Winter storm hits Frederick area with snow and wind
A forecast warns of wind 15 to 25 mph with stronger gusts, and a 30 percent chance of snow Friday night. Cold temperatures follow with highs in the 30s and upper 20s through Sunday. Wet snow fell Wednesday in Frederick County with higher elevations seeing up to three inches. Maryland troopers reported no major accidents while deputies logged a weather related minor crash on Park Mills Road.
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Frederick Area
Dick Diener
National Weather Service
Frederick
Maryland
Tim Miller
Frederick County
Park Mills
West Virginia
Michigan
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids
Lawmakers Divided Over Occupation Based Hiring Bill
Derr and Smelser discuss a proposed bill restricting hiring practices while noting appointed county positions and review by party central committees. Patterson questions the need for legislation and discrimination guarantees, calling it a targeted occupation loophole and conflict of interest.
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Democratic
Republican Central Committees
Patterson
Mount St. Marys Faces Funding Fears in Budget Plan
Mount St. Marys College awaits state funds as Gov Schaefer proposes 1.3 million for Mount St Marys and Hood College would receive 11 million. The General Assembly debates cuts to private colleges, leaving Mount St Marys wary. Officials call the FY1994 budget a worst case scenario with about 900 thousand less state aid planned. Faculty got a 3 percent raise while about 700 thousand was trimmed from other areas, largely the athletic department.
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Maryland Independent College and University Association
William Donald Schaefer
Mount St. Mary's
Buhrman
Mount St. Mary’s
Wal-Mart plan criticized over zoning mix and access roads
County officials fault the Wal-Mart development for too much commercial space and not enough office and research uses. They urge rejection or continued review until areas to cut are identified and design standards are met. Traffic studies warn 10,000 daily trips, 652 per hour at peak, requiring a second access from New Design Road.
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Gordon
Wal-Mart
Planning Commission
Yeltsin’s Moves Questioned After Congress Rift
Russia’s Congress limited the president’s remaining powers and did not define his freedom to appoint prime ministers or other Cabinet members. It remained unclear what steps Yeltsin might take to reassert authority as spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikov noted the president had yet to act in a decisive way.
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Yeltsin
Vyacheslav Kostikov
Fve
Ruslan Khasbulatov
Anatoly Chubais
Andrei Kozyrev
Congress
Maryland fee proposals and health care reform debate
Littrell warns against new funding fees as departments seek revenue to sustain budgets cut over three years. He cites 115000 for planning and 1.6 million for water management as unacceptable. He supports necessary fees for insurance industry accreditation and discusses the comprehensive reform bill linked to small business needs and insurer pools.
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Littrell
Maryland Office of Planning
Department of Natural Resources
House
Rochester
Senate Finance Committee
Abortion protest ends in fatal shooting outside clinic
A doctor, Dr. Gunn, was shot three times after leaving a Pensacola area clinic as about a dozen anti abortion demonstrators protested outside. Suspect Griffin, 31, surrendered to police and is charged with murder. Witnesses described the confrontation and subsequent arrest, while national figures condemned the act.
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Griffin
Dr. Gunn
Steve Powell
Miami Herald
Murray Holt
John Burt
Whitfield
Randall Terry
Operation Rescue
Dr. Dunn
Mr. Terry
Kate Michelman
National Abortion Rights Action League
Gunn
No Lotto winner as Maryland Lotto hits $5 million
In Baltimore, no jackpot winner emerged in Wednesday night's Maryland Lotto drawing worth about 5 million dollars. Winning numbers were 17 18 31 37 42 48. five-number matches occurred on 32 tickets at 1275 dollars each. four-number matches on 1,734 tickets at 41 dollars each. Next drawing expected around 6 million.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Maryland Lottery
Obituaries for Gertrude Worsley and George Fay in Maryland
Gertrude Worsley 85 of Silver Spring died March 5 at Washington Adventist Hospital. Her husband Harry died in 1984. She taught in Jefferson County and Montgomery County schools including Sherwood High and Takoma Park Junior High. Memorial service March 14 at Woodside United Methodist Church. Memorials to Habitat for Humanity. George A Fay 80, retired musician and cartographer, died March 8 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Survived by three sons and six grandchildren. Memorials to charity of choice.
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Gertrude Worsley
Gertrude C. Worsley
Silver Spring
Washington Adventist Hospital
Harry Worsley
Jefferson County
W.va
Jesse
Sally Carr
Shepherd College
Montgomery County
Sherwood High
Takoma Park
Montgomery Hills
Woodside United Methodist Church
Georgia Ave
Maurice Vineyard
Habitat For Humanity
George A. Fay
Rhode Island
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Washington, D.C
Middleton, R.I
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Interior Ministry
George Fay
Tiny Meeker
Lee Hardesty
Agriculture Department
Mr. Fay
Newport
R.I
Providence, R.I
Providence College
D.C. Federation of Musicians
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Kevin P. Fay
Potomac
Paul F. Fay
New Market
Richard S. Fay
Oakland
Calif
Mary Cooney
Warwick
Mercy Veronica Fay
Riverside
Charles Fay
St. Petersburg
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Routzahn’s
Fredericktowne Mall
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