Fire Devours 80,000 Acres Across Southeast States
A 25 mile wind blown fire in Creswell North Carolina burns over 80,000 acres as officials seek rain. Weekend weather helps in some states but eastern North Carolina still faces underground peat fires with no rain in sight. Authorities report extensive woodland losses across multiple states including South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Creswell
N.C
North Carolina
National Weather Service
Raleigh
Tom Ditt
State Division of Emergency Management
South Carolina
Kentucky
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
Left handed math prodigies and Easter across the nation
Johns Hopkins researchers studied 292 top math scorers aged 12 to 13 and found higher rates of left handedness allergies and nearsightedness. The report notes boys historically outpace girls in math ability. Maryland seniors may take tuition free classes at six state schools under the Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver Program. Easter celebrations and violence touch New York Philadelphia and Beirut with deaths, looting, and clashes across Beirut Sidon and surrounding areas.
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Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins
Camilla Persson Benbow
Ms. Benbow
Hopkins
Julian C. Stanley
Frostburg
Rene Atkinson
Frostburg State
Atkinson
Associated Press
Fifth Avenue
Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta
Washington
Tidal Basin
Hollywood Bowl
California
Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
South Dakota
Philadelphia
Beirut
Lebanon
Sourthern
Sidon
Beirut Radio
South
East Beirut
Von Bulow retrial jury screening opens in Providence
More than 100 potential jurors were brought in for screening in Claus von Bulow's retrial on insulin poisoning accusations. The 58 year old socialite arrived optimistic about the second trial. judge Grande may rule on sequestering the panel.
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von Bulow
Providence
R.I
Claus von Bulow
John Sheehan
Superior Court
Corinne P. Grande
Martha
Sunny” von Bulow
Newport
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Opening Day Pitchers Clash At Memorial Stadium
Weather clears to colder tonight with abnormal temperatures tomorrow. On opening day at Memorial Stadium the Orioles face Texas Ranger Charlie Hough as Davis starts. Other baseball news included with quotations and poetic musings from Coleridge.
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Tommorrow
Oriole Storm Davis
Texas
Charlie Hough
Memorial Stadium
Igor
Major measures unresolved as Maryland Assembly nears adjournment
With hours left in the 1985 Maryland General Assembly session adjournment at midnight, key measures remain unresolved. Citicorp bill, a statewide gambling bill, a phosphate detergent ban, and a health care cost package await fate in conference committees. Senate and House members debate likelihood of passage, with gambling bill seen as most likely to die. Governor Hughes questions signing the watered down gambling bill, while detergents ban faces uncertain fate.
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Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
Citicorp
Maryland
Hagerstown
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Judicial Affairs Committee
Senate
Harry Hughes
Hughes
Gorbachev agrees to summit with Reagan and a missile freeze
MOSCOW AP Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agrees to a summit with President Reagan and orders a temporary halt to deploying intermediate range missiles in Europe. U.S. House Speaker O Neill sees the move as a peace omen while Tass and Tass backed claims criticize Washington. NATO and Dutch officials weigh future deployments as talks continue in Geneva.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
U.S
Serene
Reagan
Europe
Thomas P
Tip” O Neill
O'Neill
D-Mass
Gorbachev
Communist Party
Pravda
Tass
Soviet Union
Congress
House
Robert
Kremlin
White House
Larry Speakes
Santa Barbara
Calif
Speakes
NATO
United States
House of Representatives
Thomas P. O'Neill
Robert Michel
R-Il
Michel
US Senate
Hans van den Broek
Netherlands
Lord Carrington
Geneva
Switzerland
Konstantin A. Chernenko
George Bush
Chernenko
State's Attorney Office fills vacancies in Frederick County
Frederick County hires two new assistant state's attorneys Paula Gregg and Stephen Meyers to fill vacancies left by Cejka and Callahan. Meyers, a Catholic University law graduate from California, previously led the child support paternity unit in Carroll County and specialized in sex offenses against children. He describes the emotional but rewarding work with child victims and outlines his trial preparation approach.
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Frederick County
Oliver J. Cejka Jr
Howard County
David R. Callahan
Paula Gregg
Stephen Meyers
Carroll County
Law School
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Meyers
California
Ed Dwyer
Robbery and assault suspect evades police manhunt
An escapee from a court ordered drug rehab program suspected in an assault and robbery at the Crossroads Inn near Knoxville eludes Maryland State Police after a chase in a stolen van. He allegedly crawled into an apartment above the restaurant, struck the occupant with a tire iron, took cash, and fled into a nearby wooded area before dropping the knapsack and fleeing along the towpath.
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Crossroads Inn
Knoxville
Maryland
New Addition
Brunswick
Jimmy Compher
Compher
Zane Hall
B&o
C&o
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