Prime sentenced to 35 years for spying for Soviets
Geoffrey Prime, former translator at Britain's electronic intelligence center, received 35 years for spying for the Soviet Union plus 3 years for sexual offenses against three young girls. Judge Lord Lane condemned the treachery and noted Prime's guilty pleas to seven spying counts over 15 years.
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London
Geoffrey Prime
Britain
Electronic
Soviet Union
NATO) Alliance
Lord Lane
Hearing on TMI restart draws 1000 amid fierce clash
About 1,000 residents packed a Nuclear Regulatory Commission hearing in Harrisburg to debate restarting Unit 1 of Three Mile Island. The first full NRC session since 1978's accident drew applause for anti restart speakers and jeers for pro restart voices. NRC set a December 10 deadline to decide whether to lift the 1979 order closing the plant owned by General Public Utilities Corp.
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Harrisburg
Three Mile Island
NRC
General Public Utilities Corp
Rally urges tougher rape murder sentencing in Annapolis
More than 100 protesters gathered outside the State House calling for harsher laws after Jack Jones and Jerry Beatty received life sentences for the rape and murder of 22 year old Frostburg State College senior Stephanie Ann Roper. Roberta Roper spoke at the rally, noting her daughter's mutilated body was found in a St Mary's County swamp on Easter Sunday. The jury sentenced the men to life terms for murder with concurrent life terms on rape charges, potentially allowing parole in 12 years.
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Annapolis
State House
Roberta Roper
Stephanie Ann Roper
Miss Roper
St. Mary's County
Frostburg State College
Jack Jones
Jerry Lee Beatty
Democrats consider a multibillion jobs and housing plan
House Democrats aim to beat Republicans by proposing a package worth billions to create more than 600,000 jobs and fund housing subsidies. The plan includes modifying next year’s income tax cut and trimming Pentagon outlays to avoid new deficits. Key figures include Thomas P. O Neill Jr. and Henry Reuss, who planned to unveil the recommendations this afternoon after private talks.
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House
Joint Economic Committee
Reuss
O'Neill
Abe Ivy Dee
Man charged in church shootings tied to long crime history
Detroit AP James Ellis 67 an elderly caretaker was arraigned on three counts of first degree murder two counts of assault with intent to murder and one count of possession of a firearm during a felony for the church meeting killings. He is held without bond at Wayne County jail. Ellis had spent 23 years in prison for murder and was freed in 1974 after a governor commutation. Detectives noted his 1951 execution style killings after-hours bar in central Michigan. Authorities recalled him as a loner at Marquette state prison.
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James Ellis
Ellis
Wayne County
Michigan
George Bee
Reed City
Elis
Local publishing details for Frederick paper
The notice lists daily publication schedule excluding Sundays and holidays, local mail rate of 3.25 dollars per month, and motor route or carrier rate of 2.80 dollars per month within the marketing area. It states the publisher as Great Southern Printing & Mig Co at 200 East Patrick Street Frederick MD 21701 with P O Box 578 and notes second class postage paid at Frederick MD.
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Patrick Street
P.O
Frederick
Maryland
Brunswick developer wins reprieve on holding tanks
A Brunswick council hearing clears the way for an interceptor project easing the need for holding tanks on Cannon Hill. State Health Department verbal approval on site plans could yield final construction permit by Friday with bids to follow. The batch of approvals promises completion within six months and ends the costly holding tank requirement for local parcels.
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Second Avenue
State Department of Health
Cannon Hill
Ed Norman
Read, Read, Fellows & Associates
Xein
Council
Norman
State Health Department
Pye
Department
Washington County Hospital nurses vote against union
Washington County Hospital nurses rejected union representation after the Nov. 4 National Labor Relations election results released Wednesday morning. An unrelated note mentions the Mental Health Association of Maryland hosting its Second Annual Legislative Workshop for advocates in Annapolis on Nov. 20 with a $40 registration fee and a schedule of seminars on advocacy, legislation, and mental health law.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Mental Health Association of Maryland
Lowe
Annapolis
25Th St
Baltimore
Maryland
Association
NLRB
Maryland Nurses Association
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workes
J Sasy
News-Post
Salt on Frederick City Roads Set for Three to Four Snows
Frederick City aims to buy about 200 tons of road salt for the winter as director Robert L. Strine says 50 to 60 tons are needed per snow. Salt costs 27.65 per ton under a winter contract. six workers cover the city in about six hours. Police and hospital union votes, cheese distributions, and local townlists accompany the piece.
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Robert L. Strine
Strine
Mary Fouche
Cindy Hackett Green
Frederick County
Department of Social Services
Brunswick Fire Hall
Old Armory
Frederick
American Legion Hall
Thurmont
Poland Under Martial Law Returns to Quiet Streets
Polish forces patrolled cities with 1015 men per patrol near Lenin shipyards where Solidarity began. In Warsaw the capital showed normal factory operation, buses and streetcars on schedule, and no public banners. Reporters found factories barred from entry and workers silent amid lingering tensions since last December.
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Lenin Shipyards
Solidarity
Kliva
Gdansk
Marsaw
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