wolf Trap
Vierbuchen
Drew University
Commissioners approve funding to health sheriff and fire appeals
Frederick County Commissioners voted to create a negative budget line to fund about 350000 in appeals from the health department the sheriff’s office and the volunteer fire and rescue association. They expect to fund this from roughly 700000 in unfilled funded positions, pending actual hires.
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Sheriff's Office
Frederick County
Health Department
Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Diane Penn
Mark Hoke
Mark Sneadner
Mother sues over alleged abuse by teacher at West Frederick Middle
Leslie A Failes of Mussetter Road claims her 11 year old son Matthew Wade Failes suffered permanent injuries after science teacher Rosemarie Theresa Weakland grabbed him in class on Nov 9 1994. Filed in Frederick County Circuit Court by Malik James Tuma the suit seeks 2 million dollars with a jury trial. The board is accused of negligence in employing the teacher.
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Tjamsville
Frederick
Frederick County Circuit Court
Columbia
Malik James Tuma
Brunswick councilman Wayne Hawes resigns from office
Brunswick City Councilman Wayne Hawes has tendered his resignation citing no stated reason. Mayor Tom Smith said Hawes delivered the notice Tuesday night and implied a possible connection to an alley near his residence. The council recently reversed a traffic decision and the story continues on page A-4.
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Brunswick
Wayne Hawes
Hawes
Tom Smith
Smith
Weather Forecast For Western Maryland In The Frederick News Post
The forecast calls for tonight showers and thunderstorms likely with low temperatures 60 to 65. Friday expects a 60 percent chance of morning showers and thunderstorms, with partial clearing in the afternoon and highs in the low to mid 70s.
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Maryland
Local history buff finds textbook errors corrected
Raleigh Boaze found ten factual errors in the Our Maryland fourth grade social studies text. He alerted Gibbs Smith, prompting a corrected edition due in August for Frederick County schools.
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Maryland
Raleigh Boaze
Boaze
Gibbs-Smith
Booze
Susan Myers
Frederick County
New Market residents push for underground electrical wiring
Potomac Edison plans to replace town poles met strong opposition as residents crowd Town Hall to protest larger wires in the historic district. Mayor Frank Shaw says the town will not grant permission for bigger poles and the project was halted after discovery of the height increase.
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Potomac Edison
Steve McLucas
Power Company
Frank Shaw
Shaw
McLucas
FCC plans 3 million for Business and Technology Center
Frederick Community College trustees approve a 1997 budget request to fund a 16,300 square foot Business and Technology Center with labs offices and classrooms. The center aims to address rising enrollment and a need for science and technology space near Sneadner Hall while also renaming three existing buildings Administration Hall Academic Hall and Science-Technology Hall.
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Frederick
Lee Betts
Frederick County
Betts
Federal building to be demolished amid safety worries in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City officials plan to use 100 pounds of hazardous material to pull down the scarred federal building shell eight seconds before 10 am, amid concerns of a second accident. Terry Nichols faces a preliminary hearing as Timothy McVeigh’s case awaits grand jury action. The toll update lowers total victims to 167 with a recovered nurse among the dead.
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Federal
Terry Nichols
Nichols
Timothy McVeigh
Alfred P Murrah Federal
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