Hood College Honors Three With Honorary Degrees During Commencement
Hood College awarded honorary doctorates to Virginia B. Smith Jessie Bernard and Fritz Huntsinger Sr during the 84th commencement ceremony as 125 graduates entered their new world under clear skies. Smith president-elect of Vassar College delivered the commencement address while Bernard and Huntsinger received doctor of humane letters and doctor of humanities honors respectively for careers in sociology education and philanthropy.
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Martha Church
Hood College
Church
Virginia Beatrice Smith
Fritz Huntsinger Sr
Jessie Bernard
Amos L. Brown
Liberal Arts
Virginia B. Smith
Vassar College
Furs
Ventura, Calif
Huntsinger
Richard McCurdy
Hood Board of Trustees
Bernard
Martha M. Briney
Hood
Briney
McCurdy
Fritz Huntsinger
Vetco Inc
Frederick County Likely Rejects Bi County Jail Plan
Frederick County commissioners prepare to approve funding for planning and site acquisition for a new independent jail. Sheriff Barnes backs a solo project citing travel time from Frederick to Washington County, while officials consider a bi county option only if Washington agrees to Myersville site.
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Frederick County
Donald L. Lewis
Washington County
Donald C. Barnes
Myersville
Lewis
Vladimir Wahbe
Frederick
Washington
Board of County Commissioners
Barnes
Hagerstown
Carroll
Howard Coun
Gasoline prices rise for Memorial Day travel
The American Automobile Association reports higher gas prices for the Memorial Day weekend with Maryland averages up about four cents per gallon. Regular, no lead and premium prices rise to 63.9, 67.1 and 68.4 cents respectively across the state, with Ocean City higher than Baltimore. AAA also notes national averages and urges staying home to curb holiday fuel costs.
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American Automobile Association
Maryland
AAA
Bill Zorzi
Ocean City
Baltimore
Maryland Aaa
Triple A
Zorzi
Mid- Atlantic
West Coast
Southwest
Couple given prison term and judge attacked on rape ruling
Report notes a couple received a prison term while a judge faced an attack related to a rape ruling. The weather forecast calls for sunny to warm conditions today and Sunday, with highs around the upper 60s and lows in the 60s.
Sunny holiday weekend brings crowds to beaches
Sunshine predicted for the holiday as thousands head to Ocean City Maryland and Rehoboth Delaware coast. Police report bumper to bumper traffic with no major incidents and Ocean City Mayor Harry Kelley forecasts a record crowd for the weekend. Over 47 600 vehicles crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Friday.
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Ocean Beaches
Delaware- Maryland
Rehobeth Beach
Del
Ocean City
Harry Kelley
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Frederick County payroll theft prompts rewrite of checks
Frederick County school system faces theft of 1264 payroll checks valued in the hundreds of thousands. Police pursue a suspect while officials rewrite the checks to be issued on Tuesday or Wednesday, with merchants alerted and contact details released for identification.
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Frederick County
T. Meade Felton
Board of Education
East Church Street
Frederick City
Property tax reform bill vetoed over drafting error
Gov. Mandel vetoed about 100 bills in 1977 including a property tax reform measure. Atty. Gen. Burch warned a drafting error would shift railroads and utilities to a lower tax category, risking multi million losses to state and subdivisions. Two bills survive on motor oil recycling and stopping an East Baltimore landfill.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Marvin Mandel
Atty
Francis Burch
Mandel
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Burch
Alan Wilner
House panel attacks double dipping in military pensions
A House appropriations subcommittee approved a bill to bar 141,000 current military retirees on civilian federal payrolls from collecting retirement pay and a federal salary concurrently. New entrants after Oct 1 would renounce retirement benefits while employed, aiming to save about 26 million dollars in the first year. The move targets retirees with strong qualifications and aligns with President Carter's stance on double dipping.
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Washington
House
Carter
Uncleam
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Armed Services
Mahon
Pentagon
No Paper Monday Memorial Day Edition Canceled
The News will not publish on Monday May 30 to allow employees to observe Memorial Day. Editorial offices reopen at 4 p.m. Monday May 30 in preparation for Tuesday's edition. Have a safe holiday.
Vance and Gromyko to hold two more SALT talks
President Carter announced that Secretary of State Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will meet twice more in four months to pursue curbs on strategic missiles including the SS-18 and cruise missiles. They had planned only one more session after Geneva, with ongoing talks on a new SALT framework and potential treaty through 1985.
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ST. Simons Island
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei Gromyko
Vance
Gromyko
Geneva
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Groymko
United States
Soviet Union
Navy
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