Burkittsville weighs speed bumps and substation options
Burkittsville residents crowd a town meeting with Mayor and council to discuss speed bumps curbside recycling and a deputy substation with the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. A study from The RBA Group estimates speed bumps at about 1000 each. The council plans to continue the discussion at the April budget meeting while noting a strained street fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkittsville
Paul Gilligan
Frederick County
Linda Bradstreet
Joyce Brown
RBA Group
Columbia
Deborah Aughenbaugh
John Ahal
Kathy Brennan
George Harper
Aughenbaugh
Funeral services for King Kirby Rivera McGraw and others
Funeral services were held for multiple Frederick area residents. Matthew John King died March 16 at Frederick Memorial Hospital with services led by Rev. William H. Graham. interment at Resthaven and Fort Detrick rites. Robert D. Kirby died March 17. services at Stauffer Funeral Home. buried Mount Olivet with bearers named. Ethel Naomi Rivera died March 17. services at Asbury United Methodist Church. interment Fairview Cemetery. widower Raphael Rivera. Francis William McGraw died March 20. Mass at St Anthony's Shrine. interment St Anthony's Shrine Cemetery. All arrangements by local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew John King
Frederick Memorial Hospital
First Missionary Baptist Church
Frederick
William H. Graham
Mountain City
Ann Cecilia Roberts King
C.E. Hicksill
Robert D. Kirby
Stauffer Funeral Home
Michael C. Davidson
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Timothy P. Seaman
Kevin, Beard
Jay Beard
Jerry Phelps
James Harrell
Richard Mickey Jr
Kirby
Mildred V. Wilhide Kirby
Ethel Naomi Rivera
Faye Lee
Asbury United Methodist Church
Maurice Moore
Francis William McGraw
Annandale Road
Emmitsburg
St. Anthony's Shrine
Leon Tittler
St Anthony's Shrine Cemetery
French Socialists face uphill run in 1995 presidential bid
The article describes Socialist leader Pierre Rocard seeking a broad alliance with centrists ecologists and reformist communists to challenge conservatives led by Jacques Chirac or Valery Giscard d Estaing in 1995. With conservatives favored for Paris seats and Socialists lagging, runoff dynamics hinge on undecided districts and proportional runoff rules. Lionel Jospin also risks in Haute-Garonne, while Georges Marchais faces a three way runoff in Val de-Marne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocard
Paris
Jacques Chirac
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Socialist Party
Lionel Jospin
Haute-Garonne
Communist Party
Georges Marchais
Conservative Alliance
Ecologist
Valde-Marne
No Call List Aims To Stop Telemarketing For Five Years
Washington AP reports that telemarketers could be blocked for five years by saying Please put me on your no call list. FCC and industry officials discuss the rules and practicalities as concerns about household multiple numbers and extended families come into play. Telemarketing firms generate about 400 billion dollars in annual sales using targeted databases based on sex age profession income and interests. Peter Waldheim of Great Lakes Communications uses telemarketing to fund women’s political causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jon Hamilton
American Telemarketing Association
Association
Ms. Hutchings
FCC
J. Steven Fishman
Chicago
Peter Waldheim
Great Lakes Communications
Shorewood
Wis
Yeltsin Pushes Referendum and New Constitution
President Boris Yeltsin seeks a vote of confidence and a referendum to back his plan for private ownership and a new constitution replacing the Congress with a bicameral legislature. Impeachment sentiment rises among lawmakers, many former Communists oppose the change, while Zorkin calls the speech an attempted coup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viktor Chernomyrdin
Russia
Kremlin
Yeltsin
Congress
Communist Party
Khasbulatov
Valery Zorkin
West
U.S
Warren Christopher
Clinton
Evacuations from ban on flights over Bosnia
U N peacekeepers plan a five day helicopter corridor from Tuzla to Zvornik Bratunac and Srebrenica to evacuate wounded. Serbs will inspect craft at Zvornik amid suspicions of weapon smuggling. Karadzic offered air and land aid but U N officials fear Serbs may seize Srebrenica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
Srebrenica
Pepe Gallegos
U.N
Maj
Gallegos
Tuzla
Zvornik
Bratunac
Radovan Karadzic
Larry Hollingworth
Sarajevo
City and County Mull Creative Bond Plan for DSS Expansion
City and county officials discussed financing a DSS expansion via a tax free corporation to float bonds, avoiding impact on the debt limit. Construction may take up to two years, with temporary space sought. If funding is approved, state budget actions on April 12 will guide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DSS
Police officer shoots suspect in carjacking
In Baltimore a police officer shot and killed the driver of a stolen 1992 Toyota Cressida after the suspect refused to exit the car and raised his hands. Two passengers complied with orders to get out as the pursuit began near sight Highway and Belle Grove Road, ending when the car crashed onto a grassy embankment after a chase of nearly four miles.
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Baltimore
Doug Price
Brown
Honda City
Brooklyn Park
Anne Arundel County
Robert James Crawford
Sight Highway
Belle Grove Road
Crawford
Petee Street
Price
Park Circle
FBI worries cultists inside fit for battle in Waco
FBI notes some Branch Davidian members have left the compound but fears those remaining are more capable of fighting. Thirteen adults fled since the standoff began, many elderly or infirm, with no children leaving since March 5. FBI official Bob Ricks cites continued defensive measures and the nucleus of control within the compound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
FBI
Bob Ricks
Bureau
Ricks
ATF
No stand on buyers premiums by local auctioneers
Frederick County Auctioneers Association members vote not to take a stance on buyers premiums at their meeting. About 22 members agree it is not the group’s place to oppose or support the practice. The board reached the same conclusion on March 1. Only two local houses, Gordon and Frederick, charge a buyers premium. Individual auctioneers indicated they prefer deciding the issue themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Frederick County
Stuart Stein
Gordon
Fredericktown
Robert Meunier
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Matthew King
Robert Kirby
Ethel Rivera
Keith Lee
William Allen
Timothy Winn
Carlos Rivera
Dwight Rivera
Thomas Navyler
Virginia Smith
Fairview Cemetery
Raphael Rivera
C.E. Hicks HS
Francis McGraw
Pearers
Roland Sanders
Eddie Althoff
Stering Goulden
George E. Rosenstein
John Pereschuk
Patrick Winter
Stiles
Mary Regina Short
R Clearance Books
Cody
St Frederick
Mr. Hamilton
TCI Inbound
Wilmington
Del
Federal Communications Commission
Suzanne Hutchings
Supreme Soviet
Mr. Hollingworth
Eugene L. Klupt
DDS
Frederick Medical Center
Toll House Avenue
M.D
Visa
MasterCard
Frederick Underwriters Insurance Co
Frederick, Md
Cole
St. John’s
Prospect Hall
Alexandra Walker
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