Clinton budget plan aims at deficit cuts and tax hikes
President Clinton sends a 1.52 trillion dollar budget proposing defense cuts and higher taxes on the wealthy corporations and energy users to shrink the deficit over five years. Revenue rise outpacing spending, debt still grows, battles looming over details.
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Washington
Clinton
Congress
Manhattan
Mr. Clinton
Capitol Hill
Cliton
Reagan
Bush
Fire destroys log house near Lewistown
A two alarm blaze leveled a log house on Putman Road in Frederick County. Firefighters protected a nearby garage as interior efforts were ruled unsafe. Cause undetermined, electrical tests pending. damage estimated about $200 000. The Spahrs plan to rebuild with family staying with relatives.
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Lewistown
Frederick County
Donnie Stull Jr
William and
Sandy Spahr
Ted Meminger
Meminger
Frederick County Education Faces State Aid Shift and New Costs
Frederick County schools gain 66 million in state funds but face higher costs from new mandates and a shift of teacher Social Security payments totaling about 4.6 million. Officials forecast 1,400 new students this fall raising 4.2 million in expense, leaving limited room for local improvements. Local leaders urge preserving flexibility and avoiding overcommitment to mandated programs.
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General Assembly
Frederick County
Mark Sneadner
Noel Farmer Jr
Western
Maryland
Thomas H Hattery
House
Bruce Poole
Washington
Frederick
James E. McClellan
Frederick-Washington
McClellan
Norman Quist
Quist
Farmer
APEX
Bartlett and NOW discuss FOCA with Rep Roscoe Bartlett
Frederick and Washington County NOW members met with Representative Roscoe Bartlett in his Frederick office to urge backing of the Freedom of Choice Act. Bartlett remains opposed, but the talks yielded mutual respect and some common ground on abortion timing and contraception research.
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Frederick County
Washington County
National Organization For Women
Roscoe Bartlett
Congress
Frederick
Melinda Sadler
NOW
Bartlett
Sadler
Shuttle Discovery launches to study ozone layer on night mission
Space shuttle Discovery lifts from Cape Canaveral at 1 29 a m EDT with five astronauts on an eight day flight to measure ozone loss from northern latitudes as scientists aim to observe springtime changes and solar energy effects while Ellen Ochoa prepares to release and recover a research spacecraft using the remote arm.
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New York
NASA
Space Agency
Discovery
Brewster Shaw
Shuttle
Atlantis
Canada
Europe
United States
Earth
Ellen Ochoa
Cape Canaveral
Psychics Used in Search for Missing Potomac Dogs
Maria Sontheimer, unable to locate her two lost dogs Shelly and Missy after Oct 22, 1992, sought a psychic's aid. Authorities including Montgomery County Police and the US Department of Agriculture could not find them. Shelly is a 65 pound half German shepherd Husky female four years old. Missy is a 40 pound beagle Dalmatian Labrador mix female three years old.
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Montgomery County Police
US Department of Agriculture
Maria Sontheimer
Shelly
Missy
Sontheimer
Potomac
Southermer
Smelser pushes BoE conflict of interest bill in Maryland
Maryland lawmakers debate a Frederick County proposal restricting school board members spouses of district employees. The Senate backed a related measure, while House Ways and Means harbors divisions. Smelser and Derr press for party unity as delegates clash over governance and patronage concerns.
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Annapolis
Charles Smelser
Frederick County
State Board of Education
Maryland
Smelser
Union Bridge
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Frederick
James E. McClellan
Tom Hattery
John Derr
Senate Budget and Taxation
Weather and baseball open season in Frederick
Mostly sunny and mild today with highs in the 60s and 40s overnight. Friday brings sun and 70s as the Frederick Keys begin the baseball season with a 7 05 start against the Prince William Cannons.
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Maryland
Frederick Keys
Prince William Cannons
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Boe
Dan Burns
Inside the News
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