Elderly collector recalls Cold War rescues by Mrs Byerly
The 90 year old recounts aiding Americans held in Soviet prisons after Stalin's death. She helped release Rev. Walter Ciszek and John Noble, plus others through prisoner exchanges and religious leader swaps. Now in Frederick, she volunteers, paints, and pursues Hood College courses while reflecting on glasnost and perestroika.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KGB
Ciszek
Moscow
Mezdunarodni
Mr. Kirk
Dresden
East Church Street
Ronald Young
Frederick
Rome
State Department
American University
Baltimore Museum of Art
Hood College
Frederick considers trolley revival along East Street route
Mr. Metka proposed a Frederick trolley system in the 1990s with eight restored cars at about seven million dollars, funded by business owners and the Maryland Mass Transit Administration. If approved, routes would connect downtown to a southwest transport center, tying into buses and taxis. The plan recalls early 1900s Frederick transit and suggests a charm and traffic relief for tourists and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monocacy Battlefield National Park
Frederick Junction
Metka
Frederick
Market, Fifth
All Saints Streets
Maryland Mass Transit Administration
Paul Gordon
Radar coverage and shifts at Dulles vs BWI cited by safety board
The NTSB and FAA discussed radar gaps affecting Frederick and Montgomery County air traffic, noting Dulles radar covers more of the area than BWI. AOPA Frederick praised the recommendations to shift approaches or improve BWI radar, while critics warned of potential controller layoffs and pay effects if traffic volumes declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Dulles International Airport
FAA
Frederick
Montgomery County
Bwi
Dulles
Safety Board
Civil Service
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
NTSB
AOPA
Federal Aviation Administration
Patricia Weil
ACPA
Westminster
Weil
Local growers face early bloom and ongoing freeze risk
Growers report crops blooming far earlier than normal with hopes that heavy peach blooms offset frost losses. Farmers express concern over remaining four to six weeks and the risk of another hard freeze, while apple cherry and strawberry crops suffer less. Several producers in Thurmont and Adamstown report varying losses across apricot pear plum and peach crops as cold, still air hinders growth and planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Biggs
Gary Hauver
Pryor Orchards
Thurmont
Martha
Haover
Pat Runkles
Catoctin Mountain Orchards
Timmy Zimmermann
Thanksgiving Farms
Adamstown
Three-Car Buckeystown Pike crash injures six
A three vehicle collision in front of a Buckeystown Pike 7-Eleven sent six to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Vicki Lynn Sommerville 22 of Indianapolis drove south followed a large truck. She struck Jerimah Glosenger 17 of Frederick and then hit a vehicle from Ontario Canada. Four young passengers ages 1 2 3 and 4 were treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown Pike
Donald Holloway
Sheriff's Department
Vicki Lynn Sommerville
Indianapolis
Ind
Jerimah Job Glosenger
Frederick
Sgt. Holloway
Sommerville
Murray William Albert Davis
Ontario
Canada
Davis
Ms. Sommerville
Glosenger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
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Congress
Senate
Soviet Union
Glaspost
Ms. Weil
Baltimore
Buckeystown
Nou
Les
Home Fu Ea Qualty & Service
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Wil Inc
Atay
Oras Urs
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