Maryland redraws districts shape state in 2002 session
Maryland lawmakers debate redistricting as 5.5 million people split into 47 senate districts. Gov Glendening and leaders push a plan favoring single member districts to broaden minority and Republican representation and curb campaign finance in the 2002 session. Delegate Robert Kittleman cites smaller districts lowering fundraising needs.
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Fredenck County
Glendening
Senate
Thomas Vo
Mike Miller
House
Casper Taylor
General Assembly
Governors General Assembly
Whey
Robert Kittleman
Howard County
School Board mulls abstinence only pilot for sex ed
Frederick County Board of Education debates the Family Life Advisory Committee duties and a voluntary abstinence only pilot. Chair Lois Jarman says current role is to review health class materials, not change curricula. Board members and supporters push for state clarification and forum for debate while opponents warn against excluding contraception.
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Family Life Advisory Committee
Frederick County Board of Education
Ron Peppe
Peppe
Lois Jarman
Jarman
Board of Education
Jack Dale
State Education Department
Lynn Carr
Susan McCutcheon
Sega Alaid
Anthrax Mail Scare Expands Across Postal Network
Officials report six inhaled anthrax cases tied to the mail crisis with 15 Washington area patients showing related symptoms. Investigators probe tainted mail from Trenton NJ to Capitol Hill and consider additional undetected contaminated letters. A female electronic news worker in Washington also treated for possible inhalation exposure.
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Washington
Florida
Toms
Senate
Tom Daschle
Trenton
N.J
Capitol Hill
Daschle
Mike Hall
Holy Cross Hospital
1St Spring
Anthrax Mail Contamination Mentioned in Washington News
The Washington edition notes tainted mail cases linked to the capital, with General David Satcher acknowledging errors in response. Postmaster General John Potter cites inability to guarantee full protective coverage for 300000 postal workers by week’s end while a suspect contamination claim surfaces amid unclear sources.
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Pate
Capitol Police
Bans Nichols Shin
Hart
Saleh Merlin Neyve
New York City
David Satcher
John Potter
Postal Service
Train wheel maintenance on a vintage locomotive
Jack Sanford of Walkersville Southern Railroad trued a 1942 locomotive wheel to restore a smooth contact face. The process used a wheel lathe and external power to spin the wheel while the rest remained stationary, with shavings removed to prevent jams. The GM Electro Motive Division Model 40 loco on long term loan to the Southern from the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum is one of four surviving today.
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Jack Sanford
Walkersvile Southern Railroad
General Motors
Electro Motive Division
Sanford
Ile Southern
Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
Md postal workers deal with rerouted mail at Baltimore post office
At East Fayette Street post office workers faced an anthrax scare while sorting mail. Frances Grafton, 27 years on the job, said the threat weighs on staff though she remains committed. Governor Glendening announced testing for private mail centers in Maryland receiving Brentwood shipments, with results in two to five days.
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Baltimore
East Fayette Street
Frances Grafton
Seen de Parris Glendening
Brentwood
Glendening
Post offices to fly flags at half staff nationwide
Flags at post offices nationwide will be lowered to half staff in memory of two postal workers killed in the line of duty. Joseph P Cuscen Je of Clinton and Thomas L Morris Jr, 55, of Patin, were associated with the Brentwood Road mail facility in Washington, which has been closed due to anthrax contamination.
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Joseph P Cuscen Je
Clinton
Thomas L. Morris Jr
Patin
Brentwood Road
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