Impeachment shocks local legal community
Frederick County faces three open judgeships after the removal of Judge Stanley Y. Bennett, a 24 year veteran. The panel backed removal over a forgery case, while defense attorneys questioned evidence. District court terms are 10 years, circuit court terms extend to 15 after voter approval, with governor appointment.
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George Dorsey
News-Post
Frederick County
Stanley Y. Bennett
Trial Magistrate's Court
District Court
Bennett
Bar Association
Stepler
Frederick County District Court
Judicial Disabilities Commission
Judicial Selection Committee
Decision leaves three county judgeships open
The decision ends in a move that leaves three Frederick County district court judgeships vacant. The dismissal came after a special grand jury refused to indict Judge Bennett on criminal charges. Prosecution officials say the investigation created difficulties for local lawyers and residents.
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Dorsey
Bennett
Frederick
Folk
Alan L. Winik
Circuit Court
Marion W. Rice
Mary Ron Stepler
Soviet Defense Budget Up. Ustinov Absent From Parliament
Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, not seen in public for months and reportedly hospitalized, missed the fall session opening of the Soviet Parliament as deputies debated an 1985 budget with defense spending rising to 19.063 billion rubles. Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov cited defense at 4.87 percent of the budget, while Western officials say true military outlays run higher through related heavy industry.
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Moscow
Dmitri F. Ustinov
Man
Leone
Ubabuuy
Mongolia
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Ikhail S. Gorbachev
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Nikolai A. Tikhonov
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet of Unions
Soviet of Nationalities
Vasily Garbuzov
Garbuzov
Ustinov
Somali hijackers surrender after freeing 16 hostages
In Addis Ababa, five Somali dissidents armed with pistols freed 16 of the 16 hostages on a hijacked Somali Airlines jet. They surrendered and were granted asylum by Ethiopia after repeatedly threatening to blow up the plane. James Dell, the sole American hostage, said the captors tried to terrify the passengers as they pressed for demands. The Ethiopian foreign minister confirmed the passengers were safe and welcomed the surrender.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Somalia
Lee Ethiopia
James Dell
Orangeburg
N.Y
Goshu Wolde
U S 15 Visitor Center opens December 17
The U S 15 Visitor Center near Emmitsburg will open December 17 without water and sewer lines. Tourism officials defend the move as better than delaying, but most Frederick County Commissioners oppose the partial opening.
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U.S. 15
Frederick County
Emmitsburg
Commission
Galen R. Clagett
State Highway Administration
State Tourism Office
Sonia G. Maher
Tourism Council
Schroeder Breathes On His Own After Heart Implant
William J Schroeder, 48 hours after receiving a permanent artificial heart, was breathing on his own and could speak. Dr William C DeVries said Schroeder may leave the hospital before Christmas and the patient asked for a beer. He had a stable night and began with ice chips, then clear liquids.
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Louisville
William J Schroeder
William C. DeVries
Schroeder
DeVries
26 Shopping Ways Till Christmas Parity Weather Note
The fragment mentions weather with cloudy conditions and mild forecast for tomorrow and references weather maps on A-2. It includes a Roosevelt quote about law. Names and places are not clearly specified beyond Theodore Roosevelt. The readable text is terse and lacks a coherent event to report.
Convicted cop killer returns to court in Montgomery County
James A Calhoun 31 condemned for the Germantown police officer Metz killing returned to court after a stay of execution was granted while post conviction relief petitions are heard in state and federal courts. His attorneys challenge trial procedures and evidence, with potential testimony from Judge Cave and former counsel Townshend as they pursue new questions about waivers and admissibility.
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Rockville
James A Calhoun
Germantown
Montgomery County
Calhoun
6Th Judicial Circuit
Philip Carl Metz
W. Bell & Co
White Oak
Maryland Public Defender's Office
Robert Morn
William Cave
Morin
Courtland K Townsend Jr
Metz
Curtis Monroe
New Hampshire Avenue
Monroe
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MSD
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Odd Fellows Home
Northfield
Minn
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Red Cross
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Hood College
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Washington
Minnesota
Cornelia Bjorke
Lisa Farestein
State Highway Department
Ms. Maher
Rimutsburg
Richard L. Grossnickie
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Theodore Roosevelt
Wooteia
Maryland Weathei
Douglas Cummins Jr
Metz Townsend
Carity Detention Center
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