Maryland Legislature Faces Busy Final Day of Session
Maryland lawmakers race to finish the 1997 session by midnight with key items including the state budget, school funding, welfare drug screening, and Gov Glendening's smart growth plan. Negotiators clash on Baltimore school funding while environmental and welfare reforms await final action.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Parris Glendening
Senate
Thomas W
Mike Miller
Miller
Prince George's
Baltimore
Casper Taylor
House
Montgomery
Taylor
D-Allegany
Glendening
Curran urges parents to tune out televised violence
Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran told Frederick County parents at Parkway Elementary School to monitor what their children watch and rate violent content. He distributed 16000 copies of a Media Violence Inventory and urged kids to change the channel when needed.
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Maryland
J. Joseph Curran
Frederick County
Parkway Elementary
Thorugh
Curran
Antarctic marathon tests endurance of local runner
John Fahner Vihtelic, 48, of Ijamsville, completed a 26.2 mile Antarctic marathon on King George Island alongside 99 others. He finished in 5 hours 5 minutes, a personal best, overcoming freezing temperatures, icebergs, crevasses, katabatic winds, moving obstacles, aggressive fur seals, and diving Skuas in a rugged, mind over body effort.
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Antarctic
John Fahner-Vihtelic
Ijamsville
Antarctica
Cigue
Mauri
Vihtelic
King George Island
Mr. Vihtelic
Local bills unresolved in conference over grants and wage rule
Frederick County faces split votes as House approves 300000 for Federated Charities housing and the Senate backs 460000 for YMCA youth center. A conference panel weighs both while a prevailing wage bill and PenMar oversight loom. Milk as state drink also under consideration.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
House
Senate
Frederick County
YMCA
John Derr
Frederick Washington
Conference
Sue Hecht
Appropriations Committee
Federated Charities
Derr
PenMar Development Corp
Fort Ritchie
Maryland Economic Development Commission
Louise Snodgrass
Dele
Rhyming prayers grab attention at Maryland General Assembly
In Annapolis the final General Assembly session opens with a rhyme by Rev. David Cravee, the Lexington pastor, who followed guidance from Rev. Dr. W. Phillip Fogarty to capture lawmakers by rhyming prayer. The verse asks God for wisdom to help the poor and to serve Maryland's citizens.
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Annapolis
House
Senate
David Cravee
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick
Phillip Fogarty
Oravec
Maryland
Pal Lord
Spring optimism across farms and growers amid prices
Farmers and homeowners in Frederick area echo spring optimism despite high grain prices and policy setbacks. Earl Duncan of Southern States notes it is a crucial planting period as Jeff England plans 160 acres of corn and dairy and farming communities anticipate a strong harvest.
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Earl Durcan
Frederick
New Market
Jeff England
Annapolis
Southern States
Duncan
Blizzard strands Plains as flood crews brace levees
In Bismarck North Dakota and neighboring states sandbaggers battle subzero winds to reinforce levees as rivers rise and crews clear deep snow from a spring blizzard. Thousands remain without power amid huge snowdrifts and continued cold.
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Bismarck
N.D
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