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Tuesday April 23, 1985 The Star-Democrat Pag 3A maryhnd state review 2 Maryland Eariy firefighter retirement argued WASHINGTON (AP) Baltimore City failed to prove that most firefighters must retire at age 55 for safety reasons and retirements should be considered on an Indi teach erswe for space ride BALTIMORE (AP) When America's first teacher Joins astronauts aboard the space shuttle next January, state educators hope it will be one of Maryland's best, said state school superintendent David Hornbeck Monday in announcing Maryland's nominees for the NASA Teacher in Space Program Kathleen Beres, a 36-year old biology teacher from Baltimore County, and David Zahren, a 35-year-old former life sciences teacher who now instructs teachers in Prince George's County, were chosen as Maryland's representatives from the 206 eligible applicants, Hornbeck said at a news conference. Michael J. Szesze, a Carroll County biology and physics teacher, was named as alternate. "They have a special mission to represent the thousands of Maryland teachers and hopefully in January, they will be leaving on the space shuttle," Hornbeck said. Ms.

Beres, a Kenwood High School teacher, said traveling in space is something she's dreamed of ever since she was 9 years old and first heard about the Soviet Union's Sputnik I. "My gosh, that the dream I had when I was nine years old, is actually possible," she said. The space trip would be one more adventure for Ms. Beres, a 15-year teacher who has climbed the Andes and the Himalayas, gone on a safari in East Africa and crossed the Atlantic in a sailboat with three others. "It would be communications at its best" and "a chance to bring science to life for the public," said Ms.

Beres, who holds a master's degree from Johns Hopkins and an undergraduate degree from Notre Dame College. As part of her activity in space, Ms. Beres would conduct photographic experiments to determine the composition and size of certain space particles. She would also look at the effects of color on physiological responses. Zahren, who has been teaching for 13 years, said sending a teacher up with the space shuttle astronauts would "give teaching a shot in the arm" and generate more Interest in the space program among students.

"Most kids are blase about the space program," he said. "It goes up and it comes down." Zahren's proposed project is to provide 15-minute lessons from space plans to help students and adults understand what goes on in space and why. i A ''lis 1 A- APUMtpboto Maryland's nominees Tor the NASA Teacher In Space Program shake hands Monday at a press conference in Baltimore. Kathleen Beres teaches biology at Kenwood High School in Baltimore County and David R. Zahren Is a life science teacher at G.

Gardner Shugart Middle School In Prince George's County. Board game suspected in death vidual basis, the federal government told the Supreme Court Monday Rex E. Lee, the Reagan administration's top courtroom lawyer, told the Justices that a federal civil service law authorizing mandatory retirement at 55 for federal law en-forcment officers does not Justify Baltimore's policy. "It needs to be a case-by-case, Individualized consideration" to determine whether being over 55 adversely affects the work of a city firefighter. L.

William Gawlik, who represented Baltimore, said firefighters are "on the cutting edge of public safety, protecting citizens from the ravages of conflagration. They are essential to the safety of every citizen." Gawlik urged the Justices to uphold a federal appeals court ruling that the city's retirementpollcy did not violate the 1967 federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. In 1962, the city adopted a pension plan making 55the mandatory retirement age for most firefighters and police officers. MTA may expand in city suburbs BALTIMORE (UPI) Mass Transit Administration officials are studying plans to expand bus service in Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties, and extend bus routes into Harford and Howard counties. The "transit needs of the suburbs are not being met" because the MTA's service is "designed to bring people Into downtown Baltimore," said agency spokeswoman Jane Howard.

"But over the years, travel patterns have changed. People are living In one suburb and working in another," she added. Ken Goon, MTA planner, said he and other MTA officials had met with county planners In the past six months to discuss possibilities of increasing service. Possible routes would connect Essex, Pikesvllle, Ran-dallstown, Catonsville and Bel Air to Towson and downtown Baltimore. The MTA also is considering Increasing service to Annapolis, Fort Meade and Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and extend new lines to link Columbia with downtown Baltimore, BWI, Fort Meade and the Social Security complex.

Judge's illness ends Connell trial BALTIMORE (AP) The federal tax evasion trial of state Sen. Jerome Connell Sr. and his longtime law partner ended in mistrial Monday because the presiding judge suffered a heart attack, an assistant U.S. attorney said. "The defendants both moved for a mistrial this afternoon based on the Judge's disability and unavailability," said Bob Green, an assistant U.S.

attorney. "Chief Judge Frank Kaufman of the U.S. District Court granted the mistrial." U.S. District Judge James Miller 53, of Bozman, was listed in serious condition Monday at The Memorial Hospital at Easton, a spokeswoman said. Miller was admitted to the hospital Sunday following a heart attack.

Connell and Lloyd Clinton, partners in an Anne Arundel County law firm, were accused of failing to report about $69,000 in Income from 1979 through 1981 and thus evading payment of $34,000 In taxes. D.C. man claims Maryland Lotto BALTIMORE (UPI) A Washington, D.C. man, the only person who correctly matched the six winning numbers drawn in the latest Lotto game, Monday claimed the $1.5 million prize. Lottery spokesman Carlton Dotson said Adrlano Esteves, 29, a native of Portugal, bought his winning ticket at Talbert's Ice and Beverage in Montgomery County.

Esteves, married and the father of one daughter, is employed as a cement finisher at Fort Myers Construction Corp. Esteves told Lottery officials he plans to buy a house and take a vacation with his winnings. Dotson said Esteves used the Lottery computer to select his numbers in January and continued to play the same numbers each week. Esteves will receive an initial payment of $70,007, and annual checks worth $26,000 for 19 years, the spokesman said. Other Lotto winners included 410 people who correctly matched five of six winning numbers for a prize of $711 each.

The winning numbers drawn Saturday were: 2, 8, 19, 23, 26 and 33. 2nd firm sought for Fairchild plant HAtjERSTOWN, Md. (AP) Although Citicorp has agreed to buy the former Fairchild Industries plant near here, members of a corporation formed to market the state-owned plant are working to attract another company to take over the facility, a corporation official says. The Maryland Economic Development Corporation hopes to complete negotiations for the plant in "sooner than a month," Merle Elliott, vice president of MEDCO, said Sunday. If a deal Is struck with another firm, the New York-based Citicorp is willing to give up its option on the plant site and build its credit card processing center elsewhere in Washington County, said Elliott.

Citicorp agreed to open the processing center in Washington County and provide up to 750 Jobs in economically depressed Washington County in exchange for full-service banking privileges in Maryland. FROSTBURG, Md. (AP) -Authorities are investigating the possibility that the 1983 stabbing death of a Frostburg State College student may have been linked to a board game, state police said Monday. The possibility that the death of Joan Ann Charlton was linked to the game "Dungeons and Dragons" is "one of the things we are considering," said Sgt. Jerry Winner, of the LaVale barracks.

"But," he added, "we are not looking at that any more strongly than we are (looking) in any other direction." In an effort to determine if the Investigation into Miss Charlton's death should take a new direction, authorities, including personnel from state police headquarters in Pikesville, met in LaVale last Friday, said Winner. "It was just an effort to sit down and go through what's been done, what (needs) to be done, at the benefit of several people's thinking rather than that of a few," said Winner. The gathering was called to "determine maybe some new directions and rethink some old directions" in the ongoing investigation into the student's death, Winner said. The body of Miss Charlton, 19, of Baltimore, was found Sept. 13, 1983, in- charged in the death, however.

Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy game where players are assigned a character with specific traits. Guided by a "dungeon master" who has a book with more Information than the players do, the players strive to win a treasure while avoiding various monsters. Two national groups have alleged the game Is not harmless, and have blamed it for the deaths of up to a dozen young people. A spokesman for the company which makes the board game has said it is no more violent than any other classic board game. a wooded area on the banks of a creek on the 220-acre campus.

Police said Miss Charlton, a freshman who had been at Frostburg State about three weeks at the time of the slaying, died of multiple stab wounds to the chest Miss Charlton's body was found less than two days after she was reported missing. Police said she was last seen leaving a campus dormitory in the early morning hours of Sept. 11. Following discovery of the body, state police conducted an extensive search of the college grounds, and a reward was offered for information leading to an arrest. No one has been Mortgage money attracted campers made available through the Community Development Administration, the state's housing finance agency.

Fran Beitler, who spent the night outside First National, said the night air was chilly and that noise from the street made it difficult to sleep. "I kept saying I can't believe I'm doing this, but we'll get the loan," said Ms. Beitler. Under the program, people In households with an income of less than $20,000 a year will pay 9.58 percent interest on 30-year mortgages. Households earning more than $20,000 a year can obtain the mortgage at 10.38 percent Interest for 30 years.

By The Associated Press Potential homeowners camped out over the weekend in front of some of the 35 financial institutions designated by the state to begin handing out applications Monday for a low-interest heme mortgage program. About 50 people spent Sunday night outside the First National Bank and the Loyola Federal Savings and Loan Association in Hagerstown. Another 25 people spent Saturday and Sunday nights at the Towson office of Coldwell Banker Mortgage Services. They were among those who wanted to take advantage of nearly $100 million in low-interest mortgage money (im hmMtr-n A. i mi i A group of people Walt outside the First National Bank in Hagerstown Mon- loan.

day to be among the first to apply for a low-Interest mortgage Hospital said to hinder drunk arrests unique in to stick to the l'-s -year policy because doing blood alcohol tests for police gets the hospital involved in the prosecution of drunken drivers and that costs the hospital time money. Brian McCagh, hospital chief administrator, said blood alcohol tests' would be ordered if medically necessary. "The emergency room staffs determine what needs to be done," he said. "The physician does not take orders from a state trooper and we're not badly Injured for other tests such as a highway sobriety test or a breath test. The hospital's policy is perplexing, said William R.

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