GOP tax plan promises relief with limits and caps
House tax writer Bill Archer prepared a bill to lower taxes for families with children savers and many businesses. The centerpiece is a 500 dollar child tax credit for families earning under 200000 but the credit would be nonrefundable. The measure also cuts capital gains taxes expands IRAs and aims to be paid for with welfare welfare Medicare reforms and other cuts. The plan tracks the Contract With America promise to eliminate deficits by 2002.
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House
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Bill Archer
Texas
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IRS
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John L Kendall to lead Frederick City administration
John L. Kendall, 55, named administrative assistant succeeding Carolyn True who resigned to move to Virginia. Mayor James Grimes said Kendall brings government and county experience and can hit the ground running. Kendall, former Brunswick administrator and Taneytown manager, retires as Army colonel in 1987. He will start after True leaves March 31 and will oversee city operations, grants, budgeting, purchasing and coordinating with officials.
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Carolyn True
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Olive Mount Reaches Century Milestone in Mount Airy
Olive Mount, lifelong Mount Airy resident and former Mount Airy High School teacher, marks her 100th birthday at Sunrise Retirement Home in Frederick. She credits faith, healthy eating, regular walking, and staying informed for longevity, having lived in her Hill Street home all her life before moving last year.
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Arlene Runckles
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Baltimore
State Normal School
Reward Offered In Maryland Bank Robbery Spree
Police seek a white male suspect after a Wednesday bank robbery at FCNB Bank in Apple Valley Midway Middletown. The man described as 5 ft 7 in to 5 ft 9 in, about 145 pounds, wearing a tear colored suit and green stocking hat fled on foot. a small white SUV may have been used. A $2,000 reward is offered by MABS for information leading to an arrest. No injuries reported.
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Apple Valley
Middletown
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NationsBank
MABS
Frederick
Washington
Carroll
Tri-County
FBI
Greenhouse Push for Spring Gardeners March In
Inside The News Weather segment urges gardeners to embrace spring. The note promotes Page B-1 and mentions The Frederick News-Post printed on 100 percent recycled paper with recyclable newspaper.
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Frederick
Ed Page Lee Pen
Jim Witson
Phelan
Goldberg
Greenhouse
Snow and sun mixed as Frederick braces for March storm
Frederick residents faced a surprise snow and ice event with frigid temperatures after a rain to snow transition. Bridges iced over and I-70 incidents prompted 125 police calls. Schools were canceled and drivers faced delays despite sunny breaks as crews battled slick roads and lingering weather hazards.
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Jim Duble
Frederick
South Bentz Street
Montgomery
Donnie Crum
Frederick County
Frederick considers ban on feeding Culler Lake ducks
City officials in Frederick plan an ordinance to curb a 600 duck population at Culler Lake blaming feeding by residents for the explosion. Public works director Fred Eisenhart notes relocation policy ended and ducks must be euthanized only if health problems arise, with state guidelines now advising against feeding. He concedes he has fed the ducks with his son.
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Culler Lake
Fred Eisenhart
Maryland
Department of the Environment
Eisenhart
Potomac Edison Seeks $6 Million Fuel Charge Cut
PE petitions to reduce Maryland customers' fuel charges by $6 million annually, lowering average bills by about 85 cents a month starting April. Spokeswoman cites new coal contracts as the reason for the first fuel charge decrease since the 1980s.
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Maryland Public Service Commission
Unpredictable 911 Lines See Births Fires and Barns Collapses
Central Alarm 911 received 57 000 calls last year covering births deaths house fires and even snakes and bats near callers. Randy Waesche director of emergency communications recalls the shift changes since 1974 and notes dispatchers are trained EMTs and nationally certified to aid callers until help arrives. A notable birth call last year had a father guided by dispatcher Willie Adams and the family received a copy of the tape.
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Randy Waesche
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Montevue Lane
Waesche
Thurmont
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Waesch
National Academy of Emergency Medical
Willie Adams
Ron Crouse
Central Alarm
Frederick
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Ike Wilson
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Bill Green
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