City police gains and budget tensions in county meeting
The city reports progress in reducing drug activity with fewer calls and arrests. Officials credit intensified policing, warrants, and a new community policing plan funded by housing authority money, while county commissioners discuss furloughs, salary deferrals, and further cuts amid ongoing drug concerns.
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Iqanee Nf coNrers
Todd Rude
Rude
Frederick County
Lawrence A. Dorsey Jr
Carl Harbaugh
Dorsey
Ashton
Smoke from West Virginia fires drifts into Pennsylvania
Thousands of acres burned across nine Appalachian states reduce visibility to under half a mile as southerly winds push smoke toward central Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and New York City. Officials urge residents to stay indoors or in air conditioned spaces while fire activity continues with hundreds of fires burning large acreages.
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W.va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York City
Dale Farley
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Appalachian
School board discusses staff changes and gym addition plans
The board reports 34 new Ballenger Creek Elementary staff and 97 who left, noting a 5.1 percent turnover improvement from four years ago. They outline retirement-age data, set specs for a Brunswick High gym expansion of about 1,200-seat capacity, and plan a $2.2 million CIP project for 1983. Parents urging magnet school support push for continued gifted programs and avoid eliminating options.
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Ballenger Creek
Custer
Rennet Mettaschert
Brunswick High School
Joseph Polce
Linganore High School
Frederick
Linganore High
Polce
Carol Gaskins
Rock Creek
Heather Ridge
City officials dispute police pay totals amid overtime and benefits debate
Fraley placed seventh at 45 990 24 while Sgt O'Brien disputed base salaries, saying totals include overtime court pay and a city settlement for unpaid overtime along with allowances and bonuses. Tillery and Eisenhart questioned completeness as other top earners were named, and a separate death report notes a homeless man in Washington died of hypothermia during the cold snap.
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Fraley
Ashton
Stine
FOP
Patrick O’brien
Sgt
O’brien
Sgt. O’brien
Magaha
Mr. Magaha
N. Lynn Tillery
Fred Eisenhart
Gerald Kolbfleisch
Washington
Connecticut Avenue
City Debate Focuses on FOP Contract and Arbitration
City leaders weigh whether aldermen should act as final arbiters in grievances under the FOP contract. FDP attorney William W Thompson II warns against bias since the city is a party in interest and notes arbitration costs. He cites Annapolis experience with few grievances reaching arbitration and says binding arbitration for contract impasses is unlikely.
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Gorton
FOP
Gordon
Wiliam W. Thompson II
FDP
Annapolis
Thompson
FAP
NATO Leaders Plan Baltic Forum And Core Defense Reshape
Western leaders seek a new NATO military strategy with smaller, mobile forces and a Brussels forum to handle security issues as the Soviet breakup raises fears of dispersed nuclear stockpiles. A draft political declaration urges restraint to prevent proliferation and supports unified control of weapons.
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Europe
NATO
Manfred Woerner
Openieg
Msura
Eng Hl
Brussels
Belgium
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Walkersville fuel leak prompts school system monitoring
The school board reports about four thousand dollars spent on spill cleanup using a backhoe and two monitoring wells. They will monitor the site and pump remaining fuel oil, with MDE officials coordinating to meet state rules. A maintenance worker found the leak during a routine check, and Sam Koski urged commending the worker for averting a potential crisis.
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Dattoli
MDE
Catolli
Walkersville
Sam Koski
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