Hughes prison expansion plans win Board approval in Maryland
The Board of Public Works approved funding to expand the Maryland prison system, moving plans from Jessup to Hagerstown and enabling bids as early as next March. Millstone promised completion within two and a half years if no delays, while other contracts upgrade Baltimore security and fund a $4.1 million sewage plant in Hagerstown. The action also increases guard staffing at Hagerstown and the Baltimore center, and includes a state land lease for a 250 acre private medical and training center for racehorses at Fair Hill, supported by Cecil County legislators and officials.
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Hughes
Hagerstown
Board of Public Works
State Secretary of General Services
Jessup
Aone Arundel County
Max Millstone
Secretary of
General Services
Washington County
General Assembly
Maryland Correctional Institution
Baltimore
Louis L. Goldstein
William S. James
Millstone
Maryland Penitentiary
Cecil County
Fair Hil Corporation
Delaware
John R. 5. Fisher
Walter Baker
D-Cecil
Fair Hill
Charles McDowell
Fisher
Shuttle lifts to smooth flight despite hydraulics scare
NASA officials grew confident in the shuttle program as Columbia neared liftoff after a weeklong delay caused by a hydraulics problem. The postponement cost an estimated 1.5 to 2 million dollars in extra fuel, overtime, travel, and contractor repair charges amid fog at Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly waited an extra hour before rehearsing emergency landings.
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Space Administration
Columbia
NASA
Tom Newman
Kennedy Space Center
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Weather forecast predicts rain northern coast to start, then Pacific Northwest
The forecast warns rain is forceant for today into early Thursday along the northern Pacific coast and anew is expected over the Pacific Northwest. Skies will be sunny over the remainder of the nation.
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Pacific Coast
Pacific Northwest
Maryland judge imposes life term for Calhoun in Wheaton murder
Jurors found James Arthur Calhoun guilty of felony murder in the slaying of 4 year old David Wayne Myers during a store shooting at W. Bell and Co. He received life imprisonment and additional decades for related felonies. Judge Cavé noted the death sentence would go to the Maryland Court of Appeals for review. Calhoun was taken to Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore.
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Towsend
Maryland
Cave
Calhoun
David Wayne Myers
Wheaton
Metz
W. Bell & Co
White Oak
Douglas Cummins Jr
Maryland Court of Appeals
Barry Hamilton
Maryland Penitentiary
Baltimore
Suit says sex change led to firing
Sharon Davis formerly Roger E. Davis sues in U S District Court claiming she was fired as a bill collector at Credit Bureau Affiliated Collection Service because of a Feb 1 newspaper story about her sex change. She was terminated Feb 26 and says the dismissal caused severe emotional distress and psychiatric care.
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Wilmington
Del
Sharon Davis
Roger E. Davis
U.S. District Court
Credit Bureau Affiliated Collection Service
Brunswick council grills budgets and rezoning plans
Town finances show assets at 717,686 with a 27,000 general fund surplus. water and sewer charges were budgeted higher than actual due to slow building. Rezoning from R-1 to R-2 on G Street was denied by planning officials, while council honors late public works chief Wyncoop and approves a 1000 donation to the volunteer fire department for a disaster power transfer switch. An upcoming December meeting will revisit the rezoning case.
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Ann Butt
Linton, Shafer & Co
Patricia Merriman
G Street
Ernest Mubly
Merriman
Brunwick
Raymond G. Casey Wyncoop
Brunswick
Wyncoop
Raymond Will
F&m Bank
Will
Orndorff
Brunawick
Brent Bell
Fire Department
Reagan Focuses on Economy as White House Sees Hard Times Ahead
President Reagan at his fifth news conference warned of hard times ahead despite claims of falling interest rates. He defended the nation’s policy, defended a potential battlefield nuclear scenario, and clashed over NATO contingency plans. Treasury and labor data sparked mixed readings as advisers debated tax rises to curb the budget deficit.
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Hoover
White House
Europe
Alexander M. Haix Jr
NATO
Haig
Caspar Weinberger
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Regan
Reagan
Labor Department
Alan Murray
Citibank
New York
GOP Senators urge immediate budget plan despite Reagan plans
Washington Republicans clash over timing of a three year budget balance plan. Sen. Armstron and several Budget Committee members push drafting contrary to Reagan approach while others warn of division. Reagan plans to defer tax increases and benefit cuts until January 1982, sparking GOP discontent over appropriations bills.
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Senate
Reagan
Senate Budget Committee
William Armatrong
R-Cole
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Uot
Senate Gop
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