House Passes Medicare Overhaul in Uproarious Vote
Washington Democrats warned of cuts, while GOP leaders hailed a $270 billion, seven year overhaul. Speaker Newt Gingrich called it a great victory of courage over fear and fact over fiction as the 231 to 201 House vote passed. Republican Roscoe Bartlett backed the measure, saying it preserves Medicare while introducing options, while Democrats shouted complaints about reduced benefits and forced managed care for seniors.
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Washington
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
Maryland
Roscoe Bartlett
Frederick
Dr. Bartlett
Sam Gibbons
Dala
Source of well TCE contamination at Fort Detrick stalls hope
After years and about 5 million spent on tracing a TCE contamination source near Fort Detrick, residents and officials remain split. A dye tracer study due November may yet fail to reveal the source, with possibilities including an old dry cleaning store.
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Fort Detrick
Restoration Advisory Board
RAB
William Efflund
Army
Detrick
Norm Covert
Area
Henry Erbes
Army Environmental Center
David Hoffman
Frederick annexes 4.7 acre site on northern boundary
Frederick officials unanimously approved annexing a 4.7 acre tract along Willow Road to the north of the city, extending services at owners expense and delaying taxes until utilities reach the property or seven years pass. The move aligns with the Comprehensive Plan and was endorsed by county and state planners. The expansion area spans East and West Fifth Streets to East Street, East Third Street block, B and O Avenue corridors, and East Sixth to East Seventh streets, excluding John Hanson housing and a dairy complex. Also approved was expanding the historic district after extensive discussion, with about 15 residents and local groups in attendance supporting the designation.
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Frederick City
John
Elizabeth Crum
Charles
Joyce Dixon
Michael Beckley
Sylvia Mann
Willow Road
Tuscarora Creek
U.S. 15
West Brook Road
James Schmersahl
Irene Kirilloff
Historic District Commission
Frederick
Frederick County Eyes Four Appointees to School Board
Frederick County commissioners vote 3 2 to push a 1996 legislative package seeking four of seven school board seats as appointees of the County Board. Swing vote Bruce Reeder wavers on withdrawal and faces potential rearguard action by Assembly members resisting local control of school governance. The plan faces uphill battle in Annapolis where powers between local government and school boards are firm.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
Board of Education
Bruce Reeder
Reeder
David Gray
Tiona Hogan
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Annapolis
David Brinkley
Frederick man’s robbery sentence cut to five years
William Glenn Smith, 27, previously given 25 years for armed robbery, will remain in prison to serve the balance of an 18 year term for plotting to kill Deputy Allison Chapman. Trial evidence showed his motive tied to the investigation of the robbery. Jurors heard about phone conversations linking to Chapman’s death plot.
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Frederick
William Glenn Smith
Frederick County
Allison Chapman
Smith
Julie Stevenson
James Knight
Chapman
Donald Grossnickle
Ms. Stevenson
Sensors to make highways smarter this winter
Frederick County and statewide roads to gain 25 to 30 embedded sensors that monitor road temperature water content salinity and other conditions. The hockey puck like devices relay data from above ground towers to stations and trucks aiding dispatchers in targeting snow response. Sensors go in along 1 70 corridor in Frederick County.
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Frederick County
State Highway Administration
John Wright
Wright
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