Modest early turnout in Frederick County primary
Sunny skies drew hundreds of voters to Frederick County primaries as Democrats and Republicans chose candidates for governor, county commission, and federal and state offices. Turnout remained modest at 38 precincts with sparse early ballots in Mount Pleasant and Walkersville. Candidates and volunteers staffed busy polling sites at the Old Frederick Armory and Walkersville Middle School, while noting slower participation than the previous year.
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Maryland
Maryland General Assembly
U.S. Congress
Senate
Comptroller’s
Attorney General
Mount Pleasant
Frederick Armory
Bentz
Second Streets
Armory
Donald Whitworth
Memorial Park
Galen Clagett
Steve Crawford
Marilyn Young
Frederick
Joe Baldi
Bill Brock
Terre Roy Rhoderick
Commissioner Button
Brock
Mr. Baldi
Walkersville Middle School
City planners delay action on private club nudity ban
Frederick planning commission votes at 11 p m to delay a city charter amendment banning nudity sexual contact and obscenity in private clubs and bars with entertainment and a bring your own beer policy. The staff proposed the change after restaurant and club owners sought nude entertainment or beer freedoms. Commission members did not read the new state obscenity law and postponed the decision.
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Frederick
Hudson
Commission
Sally Murphy
GOP Critics Blast Haiti Invasion Preparations
Washington reports say the Pentagon readies two aircraft carriers for duty off Haiti while the White House argues action could come soon. Republicans denounce invasion plans even as Secretary Christopher warns domestic rifts could harden Cedras. Panetta says leaders must leave now or face action, and that Americans will rally behind the president if invasion occurs.
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Pentagon
Haiti
White House
Warren Christopher
Raoul Cedras
Leon Panetta
U.S
Panetta
ABC
United States
Questions arise over White House security breach
Investigators believe a National Airport radar spotted a single engine Cessna 150 minutes before it crashed on the White House lawn. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen ordered an immediate review of Secret Service procedures as officials assess whether the agency was alerted and if current safeguards were adequate. Frank Corder, 38, died in the crash, while President Clinton and family were at a government guest house.
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Washington
National Airport
White House
Secret Service
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Frank Corder
Maryland
Clinton
Area volunteers help launch Americorps plan
About 300 people gathered at the White House for the kickoff of President Clinton's Americorps program. Cindy Hamilton and Mimi Brady, two Vista volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Frederick County, took the pledge to uphold the Americorps creed. Americorps becomes the umbrella for the Vista program, a $360 million effort to put 20,000 Americans to work in four sectors.
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Washington
White House
Clinton
Americorps
Cindy Hamilton
Mimi Brady
Vista
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
Frederick County
Soar themed literacy drive launches in Maryland schools
Students at South Frederick Elementary wave as teachers lift off in a hot air balloon to start the Maryland Student Literacy Corps for 1994 95. The program requires 15 minutes of nightly reading for 18 of 21 days with incentives funded by over 75 local groups. Volunteers earn a $4725 educational voucher yearly and health care, with up to two years of service.
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South Frederick
Maryland
Clinton
Model airplane clash ends with county control decision
Frederick County Commissioners extended a two month contract giving a local model airplane club exclusive access to Middletown and Catoctin parks. Tensions rose as four ex-members pressed their case and the meeting was cut short by President Sundergill who warned against entangling the board in the dispute.
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Frederick County
Ronald Sundergill
Sundergill
John
David Gray
Middletown
Catoctin
Bruce Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Reeder
Inside The News See Area High School Results
Area high schools show results in field hockey golf and soccer with scores and highlights. Page B1 covers standings and notable performances across teams and athletes from local leagues.
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Area High School
Sessveneeees
Circuit Court to gain fourth judge in Frederick County
Frederick County will add a fourth Circuit Court judge early next year, said Judge G Edward Dwyer Jr at court ceremonies as a new grand juror panel took office. Judge Herbert L Rollins noted court activity has more than doubled in a decade, stressing growing burdens on judges.
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Frederick County
Gordon M. Cooley
Frederick Bar Association
Cooley
Bar Association
County Board of Education
Homewood Retirement Center
Frederick
Jance Ambrose
Ambrose
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