Jobless rate drops and stocks soar in February surge
The Labor Department reports unemployment at 5.4 percent, a four percent year low, with 318000 new nonfarm jobs. The Dow Jones hits a record of 4035.61 as the economy shows renewed vitality. Clinton cites policy-led fundamentals and sustained growth.
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Washington
Wall Street
Norman Robertson
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh
Labor Department
Dow Jones
Treasury
Clinton
County agencies push $23 million over budget mark
Budget officer Mark Sneadner says the general fund for 1996 is about 1742 million, about 43 million less than 1995. Agencies submitted 191,239,170 in requests with about half over the budget mark. Frederick County Commissioners President Mark Hoke vows to balance cuts and keep funding within the pot as debt service and maintenance of effort costs rise.
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Mark Sneadner
Sweadner
Sneadner
Frederick County
Mark Hoke
Hoke
Senate panel amends emissions compromise in Maryland
The Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 65 to approve two amendments from Sen. Larry Haines that breach the VEIP delay accord with the Glendenning administration, signaling likely gubernatorial veto if they pass. The panel also cut the test fee amid sharp criticism from chairman Sen. Walter Baker, D Cecil.
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Annapolis
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Larry Haines
Sen
Walter Baker
Baker
Local ophthalmologist Dr Howard W Ash dies at 90
Dr Howard Wesley Ash, a Frederck resident and ophthalmologist, died Friday March 10 at Vindobona Nursing Home at age 90. He was born February 13 1905 in Sharon Pennsylvania, son of Elmer Ellsworth Ash and Irene Gardner Ash, and husband of Ruth Hamilton Ash. He attended Sharon High School Grove City College and earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia. He later completed two years as a resident.
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Howard Wesley Ash
Vindobona
Ruth Hamilton Ash
Braddock Heights
Frederck
Sharon
Ash
Elmer Ellsworth Ash
Irene Gardner Ash
Sharon High School
Grove City College
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Philadelphia
Maryland Senate Moves Bill To Raise Rural Interstate Speed
Having cleared the House, a Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee vote of 10 to 1 advanced the Grendening administration proposal to raise the rural interstate speed limit to 65 mph across about 270 miles of limited access highways in Maryland. The panel rejected a radar detector ban.
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Annapolis
House
Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Grendening Adminstration
Maryland
Murder suspect held on no bail
Harold Richard Wolfe Jr. 28, held without bail on first degree murder charges for the killing of Gail Darlene Pheobus in Frederick. Prosecutors described the domestic violence incident. Wolfe allegedly rinsed the gun to destroy fingerprints and lied to police about the shooting.
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Harold Richard Wolfe Jr
Sixth Street
Frederick County
Scott Rolle
Gail Darlene Pheobus
Wolfe
Rolle
Rolfe
W. Milner Roberts
Roberts
Pheobus
Ms. Pheobus
Judges extend driver's sentence in fatal drunken driving case
A three judge Frederick County panel lengthened the sentence of Timothy W. Turley to 13 years for a crash on Old Annapolis Road that killed Kimberly Comfort and seriously injured her 18 month old son. Turley, 28, had sought a reduction after his 11 year 3 month term. prosecutors sought the maximum. Evidence showed a blood alcohol level of .20 and prior DWI convictions.
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Timothy W. Turley
Germantown
Frederick County
Kimberly Dawn Comfort
Meadowlark Avenue
Mount Airy
Geoffrey Bartlett
Ms. Comfort
Drc
Bartlett
Turley
Old Annapolis Road
Linganore High School
Herbert L. Rollins
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Mary Ann Stepler
John H. Tisdale
Smoking compromise collapses over statewide workplace ban
ANNAPOLIS AP efforts to reach a compromise on a statewide ban on workplace smoking collapsed Friday as the General Assembly rejected significant changes. The Senate Finance Committee backed a hospitality exemption with an amendment requiring 60 percent non smoking space for hotels motels private clubs and restaurants, while taverns would escape the rule. Gov Parris Glendening expressed clear disappointment.
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Annapolis
General Assembly
Parris Glendening
Senate Finance Committee
Glendening
Bank robbery arrest linked to tip from girlfriend’s mother
Frederick man Raymond Derald Arrington, 22, faces armed bank robbery charges for stealing 5729 from FCNB Middletown, with bail set at 121000. FBI and Maryland State Police arrested him Thursday at Francis Scott Key Mall after a tip from his girlfriend’s mother helped connect him to money wrappers and stolen funds found in Lisa Purdum’s car.
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Frederick
Raymond Derald Arrington
Torrington Court
FCNB
Middletown
Arrington
FBI
Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Lisa Purdum
Bob Sidow
Debra Purdum
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