Clinton outlines welfare reform ideas at governors meeting
President Clinton presented a package to reduce welfare dependence and boost work, calling for job training, earned income tax credit expansion, stronger child support enforcement with an IRS collection plan, and state experiments. He urged a time limit on benefits after two years of education or training and emphasized giving a hand up, not a handout.
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Washington
Clinton
National Governors Association
Internal Revenue Service
County backs stricter liquor law that exempts legitimate theater
Frederick County officials moved to tighten the liquor ordinance with a theater exemption after a Weinberg Center production featured a nude scene. The plan, backed by 4 to 1 vote, aims to place the county under a stricter law adopted by 10 counties, while preserving a theater carveout amid debate over censorship and public hearings.
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Maryland General Assembly
Weinberg Center For the Arts
Liquor Commission
Weinberg Center
James E. McClellan
D-Frederick
Paul Gordon
Sue Ann Yingling
Yingling
Bruce Reeder
Police stress awareness to whole community
Frederick City Police promote community policing by engaging all residents including the disabled. An awareness seminar at the Way Station drew officers from multiple agencies to discuss disability concerns, misperceptions, and accessibility in policing, with participants urging respectful communication and proper handling of suspects with special needs.
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Regis Raffensberger
Way Station
Frederck Police Department
Mary Dudderar
Division of
Rehabilitation Services
American Foundation For the Blind
Esposito
Mike Montagnino
Frederick County
Healiny Impaired
Rosemary Rosensteel
The
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Fredenck County Inc
Fred Springer
Paris
Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil emerged in subzero dawn to cast a shadow and forecast six more weeks of winter. About 4,000 residents gathered at Gobblers Knob to witness the Groundhog Day event despite temperatures at minus six. The Inner Circle conducts the ritual days in advance, and Phil has supposedly made this prediction in 97 of 107 years. Continued on Page A-4.
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Inner Circle Club
Phil
Pennsylvania
Inner Circle
Jim Means
Gobblers Knob
Punxsutawney
Silence hits Frederick phones as 63 exchange fails
Residents in Frederick City and Frederick County faced a citywide telephone outage when the 63 exchange stopped working. C P Telephone Co officials reported the failure affected all lines and left callers in disbelief, with many switching phones in response to the outage.
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Frederick City
Frederick County
C&p Telephone Co
Bartlett fulfills promise establishing scholarships
Rep Roscoe Bartlett announced he will fund 60,000 in scholarships for 30 students this fall, split across six counties, with funds from his congressional salary. Details show adjustments planned for next year. scholars to receive two installments contingent on second semester grades.
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Roscoe Bartlett
R-oth
Bartlett
Bartlet
House of Representatives
House
Washington, DC
Matic
Jim Lafferty
Lafferty
Frederck
Bartlett Sai
County freezes spending at 93 level in 1994 budget
Frederick County commissioners vote to freeze all operating costs personnel expenses and capital outlays for fiscal 1994 at 1993 levels. Salaries and benefits for employees rise elsewhere due to state decision not to cover Social Security costs. Debates include school board and FCC appropriations and a transfer tax proposal.
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Frederick County
Commissioners
Ronald Sundergill
School Board
FCC
General Assembly
Frederick County school budget plan aims at growth and raises
A crowd of Frederick County parents discussed the fiscal 1994 budget for public schools. Dr Noel T. Farmer Jr. spoke at Monocacy Middle School as the Board of Education prepares a $162 million proposal, about $3 million more than last year, with large salary raises for teachers and a three year contract. The County Commissioners will decide funding in June, and negotiations with the teachers union will resume after funding is set.
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Frederick County
Noel T. Farmer Jr
Monocacy Middle School
Farmer
Dr Farmer
Frederck County Teachers Association
Foreman removed after abusing school inspector at Windsor Knolls
A Windsor Knolls Middle School foreman was removed from his post after a courtly confrontation with a building inspector. The inspector alleged verbal abuse and an attempted grab before concrete pouring revealed reinforcement bar and wire mesh issues. Dan Gzdra, assistant superintendent of planning, stated the details.
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New Windsor Knolls Middle School
Dan Gzdra
Inside The News Weather And Sundance Center Note
Mostly sunny today with highs near 39. Clear and cold tonight with lows around 20. Sunny and warmer Wednesday with highs in the 40s. See Maryland weather and map on Page 22. AA Agriculture mentions carriages breeding and boarding Sundance center described as horse heaven.
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Sundance Center
Horse
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