County Officials Warn on Secret Meetings and Codes Debate
County Commissioners Donald Lewis and Edgar Wirts urge public scrutiny of a last week Board of Appeals meeting and advocate open sessions. They cite Maryland law and critique BOCA based codes, urging study of model standards from NAHB and four major codes to ensure reasonable building costs and public trust.
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Donald Lewis
Edgar Wirts
Board of Appeals
Department of Permits and Inspections
Government of
Maryland
Building Officials Conference of America
BOCA
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB
Robert E. Peterson
Peterson Construction Co
Lincoln
Nebr
Peterson
The
Building Officials and Code Administrators International
American Insurance Association
Southern Building Code Congress
International Conference of Building Officials
Japan to Cut Land Taxes Over Shadowed Sunlight Rights
Focus Japan reports Japan will allow local municipalities to grant property tax reductions up to 20 percent for plots deprived of sunlight by high rise buildings. The Home Affairs Ministry acts ahead of a January 1, 1976 reevaluation, noting shaded land fetches lower prices and owners incur losses.
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Japan
Focus Japan Magazine
Home Affairs Ministry
The Declaration of Independence Bicentennial Reflection
J H Cromwell editor writes in The Contemporary Maryland Bicentennial noting the 198th anniversary of the Declaration and praising the 56 signers for pledging life fortune and sacred honor in support of rights life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Louise Gore chairs the Maryland Bicentennial Commission.
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J.H. Cromwell
Maryland
Profit as priority fuels call for democratic economics
A Hart Research poll for Peoples Bicentennial Commission argues that 66 percent favor employee ownership and control of firms like General Motors and Exxon, claiming workers should elect officers and set policies. Rifkin asserts democracy within business could curb corporate excess, warning current profits over people may destroy capitalism. 77 percent view corporate America as profit driven, 58 percent blame businessmen for dominating public decisions.
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Washington
Hart Research Associates
Peoples Bicentennial Commission
Jeremy Rifkin
U.S
General Motors
Exxon
Bell Telephone
Rifkin
America
Patriot raid near Ft Ticonderoga highlighted
On September 18 1777 American Patriot forces raided British lines at Ft Ticonderoga New York capturing three hundred enemy soldiers and releasing ten Patriot prisoners. The bold action disrupted Burgoyne's communications and marked a daring raid in the campaign.
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Ft. Ticonderoga
N.Y
Burgoyne
Objectives of Education Keynote at Hood College
Dr. J J Tigert United States Commissioner of Education gave a keynote at Hood College Washington on Citizenship Culture and Character marking the new scholastic year and Freshman Week. Maryland Utilities Association mid year meeting in Hagerstown will draw about 100 delegates from Maryland and DC. Two weeks after school openings city and county schools report progress and activity in education.
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C’s
J.J. Tigert
United States
Washington
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Maryland Utilities Association
Hagerstown
Maryland
District of Columbia
1955 Maryland School for the Deaf opens 80th session
The Maryland State School for the Deaf starts its 80th session in the current administration building with Lloyd Ambrosen as the new superintendent. Students report for enrollment as the school marks its long history since 1875 and its original leadership under Charles W. Ely. In other notes, Max Slike hurled a fastball past 15 Union Bridge batters as Blue Ridge Summit won game one of the Pen-Mar League finals 13-2 at Summit.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Lloyd Ambrosen
Charles W. Ely
Washington
Max Slike
Union Bridge
Blue Ridge Summit
Senate CIA assassination report stalls amid probe into presidential approval
Washington briefing outlines a stalled Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry into CIA plots against foreign rulers. It weighs whether presidents authorized killings or if the agency acted alone. Testimony hints at presidential involvement or awareness, with Nixon and Kennedy cited in possible green lights, while denials persist.
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Washington
Senate
CIA
Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
United States
Senate Intelligence Committee
White House
Kennedy
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nixon
Richard Helms
Chile
Rene Schneider
Helms
Henry Kissinger
Diem
Schneider
Allen Dulles
Cold War Repression Plots Kissed by U S Power Grants
Summary of covert U S actions cited by Les Whitten involving plots against Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, Diem in Vietnam, and Chile’s Schneider, with OAS censure in 1960 and Nixon-era allegations but limited evidence of assassinations.
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Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Organization of American States
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
OAS
Eisenhower
Castro
Trujillo
State Department
Santo Domingo
U.S
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Rene Schneider
Salvador Allende
Chile
Nixon
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Bernard Baruch
Siates
Tom Tiede
Vera Prrahohve
Lems
Jack Anderson
Patrice Lumumba
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Les Whitten
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