Japan reacts mildly to U S charges over market access
TOKYO AP wary of inflaming tensions, Japan coolly responds to U S charges it broke promises to open its cellular phone market. Government spokesman Masayoshi Takemura says Tokyo will wait for U S sanctions decision, study options, potentially appeal to GATT. Prime Minister Hosokawa seeks initiative to reduce the $60 billion U S trade surplus as January figures show a rise.
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Masayoshi Takemura
Motorola Inc
United States
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Morihiro Hosokawa
Finance Ministry
Debate Over Budget Pushes School Board Toward Demands
Frederick County board members spar over a 161.7 million budget proposed by Superintendent Daniel Gadra. Some advocate robust advocacy for education, even beyond the county's funding projection of 44 million, while others urge a plan within commissioners’ limits. Disputes center on funding for psychologists, dyslexia programs, counselors, and unaudited education initiatives.
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Gadra
Quist
Washington County
Larson
Rovin
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Walkersville sister pushes probe in murder case
Elizabeth Laughton urged investigators to reexamine the December 1992 death of Shaunna LeFleur Schaeffer in Pennsylvania. Frederick County Detective Melissa Oland ruled the case a murder by Shaunna’s husband Gary Schaeffer, linked to an earlier vehicular death in the Delaware Water Gap area.
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Pennsylvania
Ms. Laughton
Melissa Oland
Frederick County
Delaware Water Gap
Pike County
Schaeffer
Contingency plan forms for Walkersville schools
Superintendent Daniel Gadra proposes a contingency plan if state funding for Glade Elementary in Walkersville-Mount Pleasant is deferred. If the state balks, a 260 student addition to Walkersville Middle could be built this year, using county funds for Glade. The plan aims to curb costs and free portable classrooms amid overcrowding.
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Walkersville
Daniel Gadra
Glade
Mount Pleasant
Glade Elementary
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State Board of Public Works
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Walkersville Middle
Bath
Bids Top East Frederick Sheriff HQ Renovation By Half Million
Five bids for converting East Frederick Elementary into the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office headquarters exceeded the engineer’s 1.9 million dollar estimate by more than 700 thousand dollars. Bids ranged from 2.7 million to just over 3 million, per project director Scott Pearce. The overrun, from Architectural Technologies Inc of Columbia, may delay a project already behind schedule as county officials consider next steps before the Frederick County Commissioners.
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Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
Carl Harbaugh
Scott Pearce
Public Works Department
Pearce
Architectural Technologies Inc of
Columbia
Frederick County Commissioners
Sniper Claims Sarajevo Civilian in War Truce
A worker Ibrahim Osmic, 56, was shot in the head in Sarajevo’s Sniper Alley marking the first civilian death amid a nearly week-old truce after NATO demanded an end to the siege. UN officials seek 2,500 to 3,000 extra peacekeepers and high tech artillery monitoring to enforce ceasefire while NATO eyes removal or disabling of heavy weapons within city outskirts.
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Detrick commander relieved months before retirement
Maj Gen Richard T. Travis, head of the US Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, was relieved of duties effective Feb 1, two months before his planned March 31 retirement. Col C Fred Tyner assumed duties. a permanent replacement to be announced soon. The Army stressed performance not an issue. no demotion or pay cut occurred.
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Richard T. Travis
Charles Casey
Fred Tyner
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Casey
IS Army
Philip K Russell
Fort Myer
Virginia
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