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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1996
Page
2
Commissioners clash over funding appeals with proceeds from three properties. Reeder backs a COLA tied to expected 1.7 million, while Hoke votes against using property funds and warns of overruns. Hogan opposes the COLA, Roy Rhoderick Gray and Reeder support it as budget actions unfold.
The town advances a gravity sewer line at Amber Meadows as its costliest item in the new budget. An extra 1.3 million from the special assessment fund will finance new mains to improve water flow. The effort follows an early 1980s master plan with high, medium and low priorities. high priorities are done, medium remains.
Gasoline prices show signs of stabilizing after sharp rises since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Maryland and Frederick County see regular unleaded around 1.27 to 1.39 a gallon while mid grade averages at 1.44, premium 1.51, and diesel 1.40, with crude oil near 20 dollars per barrel.
FAA and investigators highlight maintenance and quality control shortcomings at ValuJet after the May 1 crash that killed 16. Inspectors found mechanics unfamiliar with equipment and unstarted work counted as completed. Internal reports show higher accident rates than major carriers amid criticism of FAA timing.
Ellison, once homeless, found safety and schooling through Advocates for Homeless Families now Advocates for Families on South Street. She earned a nursing degree at Frederick Community College, joined Project Forward Step, and received AFDC childcare aid and child support. She later became Volunteer Maryland coordinator for AmeriCorps, plans a mentoring program, and will graduate next spring to aid other families.
Violet Walston recalls her husband Thomas Walston among 394 people honored at Springfield Hospital Center in Sykesville for choosing to donate their bodies to science. Ashes were buried on the hospital grounds as relatives praised the meaningful ceremony over a traditional funeral.
Ellen Sauerbrey, who lost to Gov. Parris Glendening in 1994, says she plans a 1998 bid, signaling openness with few formal announcements. She cites her fundraising, party role as Maryland national committeewoman, and broad GOP support while rivals discuss alternatives. Glendening played down concerns, promising to press his reelection message.
President Clinton prepared to sign an order requiring welfare applicants to identify the father of their children as part of a broader welfare reform push during his re election drive. He will also sign a directive to create a central Washington database to track parents who fail to pay child support, with Massachusetts set to receive a waiver to pursue state welfare reform experiments.
A Sh year old Knoxville woman Sheena Lead Compher of Sandy Hook Road was charged after she solicited an undercover officer for sex in the 100 block of West Fifth Street. She was arrested on charges of solicitation for vice and lewdness.
An Arlington woman, Kathryn Ann Creasy, 36, ran a red light and collided with a Nissan pickup driven by Thomas Clifford Waters of Mount Airy at West South and South Bentz in Frederick. Creasy’s car overturned after hitting a tree. neither driver was injured and Creasy was charged with failing to stop for a red light.
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