Gingrich asserts GOP control of national agenda in speech
Washington AP notes Speaker Newt Gingrich frames the GOP led Congress as setting the agenda while President Clinton travels. He vows to simplify taxes and cut federal spending, promising a balanced budget in seven years, with Social Security unchanged and elderly health choices expanded.
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Homeless Man Ordered to Leave Makeshift Home in Frederick
Richard Vernon Charlton known as D C Charlton has lived in a tent and debris in a wooded area off Key Parkway behind Frederick County Square Shopping Center. City and state inspectors issued a 24 hour move order citing livability code violations while Charlton vows to relocate and seek work as a mason.
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Richard” Vernon
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Frederick
Unemployment Rises in March Sparking Market Slide
U.S. unemployment climbs to 5.5 percent in March as factory jobs fall for the first time since 1993. The Dow Jones tumbles 35.96 points to 4192.62 while bonds retreat and the dollar slides to a new yen low. Analysts warn of a potential hard landing despite 203,000 jobs created that month.
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Walkersville boy proves he knows his geography
Walkersville Middle School sixth grader Travis Shaw placed seventh in the Maryland Geography Bee at Montgomery College. He was among 10 finalists from across the state after preliminary rounds eliminated 90 competitors. He correctly answered questions about the Azores, Basel to Rhine cruises, and Sinai tourism, but erred on Rogue River National Forest location, a fact that kept him from winning.
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Rockville
County jobless rate up .7 percent
The jobless rate rose 0.7 percent in Frederick County from January to February. Maryland figures show 5,254 unemployed out of a labor force of 95,389 in February. The rate at 5.5 percent was 0.1 percent below February 1994 and 0.4 percent above the state figure, 0.4 percent below the national rate.
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Reenactor Boaze bill defeated in Maryland Senate panel
Raleigh Boaze, a Frederic county historic reenactor, failed again to win Senate approval for an exemption allowing period props and reconstructed antique weapons in schools. The Judicial Proceedings Committee, led by Walter Baker, 7-4, blocked the measure despite House passage, as Baker warned no more firearms bills would pass his committee.
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Statewide ban forbids all open burning in Maryland
Maryland imposes a noon Friday ban on all open burning amid dry windy conditions fueling hundreds of wildfires. Officials cite arson as a major factor and warn enforcement will be strict until rain reduces the fire threat.
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Environmental Health Department
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Frederick
Alan Zentz
Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ Forest Service
Mr. Zentz
Wesley
Dorchester County
Lead Poisoning Alert Sparks Child Blood Lead Check
Lessia Middleton, watching TV in Washington, ensured her daughter's blood lead test after recalling paint chips. Ciara registered 46 micrograms per deciliter, well above the 20 threshold for poisoning. The Middleton family checked three older children, none were poisoned.
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Frederick
Washington
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Middleton
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