GOP pushes to authorize more prison funding in crime bill
House Republicans press to add over 2 billion to last year’s 8 billion for prison construction while requiring states to enact truth in sentencing for violent felons. Democrats warn most states will be ineligible, limiting funds. Clinton signals possible veto if key anti crime provisions are altered.
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Washington
White House
House
Congress
Newt Gingrich
Clinton
Janet Reno
GOP
Pat Schroeder
D-Coro
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Matilda helps director keep pop band members complete
New Market Middle School’s Pop Band relies on director Julie Robinson and her colorful stage personas to grab students attention. The non audition ensemble draws 125 students weekly, rehearses Wednesdays after school, and performs two concerts a year in Frederick County.
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Kelly Hahn
Julie Robinson
New Market Middle School
Matilda May Gumpschnickle
Matilda
New Market
Arkansas
Ms Robinson
Ryan Naugle
Frederick County
Ms. Robinson
Lulu Agooboo
Eunice the
Conehead Dork
City weighs directors residency rule in Frederick
Frederick officials consider making city directors live inside the city to keep their posts. Two of 13 directors reside outside Frederick prompting debate. Mayor James Grimes and the Board of Aldermen meet in a Mountaindale watershed retreat to weigh the policy, with politics and staffing impact under discussion.
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Frederick City
James Grimes
Frederick
Mountaindale
Grimes
Ronald Young
Young
Carolyn True
Frances Baker
Sally Murphy
Six men arrested in Emmitsburg narcotics raids
Six men were taken into custody on Frederick County Grand Jury indictments during Friday morning raids by the Narcotics Task Force. The indictments include the first for heroin sale to a task force member and for distribution of heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. The group named includes David Sanders, James Hansen, David L. Sexton, Christopher Price, Stephen Price, and Ronald E. Dewees. They will face bail reviews in Frederick County Circuit Court later Friday. The raids ended about four months of investigation, with two search warrants executed at separate homes. Officers from the Maryland State Police, Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, Frederick City Police tactical unit, and FBI participated after a pre-raid briefing.
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Frederick County
David Ward
Stephen Price
Emmitsburg Road
Emmitsburg Area
Maryland
Frederick City
Emmitsburg
Frederick
Shriver Road
James Hansen
Main Street
David L. Sexton
East Main Street
Christopher Price
Ronald E. Dewees
West Main Street
Scott L. Rolle
Gerald Horner
Maryland State Police
Teen in Pager Ban Law Detained After High School Game
Maryland students face arrest on school property for carrying pagers under a strict anti drug law. Tony Ripa, 16, was handcuffed, searched and photographed at Frederick Police HQ before being released to his father. The law requires police involvement with pager possession on campus, with penalties up to 2500 dollars fine or six months in jail.
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Annapolis
Kim Owens
Tony Ripa
Frederick
Owens
Frederick City
Tony
Maryland
Mr. Owens
Kmart
West Patrick Street
No change in county dumping fees for next year
Frederick County Commissioners on Thursday kept dumping charges at 52 dollars per ton for sanitary landfill and 40 dollars per ton for rubble at the rubblefill. Projections show future increases: rubble to 45 dollars in FY 1997 and sanitary landfill to 55 dollars in FY 1998, rising to 62 in FY 1999, with fees funding operations, improvements, debts and reserve funds.
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Frederick County
Irv Slike
Bureau of Solid Waste Management
Bob Hayes
Department of Public Works
Recycling and Solid Waste Department
Bute
Mr. Hayes
Frederick sees growing private sector role in helping the hungry
Mike Watterson, executive director of the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs, notes long hours and gray areas in aid work as Frederick reacts to funding shifts. Volunteers run shelters and a county food bank in a joint public private effort, with local businesses donating supplies and city funding covering security and laundry.
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Mike Watterson
Religious Coalition For Emergency Human Needs
Frederick
Department of Social Ser
Watterson
Washington
Frederick County
Mike Stovall
Frederick County Citizens Services
Robert Dickenson
Frederick Food Bank
Dickenson
Robert Tamsey
Janne
Food Bank
Religious Coalition
Frederick News Weather and Sports Brief
Light snow to rain tonight with lows in the 30s. Saturday partly clearing with highs near 40. See weather map on page A-2. Sports notes: the Frederick Cadets top TJ Patriots in high school wrestling, seeded third in SA-4A Duals beginning Wednesday. See page for details.
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Frederick
TJ Patriots
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