Rail strike expands halting multiple rail lines and services
Commuter service across the state is expected to be affected as picketing widens at Chessie and Amtrak routes. Baltimore judge urges halt to picketing but questions authority. Brunswick crews refuse to cross lines, with Brunswick Washington service cancelled. Amtrak and Chessie add limited evening trains while many freight railways face injunctions amid nationwide disruption.
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Griffin
Chessie
Gary
Young
Baltimore
Maryland
H. Russell Smouse
Brunswick Yard
Brunswick
Rockville
Gaithersburg
Germantown
Amtrak
Washington
Martinsburg
Griffin Sax
Baltimore-Washington
Bran Duff
The
Railroad Association
Dan Lang
Burlington Northern
Union Pacific
Southern
Chicago
Louisville and
Nashville
Seaboard Coastline
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ilinois Central
Southern Railroad
Northern Pacific
N&w
Jos Ing
Farm Leader Warns on Scandal and Government Overreach
Grant condemns cronyism in Maryland and OSHA farm spot checks while urging control of national destiny. He cites a Nevada three way race where voters chose none of the above and urges limits on consumer advocacy funding and new federal departments. He attacks union power and inflation, urging constitutional tax and restraint.
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Maryland
Grant
Nevada
House of Representatives
OSHA
House- Senate Conference Committee
Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Department of Consumer Affairs
U.S. Senate
Air Disaster Crashes Through Suburban Homefront
Witnesses recount a jetliner plummeting into a residential area. A man unnamed by police found a body in a burning house not identified as Frances Mogle. A passenger’s corpse struck a car windshield. Irene Jensen heard debris rain down while showering and saw the plane vanish into homes.
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Will Mogle
Frances Mogle
Michael Guss
Irene Jensen
Dwayne Gallegos
Carroll County Faces Loss of CETA Funds and Jobs
Carroll County may lose up to 30 CETA employees amid House cuts of $1 trillion from the nationwide program, threatening about $500,000 in county funds and an $18 million stipend drop to roughly $1.2 million. Officials expect regional job reductions and plan to identify about 30 county positions for elimination to meet the new law.
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Carroll
Westminster
Carroll County
House of Representatives
William A Blankenship
Blankenship
House
Capitol Hill
Senate
CETA
James Hively
Maryland
Hively
Pew
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Howard Counties
Baltimore City
Congress
County Recreation Department
Public Works Department
Big pumpkin contest at Carroll County farm museum
The Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster hosts a Fall Harvest Days pumpkin contest at noon on October 14 and 15. Prizes go to the heaviest pumpkins in first through third place. Entrants must register October 12 or 13 at the museum 300 S Center St. between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Seventy craftspeople will demonstrate and sell their wares. Civic groups offer a wide range of traditional foods such as funnel cakes soup cider apple dumplings sauerkraut chili apple butter and baked goods.
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Carroll County Farm Museum
Wesminster
S. Center
Fire agency targets Bicentennial hydrants in Albany
The state fire prevention agency plans to remove or replace Bicentennial themed hydrants after firefighters report confusion when approaching them. Some hydrants resemble a miniature Minuteman statue or familiar comic characters, including W C Fields, prompting safety concerns.
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Albany, N.Y
Minuteman
W.C. Fields
Rail worker voices wage talks and vacation gaps in Brunswick
A Brunswick rail worker laments unpaid vacation time amid Chessie Systems layoffs and weak union gains. He notes benefits gaps, job cuts, and worker frustration while suggesting targeted commuter strikes might pressure negotiations. Gladys Smith, stage name Mary Pickford, is introduced as America’s Sweetheart of film.
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Chessie Systems
U.S. Senate
N&w
Brunswick Rail
Norfolk & Western
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brunswick
Tony
Pickford
Gladys Smith
Toronto
Mary Pickford
America
Rachel Heredia pushes into higher skilled Work
Rachel Heredia shifts from bank balancing to Medical Records Science at age 35. She now leads a hospital Quality Assurance Department, saying the move was among her best decisions. The ad promotes technical training and a free Career brochure.
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Rachel
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Association
Ocean City
J. Gieaun Beall Jr
Ralph Hostetter
Eton
Chesapeake Publishing Co
Harry Hughes
Dart Drug
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Rachel Heredia
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