Centrist health reform bills seek floor votes in House
Centrist lawmakers propose two main bills to reform health insurance without an individual mandate. Reps Cooper Grandy offer a plan combining insurance reform tax changes and marketplace competition to extend coverage, while Rowland Bilirakis focus on insurance reform. Supporters total around 110 House members, split evenly by party, as debate looms with McDermott and a Clinton plan also in play.
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Jim Cooper
D-Tenn
Fred Grandy
R-Iown
J. Roy Rowland
D-Ga
Michael Bilirakis
R-Fla
Clinton
Ance
Cooper
Jim McDermott
D-Wash
$1.7 Million Approved for FCC Projects in Frederick
The Board of Public Works authorized over 1.7 million dollars in state funds for Frederick Community College projects. Most of the money supports furniture and equipment for the Learning Resources Center under construction, with a 641 thousand dollar county match. The 60,000 square foot building, begun last year, will host a library, 18 classrooms, 13 labs, and offices, and aims to open for the January 1995 semester. The college plans to renovate Building A’s second floor after library removal and received design and roofing contracts totaling nearly 1.1 million dollars, with state and county shares specified. A separate 16,500 dollar change order was approved to stabilize the iron master’s house at Catoctin Furnace after additional deterioration.
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Board of Public Works
Frederick Community College
Jon Larson
Catoctin Furnace
Cunningham Falls
First-time jobless claims rise 19 thousand in week
The Labor Department reported 363,000 initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ended July 9, up 19,000 from the prior week. The figures show the biggest weekly rise in two months, with state postings led by New York and New Jersey, while California and North Carolina posted notable decreases. The four week moving average rose to 353,000 as hiring trends remain modestly improving.
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Edward Hoffman resigns as St. John's headmaster
Edward V. Hoffman resigns after four years as headmaster of St. John's at Prospect Hall Frederick a 65 year old Catholic co educational high school. He will become principal at Harrell's Academy in Wilmington NC. The board forms a search committee aiming to name a successor by mid August. He helped raise enrollment stabilize finances establish the endowment and charitable trust fund.
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St. John’s
Prospect Hall
Frederick
Hoffman
Harrell’s Academy
Wilmington
N.C
Dan Haynes
Woman hostage escapes captor in Maryland dispute
A 37 year old man held a 20 year old neighbor hostage for over twelve hours in a Woodbine mobile home after a domestic dispute. He raped her and was later charged with rape attempted murder assault false imprisonment and related offenses after the hostage escaped and police captured him.
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Maryland
Westminster
Palice
Woodbine
Ashley
Ash
Tom Hickman
McKelgin
Carroll County General Hospital
Mckelyin
Cedras vows to stay Haiti army head amid possible invasion
Haiti's Lt Gen Raoul Cedras says he will remain commander unless the world accepts the government he installed led by Emile Jonassaint. He would resign only to a stable regime, rejecting the UN plan he previously balcony reneged on, while U.S. talks and a Marine invasion drill unfold near Haiti.
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Haiti
United States
Raoul Cedras
Associated Press
Emile Jonassaint
Jean Bertrand Aristide
Cedras
Jonassaint
Aristide
U.N
Gen. Cedras
Mr. Aristide
United Nations
U.S
William Swing
Clinton
Grand Inagua Island
Bahamas
Pentagon
William Gray
Wed
FEMA to pay Frederick County 447 148 in cold cash
FEMA will reimburse Maryland for February ice storm damage with Frederick County receiving 447 148. The total is up from 339 686 previously projected, with specific municipal shares listed. The inclusion followed a March site visit by a FEMA official who reviewed local reports and spoke with highway officials.
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Frederick County
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Maryland
David McMillion
Maryland Emergency Management Agency
McMillion
Ously
Frederick City
Bruswick
Walkersville
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Myersville
New Market
John Croneburg
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Caroline
Charles
Dorchester
Prince
Edward Gorski named Frederick County planner to lead zoning
Edward Gorski, 41, begins as Frederick County chief of comprehensive planning eight months after the post was vacant. Former Loudoun County principal planner and Washington Council of Governments veteran, he expects Maryland local ordinances will grant more latitude than Virginia state law. He moved from Utica and Fairfax to take the division manager role and is adjusting to increased local authority.
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Frederick County
Ray Barnes
Edward Gorski
Loudoun County
Virginia
Gorski
Utica
N.Y
Fairfax
Washington Council of Governments
Binghamton, NY
Maryland
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