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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1995
Page
1
The Senate edged toward passage of a watershed GOP budget plan aimed at trimming social spending, cutting taxes, and balancing the budget by 2002. Majority Leader Bob Dole predicted victory as the chamber labored through amendments to the measure, which would reverse decades of government growth.
In foggy conditions at 6:30 a.m. near Towle Stadium entrance, a sniper opened fire on 1300 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division during calisthenics, killing one and wounding fourteen. A soldier at the fort was arrested. officials search for a possible second suspect.
Frederick County Commissioners authorized a 1.5 million dollar loan from F and M Bank to expand the Frederick Sport and Ice Arena adding a second rink. The loan places bank ahead of the county city and SBA in repayment if default occurs. The project is expected to create six full time jobs and boost local tax revenue by about 50 thousand dollars annually. Commissioner Gray voted against citing risks of loan guarantees for retail ventures.
Frederick County finished fiscal 1995 with a 1.6 million surplus after erasing a 750 thousand shortfall from 1994. The new board trimmed spending from 178.7 million to 175.7 million, leaving 1.68 million to carry forward for 1997 and boosting fund balance as budget planning begins. Public education remains the largest expense.
Lehigh Port land Cement Co applies for state permits to extend shale mining on a 69 acre tract south of Daysville Road about a mile from Md 19. Mining would run 1996 to 2020 with blasts twice a month and trucks moving shale to the Woodsboro plant. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. November 13 at Walkersville Town Hall with a decision about 30 days after.
Doris Rebecca Cline, 45, of South Market Street, admitted taking 8650 dollars from the Choral Arts Society of Frederick while treasurer. She received the maximum 15 year sentence for felony theft, six months in jail with work release, and two years probation after release. restitution and costs ordered. Eric Schaffer led the case.
After 18 months of creative financing and a four month renovation Mount Airy Brewing Co. finally opens with two debut beers Firehouse Red Ale and Firehouse Porter. Locals waited more than a year for beer from the Mount Airy site and celebrated the tap Thursday night.
A 16 year old Maryland boy Benjamin Garris and his 15 year old girlfriend may be en route to Rapid City South Dakota after the October 8 stabbing death of Sharon Edwards a counselor at a psychiatric hospital near Baltimore Investigators found a map with Nemo area campground in his locker and his mother signed him out of a group home shortly before the crime. Local authorities issued a release stating the pair could be headed toward the Black Hills and no sightings were reported by Sioux Falls police or the Rapid City FBI office.
The Frederick News Post reports a Marine Battle Color Ceremony this weekend at Fort Detrick. It marks Frederick city’s 250th anniversary with community events and commemorations noted amid the newspaper’s commitment to recycled paper.
The Frederick Post and its evening edition The News will charge 50 cents for single copies starting Monday Oct 30. Home delivery and mail subscriptions stay unchanged. Publisher George B Delaplaine Jr notes a 40 percent newsprint rise with more expected in 1996. Circulation climbed by 1,400 daily to 45,716 as of Sept 30. A 3 cent sales tax will be added at retail outlets with vending machines pricing reflecting tax.
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