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State and county officials appeared ready last night to proceed with plans for construction of an interchange at Route 175 and Snowden River Parkway, as no significant opposition was voiced at the only public meeting scheduled to be held on the project.The $8 million partial-cloverleaf interchange -- the proposal preferred by the state and county -- was chosen unanimously by residents instead of a more modest plan to increase the number of lanes on the parkway.The interchange would allow traffic on Route 175 to cross Snowden River Parkway without stopping, alleviating congestion at one of Howard County's busiest intersections.

41 of 41 precincts - 100%* - denotes incumbentCounty CommissionerDEMOCRAT; Votes; %(top three advance)Rebecca Orenstein; 5,679; 25%Elmer Lippy *; 5,578; 25%Grover N. Sensabaugh; 4,417; 20%Cornelius M. Ridgley; 4,216; 19%David A. Grand; 2,619; 12%REPUBLICAN; Votes; %(top three advance)Richard T. Yates; 6,936; 24%Donald I. Dell *; 6,006; 21%W. Benjamin Brown; 5,856; 20%Charles L. Stull; 5,574; 19%David Duree; 4,337; 15%State's AttorneyDEMOCRATLinda A. Holmes unopposedREPUBLICAN; Votes; %Jerry F. Barnes; 6,233; 51%Thomas E. Hickman *; 6,041; 49%SheriffDEMOCRATKenneth L. Tregoning unopposedREPUBLICANJohn H. Brown * unopposedCircuit Court ClerkDEMOCRATPhillip R. Miller unopposedREPUBLICAN; Votes ; %Larry W. Shipley *; 7,298; 64%Diane E. O'Leary; 4,105; 36%Orphans' CourtDEMOCRAT; Votes; %Naomi Benzil; 5,825; 34%John Lockard Barnes; 5,682; 33%Robert E. Kersey; 5,604; 33%@REPUBLICAN; Votes; %Walter T. Haines Jr. *; 7,232; 31%Dorothy V. Utz; 6,088; 26%Albert W. Selby *; 5,340; 23%Harrison E. Utz *; 4,393; 19%Register of WillsDEMOCRATSuzanne W. Albert unopposedREPUBLICAN; Votes ; %Reese L. Starner *; 5,492; 53%Donald B. Sealing II; 4,840; 47%School Board.

155 of 155 precincts - 100%* - denotes incumbentCounty ExecutiveDEMOCRAT Votes %Theodore Sophocleus; 20,913; 49%Robert Agee; 12,465; 29%H. Erle Schafer; 4,659; 11%Larry E. Walker; 3,120; 7%Louise Beauregard; 1,678; 4%REPUBLICANJohn Gary unopposedState's AttorneyDEMOCRATFrank R. Weathersbee * unopposedREPUBLICANJohn R. Greiber Jr. unopposedSheriffDEMOCRATGeorge F. Johnson, 4th unopposedREPUBLICAN; Votes; %John E. Moran IV; 10,764; 48%Robert G. Pepersack, Sr....

The Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO Unions, which has more than 8,000 affiliated members in Harford County, has endorsed six Democratic candidates for this month's primary election, union officials said last week.A two-thirds majority vote of the membership is needed to gain an endorsement, said Ernest R. Grecco, president of the labor council.In the 2nd Congressional District race, Connie Galiazzo DeJuliis received the endorsement. The first-term delegate from Dundalk declared her candidacy in April, the same week she married union official J. Ronald DeJuliis.

For the second consecutive general election, Republican Joseph I. Cassilly will run unopposed this year for re-election as Harford County state's attorney.Mr. Cassilly, 44, formally opened his fourth campaign Wednesday by announcing that, because he is running unopposed, he will manage the Harford campaign of fellow Republican Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a candidate for the 2nd Congressional District seat.Mr. Ehrlich, a Baltimore County delegate from Timonium, is in a three-person race in the Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, who is seeking the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

A veteran volunteer firefighter at the Sykesville fire compan took the reins as president of the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association Saturday at the group's annual convention.William H. Gabeler III moved up from the position of first vice president to accept the top job. He ran unopposed.Timothy S. Warner, chief of the Winfield fire company, became the new first vice president, with Michael R. Stewart of the Pleasant Valley fire company taking the position of second vice president.

BERLIN -- Bjorn Engholm, the leader of the Social Democratic opposition in parliament, may be forced to give up his ambition to be head of Germany, leaving Chancellor Helmut Kohl virtually unopposed in next year's elections.Accused of "bending the truth" about when he knew of a 6-year-old election scandal, Mr. Engholm must defend himself before the leadership committee of the Social Democratic Party.If the allegations prove correct, he will almost certainly be asked to give up his plans to run against Mr. Kohl in elections late next year.

Call it the campaign that isn't.Dennis M. Sweeney organized a staff of volunteers, garnered political contributions, and printed thousands of campaign fliers -- expecting a heated race in his bid for a Howard Circuit Court judgeship.But the incumbent is a shoo-in, barring an unexpected write-in campaign between now and tomorrow's general election.5l Judge Sweeney handily won the Democratic and Republican primaries over two challengers last spring, capturing about 62 percent of the votes and making him unopposed in the general election for a 15-year term on the county bench.

In an election focusing on growth, incorporation and covenant enforcement, Crofton residents chose 13 Crofton Civic Association board members Monday, including an incumbent president for another two-year term.President Ed Dosek, who won a bitterly contested election in 1990, ran unopposed, as did Ken Folstein, incumbent director of recreation and youth, Ed Ganing, a newcomer in District 6, Jim Collett, incumbent director of public safety, and Dennis Stackhouse in District 4.As president, Dosek said he hopes to acquire new athletic fields, maintain the special tax district's common areas and protect the environment, in particular the Patuxent River watershed.