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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1994
Page
4
About 250 U S and Russian troops train at Totsk for future U N peacekeeping missions. The first U S troops on Russian soil, they compare past Berlin Wall confrontations with praise for Russians as professionals and pragmatists.
Revenues were growing 12 percent yearly before 1991 but have fallen to 5 6 percent now. Property assessments in the three year cycle rise 8 percent, down from 30 percent. Property taxes make up half of county revenues. Jack Patterson of the Frederick County Teachers Association criticizes tax talk from two commissioner candidates and questions how much more can be done without new taxes as the school board relies heavily on county operating funds and faces bond limits.
The budget comptroller's office paid counties earlier in the year under a new disbursement scheme. Mr Sneadner believed income tax receipts were higher than actual. First nine months showed 10 percent above 1993, but June saw a sharp drop after budget adoption. 1994 total tax receipts settled near 49 million versus 50.1 million expected, with August receipts closing last year’s accounts and excess rolling into current year. Final 1994 audits imminent.
Delegates at a population conference haggle over abortion language drawing Vatican and Muslim objections. A key concession restores prior language that abortion should not be promoted as family planning, while Holy See voices concern and tension erupts in the closed session.
The National Register process for Sugarloaf Historic District is being reinitiated with individual property owner notifications. Maryland official Charles Little cites federal law allowing general notices for areas with more than 50 owners and notes publication in local papers. Opponents argue listing blocks roads, while supporters defend preserving history and criticise minority opposition.
Lilypons announced permanent workforce reductions with Friday layoffs. Kitty Robinson described workers as family while Mr. Thomas marked the year as the company's best for sales. Former county commissioner Mark Hoke acted as consultant from May to Sept. 1, unavailable for comment.
The first arrivals include a shoe repairman a civil engineer and Jacqueline Ochoa de La Rosa who hugged her 9-year-old daughter Maria Cecilia. They disembarked from a C 130 flight at Howard Air Force Base near Panama City expressing relief and hope for freedom. They will sleep on aluminum cots in tents behind cyclone fencing as they settle in a jungle bordered area overlooking the canal. One man Raul Reyes Bravo said he left Cuba not for hunger but for freedom. A teenage boy Jose Luis Lopez carried papers listing his name and a Cuban contact.
The Smiths recount a bullet entering through a wall and landing on their bed after tearing holes in three metal cookie sheets. Mrs. Buckshaw faces charges including assault with intent to murder and reckless endangerment, with bail set at 40,000 and posted at 10 percent.
Residents at a Sandy Hook gathering shouted for accountability after a plan to take 28 000 from Mr Palmer's salary was applauded. They demanded why Washington County commissioners did not attend and pressed for state or county funding to cover hauling costs while awaiting MDE review.
In Texas, Mr. Lopez voices worry that his family knows nothing about his fate. He says his relatives are distressed and seeking answers regarding what happened to him.
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