Recycled newsprint bill clears House
In Annapolis the House of Delegates narrowly passed a bill mandating 12 percent recycled content by 1992 rising to 40 percent by 1998 for Maryland newspapers. Penalties include a $15 per ton charge or loss of sales tax exemption. the measure now goes to the Senate amid opposition from Frederick County delegates and publishers complaining of supply limits and contract terms.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Maryland
Senate
Frederick County
Dels
James E. McClean
George H. Littrell
Thomas H. Hattery
Boyd Smith
Del
John Arnick
D-Baltimore
Environmental Matters Committee
Arnick
R. Clayton Mitchell
Eastern Shore
del. Elles R. Sauerbrey
Baltimore
House
Virgin
Free tuition bill killed in Maryland legislature
Del Boyd Smith’s proposal to provide two year tuition scholarships for at risk students was killed by a legislative committee in Annapolis. He said existing funds and programs like Passport to the Future could still support the goal, while a companion bill to deny licenses for un enrolled youths also died.
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Annapolis
del. Boyd Smith
D-Frederick
Maryland
Libya chemical weapons plant near Tripoli becomes operational
U S officials say Libya's Rabta facility has reached operational capability producing limited mustard gas and nerve agents. The disclosure complicates U S efforts to curb proliferation and advance a year end treaty on a global ban. State and national security officials refused to share full details, citing classification.
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Washington
Libya
Tripoli
U.S
James A. Baker III
House
Baker
White House
Brent Scowcroft
Iran
Iraq
Soviet Union
Rabta
Reagan
Muammar Gaddafi
Col. Gaddafi
Nazi Germany
State Department
Mark Dillon
George P. Shultz
Paris
Afghan mutiny fights for Bagram air base in upheaval
Mutinous Afghan soldiers clash with loyalists over Afghanistan s largest air base at Bagram as President Najibullah s government battles to hold power amid reports of fighting in Kandahar Herat and Kabul. Radio Kabul claimed control of Kabul and warned residents to stay indoors while Gen Tanai remains at large.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Bagram
Qudratullah Ahmadi
Ahmadi
Kandahar
Herat
Kabul
Najib
Shah Nawaz Tanai
Tanai
Sarwari
Radio
Weather Brief for Western Maryland and LAP Area
Clear and quite cold tonight with lows around 20 degrees. Thursday will be partly sunny and not quite as cold with highs in the low to mid 40s. The forecast covers Western Maryland weather and local conditions as reported by The News.
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Maryland
LAP OM Parc
Esesereyns Ascnenereres
County Debates Drug Test Policy In Frederick County
Frederick County Commissioners hold a public meeting on a proposed drug testing policy. Mark Hoke urges random tests and firing for positives, while others push a two category system based on job sensitivity. Most speakers favor the policy with safeguards like confirmation tests and an appeals process.
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Mark Hoke
Frederick County
Hoke
Frederick
Mitchell Hose
Cheryl Hershey
Bruce Reeder
Linda Norris
Rick Brace
Nician
Richard Sawyer
Mountain Manor
Emmitsburg
John Ashbury
Walkersville
Italian flies eyed to curb Maryland thistle problem
Maryland agricultural officials plan to release 300 to 900 Italian flies near the Frederick County Washington County line in April to combat thorny thistles. The flies, imported from Rome, target musk and plumeless thistles in larvae to reduce pesticide use and curb runoff into streams feeding the Chesapeake Bay. The program, costing about 50 000 dollars, marks Maryland’s first large scale use of flies for weed control amid broader bay clean up efforts.
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Chesapeake Bay
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Bay
Steve Malan
William Donald Schaefer
MDA
Frederick County
Washington County
Rome
Tles
Montana
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Italian Oy
Mr. Malan
Maryland State Highway Department
Jack Heflin
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