Switch in Annapolis foreshadows 1990 budget clash
Gov Schaefer warns lawmakers of reduced spending for the upcoming General Assembly while Senate President Miller and House Speaker Mitchell project a $41.9 million surplus. A looming deficit of $83 million for next year and costly issues like prison capacity and a $34 million drug abuse program loom, as leaders dispute revenue totals.
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Maryland
Schaefer
Assembly
Senate
Thomas W. Mike Miller Jr
House
R. Clayton Mitchell Jr
Mr. Schaefer
Baltimore
Kurt L. Schmoke
William Donald Schaefer
Frederick mayoral race and aldermanic contest opinions
Roy Meachum notes voters seem divided two weeks before the Frederick city elections. He flags strong support for incumbent Ronald Young and a challenger Paul Gordon. The piece assesses aldermanic contenders, recounts a Winchester Hall session with candidates, and previews next week’s wrap up of Frederick city races.
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Ronald Young
Paul Gordon
Young
Fredericksonians
Allen Merchant
Thomas Summers
Norman Quist
Summers
Merchant
Paul Magaha
Mr. Young
Mr. Magaha
Sally Murphy
Jim Murphy
Frederick
City Hall
Jon Kreissig
Kreissig
William Lee
Lee
James Grimes
Grimes
Paul Magada
Wr. Quist
Marie May
Fran Baker
Mrs. Murphy
Murphy
Baker
Winchester
Mr. Summers
Ms. May
Mr. Quist
Mayzhex
Frederick City
Prison life in Lorton police drama and Baker fall from grace
A Washington detective surveys Lorton Correctional Complex as a graduate school for drug dealers. An informant describes bribes, guard-smuggling, and prison politics while the piece contrasts reform hopes with the system’s failings. Also noted is Secretary Baker's faltering optics during the Noriega crisis.
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Washington
Washington, D.C
Jim Lynch
Lorton Correctional Complex
Lorton
Virginia
D.C
James Baker
Panama
Foreign Service
Baker
Manuel Noriega
State Department
An Old Timer Causes Stir at Frederick Theater Entrance
A heavy sheepskin clad man asked the cost to enter the theater, replying that it was 25 cents, reminiscent of cheaper cinema days. The note mentions a gun trick artist, a skunk rescue at a state police station, a Victor Cullen School telegram to Governor Mandel, a new coffee shop at Francis Scott Key Hotel, and Barbara Walters lecturing governor Thomas Johnson High School students.
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Frederick
Podoer
Buckey Spiker
Cigar Store
J. H. Doud
Spiker
Victor Cullen
Marvin Mandel
Victor Leisner
Thurmont
WTHU
Leisner
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Wedgwood
Charles Little
Barbara Walters
Today
Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Landfill plans threaten cherished farmland and air
Jackson and Kathy SchrodeI and Karen Simpson voice long-standing fears as county officials push a new landfill onto productive land amid methane leaks and chemical seepage. Residents allege unfit soil, damaged pipes, and odor years of disruption, urging answers on delays, alternate sites, and safeguards for a Class I aquifer near Reichs Ford Road.
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Reich's Ford Road
Homelessness Debate Links Wealth Gap to Housing Crisis
YVONNE SMALL, director Peace Resource Center, argues in a letter that homelessness stems from structural inequality. She cites 1987 U S wealth and income data, shrinking low income housing funds, and rising housing costs as core causes. She notes homelessness estimates range from 600,000 to 3 million and calls for systemic economic reform.
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Committee On Government Operations
U.S. House of Representives
United States
Frederick City election urged to curb big spenders
Damon L Barnhart urges Frederick voters to study candidates and oppose big spenders in city government citing rising taxes from higher assessments and a $50 million bonded debt over 20 years insured by Japan. He praises Mayor Ronald Young while asking for better street rubbish control and a pedestrian walk light at Patrick and Carroll Streets.
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Japan
John Hanson
Lincoln
Cet
Ronald Young
Youhz
Ths
Frederick
Young
Richard Ashton
Seventh Street
Malter Avenue
Patrick and
Carroll Streets
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National Enquirer
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Roy Meachum
Graduate School of Crime
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Fred L. Suissu
If Town
Hhe
Detrivy
Field
Mr. Soisson
Jack and
Kathy Schrodel
Karen
Simpson Frederick
U.S
Frederick News-Post
The
Urban Institute
Yvonne Small
Peace Resource Center
Julien P. Delphey
Damon L, Barnhart Frederick
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