Challenger heads to desert landing after maiden shuttle flight
Cape Canaveral reports Challenger nearing a 1:53 p.m. EST touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base after a five day maiden mission. Commander Paul Weitz and pilot Karol Bobko led the crew through a successful space walk by Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson, with mission control praising the shuttle’s performance despite a satellite orbit issue.
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Fla
Challenger
California Desert
America
Paul Weitz
Karol Bobko
Indian Ocean
Edwards Air Force Base
Sean
Space
Weitz
Bobko
Story Musgrave
Donald Peterson
Houston
NASA
Gary Coen
Harold Craughon
Musgrave
Peterson
Monay
Soup kitchen to run as long as donations stay strong
Frederick City soup kitchen will continue indefinitely as long as there are volunteers and donations. City officials honored volunteers at a pot luck dinner, noting initial grants and a growing food fund. About 1,400 dinners have been served since February 8, with meat donations and community efforts sustaining the operation.
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Frederick City
Ronald M. Young
Scott
John
Inside The News Quote From Cicero On Friendship
A fragment from Inside The News references Cicero the Roman statesman noting friendship as a mirror of self. The quotation hints at the idea that a friend can resemble a second self and provoke reflection.
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Cicero
B.C
Asbestos Waste Dilemmas Split Maryland Counties
Frederick County will accept asbestos at Reich's Ford Road landfill while Carroll and Montgomery counties debate disposal plans. Carroll weighs broader study before action. Montgomery rejects using Oaks Landfill amid NIH waste dumping worries. EPA redefined asbestos as a toxic air pollutant, expanding designations and complicating local policy.
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Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Frederick
Carroll
Montgomey
Frederica
Reich
Ford Road
Carroll County
Board of Public Works
Montgomery Council Questions NIH Waste Handling
Montgomery County Council members grilled NIH Safety Director Emmett Barkley over potential health risks from improper NIH waste disposal at the Laytonsville landfill. Barkley said medical waste found at the dump did not pose a public health hazard and NIH is a good neighbor. He cited 10 days of federal specialists inspecting waste at Gaithersburg transfer station and noted a mixup led to tubing and a dead research dog reaching the landfill.
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Hoods Mill
Montgomery County
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Oaks
Laytonsville
State Health Department
EPA
Guu Wlueb
Wear
Philadelphia
Rockville
Montgomery County Council
National Institutes of Health Safety
Emmett Barkley
Barkley
MD. 108
Aevilebie
Gaithersburg
Bethesda
Economic upturn seen in Frederick County signs
Unemployment drops to 1.2 percent in February 1942 while January and February rates show improvement. Building permits surge in early 1982 with 138 single family and seven multifamily permits, far above last year's totals. Officials say rising interest rates could slow gains. experts note 6 to 12 months lead time before economy turns.
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Frederick County
Department of Human Resources
Ron Windsor
State Employment Security Administration
Herbert E. Ramsburg Sr
Ramebdarg
Maryland House Rejects Senate Oyster Diving Limits
A House committee in Annapolis voted 16-1 to have the Department of Natural Resources redraw harvest lines for oysters in Maryland waters. The panel rejected Senate bill regulations, citing controversy and favoring a public hearing process to determine where divers and hand rangers may harvest.
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Annapolis
House
Maryland
Senate
State Department of Natural Resources
William Jensen
Tidal Fisheries Division
Arafat rejects Reagan plan and Palestinian representation
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat rejected President Reagan's Middle East peace proposal and Jordanian King Hussein's bid to represent Palestinians in talks with Israel. Al Watan quoted him saying the plan fails to meet Palestinian rights and self-determination, and that the PLO cannot be represented by others.
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Kuwait
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Reagan
Middle East
Hussein
Israel
Al-Watan
Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Flooding drives 27 000 from homes across Dixie
Flooding stretches from Missouri to Alabama with levee breaches forcing 27000 evacuees as rivers rise and communities struggle. Mayor Bobby Chain of Hattiesburg Mississippi warns residents as 5000 fled Friday and National Guard troops guard empty homes. Rain saturates western Florida and to the Atlantic Coast while a weather service forecast predicts more rain.
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Missouri
Dixie
Bobby Chain
Hattiesburg
Mias
National Guard
Alabama
Florida
National Weather Service
Louisiana
Atlantic Coast
Weather outlook for Maryland and mountains this weekend
A low pressure system moves northeast across the eastern seaboard then clears Sunday. Western Maryland areas expect showers and possible thunderstorms today tonight and Sunday morning with partial clearing by late Sunday highs near 60 lows around 50. Maryland mountains see showers ending Sunday with highs in the 50s and lows near 45. Winds southeast today shifting to west Sunday afternoon.
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Maryland
Carrell
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
David Lesher
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