Joint Meeting Sought On Diagnostic Center
Winchester Maryland Frederick and Clarke counties discuss a planned three district diagnostic center for special education. A joint conference will address concerns while Handley High School renovation proceeds with Howard Shockey & Sons as construction manager. The $91000 project is funded by a federal Title III grant with declining local support over three years.
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Clarke County
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Shockey & Sons
Frederick and Clarke
Blue Law case response filed by Winchester prosecutor
Commonwealth's Attorney Dabney W. Watts filed a nine page brief defending Sunday Closing Law validity. He cites Mandell v Haddon and McGowan v Maryland to argue the law is constitutional and that challengers lack standing. He insists the law remains a secular measure under police power and that the controversy stems from misreading the statute.
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Virginia
Mandell
Commonwealth
McGowan
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Watts
Israel says Soviet arms flow to Syria exceeds prior war
Israel charged that the Soviet Union has supplied Syria with more than 300 fighter planes and 1000 tanks and missiles since the October 1973 war, with the number of Soviet advisers in Syria now greater than before the war.
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Soviet Union
Syria
Egypt
Golan Heights
Sinai Desert
Peres
Suez Canal
U.N
Ford reports progress after Martinique talks with Giscard
President Ford describes his Caribbean summit with French President Giscard d Estaing as constructive and beneficial. They agreed to push for an early consumer producer oil conference and a preparatory agenda by March while settling compensation for France.
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Ford
Martinique
Valery Giscard d
France
United States
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
Giscard
U.S
Middle East
Indochina
Kissinger
Officials weigh traffic lights near James Wood High School
Frederick County School Board authorizes Supt Melton F Wright to meet Winchester officials to study adding traffic lights around James Wood High after a fatal car truck crash near the school. Wright cites decades of requests and a past study showing insufficient two hour traffic, and notes congestion argues for action. The board also discusses AAA football costs as James Wood schedules next season with four home games likely limiting earnings to about ten thousand dollars while expressing concern over travel costs for away games.
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Frederick County School Board
Melton F. Wright
Winchester
James Wood High School
James Wood
Wright
James Gordon
Wood
State Signs Contract For Computer Services
Dr. Howard Bryant of the state ADP signed a six year lease purchase contract valued at 6 million for the Univac 1110 computer. The AG office deemed it valid and Secretary Rowe will evaluate the agreement amid a controversy over potential savings and public release of a study by independent experts. Del. Garland urged public disclosure and scrutiny before signing.
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Howard Bryant
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Atty
Andrew Miller
Bryant
Maurice B. Rowe
Attorney General's Office
WWBT
Rowe
Univac
del. Ray L. Garland
Roanoke
Garland
General Assembly
Ford expected to sign oil import bill in trade deal
Congress passed an oil import measure requiring 30 percent of imported oil on American ships. Ford aides say the President will sign the bill to win congressional approval of a foreign trade package. The measure faces cost and inflation concerns but is seen as aiding U.S. shipping against foreign vessels.
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Senate
White House
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Federal Energy Administration
Ford
House
U.S
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