County restores funds to Graceham firefighters
Frederick County votes to lift a four year funding ban on Graceham Fire Co. and end a dual response restriction. Graceham must submit its 1994 budget request of about 22000 to the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association for funding recommendation. A public hearing on broad minimum standards for all 26 volunteer departments will be held this summer.
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Graceham
Board of Commissioners
Boller
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Fire and Rescue Association
John Mathias
Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
Potomac Fire Equipment
Hebron
Police department rolls out bicycle patrols downtown
Lt. Hargis said the new bike unit will patrol downtown parks Carrol Creek and four parking decks, offering a tactical speed and economic edge over cruisers. Bicycles enable closer resident contact under the community policing program and will carry a fingerprint kit, first aid kit, summons hook and other gear. Officers will wear black shorts and helmets with their uniforms.
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Carrol Creek
Hargis
Conference urges UN to lift arms embargo on Bosnia
An international human rights conference in Vienna urged the United Nations to lift its arms embargo on Bosnian Muslims to defend against Serbian and Croat forces. The largely symbolic vote had no binding effect, with Russia the sole opponent and 54 countries, including the United States, abstaining.
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Vienna
Austria
United Nations
U.N
Yugoslavia
U.N. Security Council
Bosnia
Russia
Serbia
United States
Clinton plan clash over deficit cuts and tax shifts
Republicans gain support to exempt jet fuel from an energy tax, shrinking the deficit package by about 2.5 billion. Debates feature sharp rhetoric over tax increases versus spending cuts, with Medicare reductions trimmed by 9 billion in a last minute agreement. High earners face higher rates including 36 to 39.6 percent income tax and a 1.45 percent Medicare tax.
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D-Maine
George Mitchell
Clinton
Mitchell
Congress
FBI Seeks Bomber Linked To University Attacks
The FBI linked a string of mail bombings since 1978 to a elusive bomber targeting universities and tech firms. David Gelernter, 38, a Yale computer scientist, was injured when a letter exploded in his office. He remained in guarded condition with wounds to the abdomen chest face and hands.
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New Haven
Yale-New Haven
University of California-San
Unabomb Case Linked To University Bomber
Dr Charles Epstein of the University of Francisco lost fingers when a mailed package bomb exploded at his home in San Francisco. FBI spokesman Rick Smith tied two blasts to a decade long Unabomb series that killed one person and injured 21. The cases remain unsolved despite efforts by the FBI BATF and U S Postal Service.
Senate fights to save $16 billion super collider project
The Senate must decide after the House voted 280-150 to kill the Texas based superconducting super collider. President Clinton and aides urged House support while Republicans defend the project as vital science and economic driver.
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Washington
Senate
House
Texas
Thomas Foley
Foley
Clinton
al Gore
Energy
Hazel O'Leary
Congress
Sherrod Brown
Ohio
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Gramm
GOP
United States
Jim Slattery
D-Kan
House Appropriations Committee
Endeavour Astronauts Prepare for Five Hour Hubble Spacewalk
Space Center Houston reports G. David Low and Peter Wisoff to train for a near five hour spacewalk to repair the Hubble Space Telescope and address two antennas on a European satellite. The crew was awakened to Dire Straits Walk of Life as the pair prepared to secure the antennas aboard the shuttle’s cargo bay.
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Dire Straits
Law
Jeff
Mission Control
Susan Helms
Unabomb letter warns of newsworthy event from FC group
The Times reported a June 21 Sacramento letter from a group calling themselves FC warned of a future information release about their goal. FBI Director Sessions urged university staff to be vigilant for suspicious mail as investigators assess an injured Gelernter case and unknown parcel details.
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the Times
Sacramento
Calif
FBI
William Sessions
Washington
Gelernter
Spacewalk Tests 50 foot robot arm use on Endeavour mission
Spacewalkers Low and Wisoff plan to hold and align each other while using Nancy Sherlock to manipulate the 50 foot robotic arm. The crew will exit via the shuttle tunnel for the first time to work in the payload bay and connect Spacehab to Endeavour.
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Nancy Sherlock
Low
Wisoff
Spacehab
Endeavour
Spacelab
Eureca
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