Budget summary and county appropriations secondary notes
Final tallies list allocations across health safety recreation transportation and capital projects totaling substantial sums. Key line items include Urbana High School 4 million Thurmont Middle School 133 thousand Frederick Community College 3.42 million Daybreak Center 400 thousand and multiple park and state land acquisitions totaling 10.33 million. Statewide health and social services programs receive 23.3 million across several agencies. County bills cover tax and licensing adjustments plus bond authorizations and regulatory changes.
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Urbana High
Thurmont Middle School
Frederick Community College
Thurmont
Cunningham Falls
Gambrill State Park
Gathland and
Washington Monument
South Mountain State Park
Victor Cullen Center
School board to comply with new graduation requirement
Board members debated a state mandate labeled mandated volunteerism. Edgar Larson opposed. Samuel Koski and Earl Robbins Jr. were absent. All 24 boards opposed the mandate citing cost and administration burden. Student Meredith Schaffran reported 75 percent opposition in county council meetings, with 80 percent favoring local plans if needed. About 200 students attended.
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Edgar Larson
Samuel Koski
Earl Robbins Jr
Meredith Schaffran
Frederick County Association of Student Councils
Clinton to unveil health care plan next month
President Clinton and aides discuss funding options for a proposed health care overhaul with a task force weighing at least 20 methods including a national sales tax, higher tobacco and alcohol taxes, and taxing employer paid benefits. Estimates show large potential revenue, while experts warn of regressive effects and setup costs.
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Clinton
Stephanopoulos
Ira Magaziner
Congressional Budget Office
Fed staff gets raises above inflation says Gonzalez
Rep Henry B. Gonzalez charged that Federal Reserve staff received a 4.8 percent raise and regional bank staff 4.3 percent while the 1992 inflation rate was 2.9 percent and national wage increases ran 2.7 percent. He wrote to President Clinton criticizing the raises.
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Federal Reserve
Washington
House Banking Committee
Henry B. Gonzalez
Texas
Clinton
Board of Governors
Fed
Labor Department
Gonzalez
IRS offers help to last minute filers
Washington AP reports the IRS will extend help to about 45 million filers nearing the midnight deadline. Many owe more due to Bush withholding changes, with extensions possible until Aug 16 and installment plans available. The Justice Department notes over 100 indictments since November for failing to file past returns and tax scams persist.
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IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Bush
John Hewitt
Jackson Hewitt
Mr. Bush
Milwaukee
Justice Department
Michael L. Paup
Department
General Accounting Office
Clinton offers another 1.8B to Yeltsin
The Group of Seven agreed to back Boris Yeltsin with 284 billion in loans and grants, plus a US 1.8 billion aid package. They backed 15 billion in Soviet debt rescheduling and urged a 4 billion fund to privatize Russian industry. Clinton aims to fast track 1.3 billion in grants and 500 million for privatization.
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Clinton
Yeltsin
Tokyo
Boris Yeltsin
United States
Group of Seven
Soviet Union
Warren M. Christopher
Russia
Christopher
Japan
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
U.S
Vancouver
Congress
White House
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Columbia
Gerwig Lane
Ellicott City
Balto
Nat'l. Pike
MHIC
Bode Floors, Inc
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