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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1993
Page
3
The readable fragments show mentions of candidates and vote totals such as 72 and 36 for unnamed individuals. References to a town term, a former figure, and social issues appear but details are incomplete, leaving the outcome and participants uncertain.
Violent crime in Maryland rose 40 percent from 1975 to 1992, with southern counties like Charles Calvert and St. Mary’s posting the largest gains. Western Maryland and the Washington metro area also saw notable increases, while officials cautioned that crime follows population shifts and remains concentrated in homes. The governor pushed crime reduction efforts including prisons and police, with a summit planned for May 19-20.
Maryland state police will destroy confiscated firearms rather than sell them, a move praised by Governor Schaefer though it reduces revenue. Col. Tolliver notes previously sold guns totaling 211000 over five years and argues police should not act as gun dealers. Policemen in Baltimore and surrounding counties report destruction of confiscated weapons, while critics call it a political agenda aligning with anti gun stance.
Washington AP. The Environmental Protection Agency has a strong chance to become the government 15th Cabinet department if a Clinton administration bill clears Congress without entangling amendments. The plan would create a Department of the Environment and abolish the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Senate debate favored elevating the EPA. House prospects were uncertain amid objections to CEQ removal and potential agricultural wetlands regulation shifts.
Washington report says Walsh and George H W Bush lawyers could not agree on scope and limits for questions to the former president. Walsh may end the inquiry without asking about the secret diary, while Bush aides cite tighter limits than investigators accept. Steven Lalas held without bail in Virginia on espionage charges.
Anita Hill begins a year long sabbatical end then returns to teaching at the University of Oklahoma law school for the fall term. A new book The Real Anita Hill The Untold Story renews controversy from her Senate testimony about Clarence Thomas. Her early writings for the Senate Judiciary Committee appear in spring 1995 in a collection tentatively titled Race Gender and Power in America.
A congressional report says Forest Service investigations into million dollar timber thefts in national forests are hampered by political influence and agency interference. The probe cites thefts and log measurement fraud potentially over 100 million, with over 100 cases under review. An unidentified U.S. attorney says the service excuses logging as contract violations rather than criminal theft.
Space Center Houston AP reports that hundreds of Columbia's larval fish and tadpoles are dying during the 10 day flight. Exact death toll for 240 fish and 240 tadpoles is unknown as astronauts monitor weightlessness effects. Scientists hope survivors can be studied on Earth.
In Wichita a small boathouse along the Arkansas River becomes a focal point in a quarrel between President Clinton and Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole over federal funding. Dole cites pork projects, while Clinton accuses Dole of seeking 23 million dollars for the boathouse, which is planned to cost 850 thousand dollars and would house Wichita State University rowing. Bill Koch, financier and America’s Cup winner, comments on the dispute.
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