Countdown continues for Discovery flight with Garn aboard
Cape Canaveral awaiting lift off as seven astronauts undergo final briefings and physicals. Commander Bobko, pilot Williams, mission specialists Seddon Griggs Hoffman and payload specialist Walker prepare for launch amid five previous delays. Garn, a Utah Republican, observes as trials study weightlessness and motion sickness with sensors monitoring him during flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle Discovery
Jake Garn
Garn
Karol Bobko
Donald Williams
Margaret Rhea Seddon
David Griggs
Jeffrey Hoffman
Charles Walker
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Walker
Challenger
Discovery
Utah
County conflict over annexation amid growth plans
County officials accuse city growth of eroding orderly progress and oppose rezoning to low-density housing that could become industrial upon annexation. Landowners faced with development pressure as the Rosenstock land near Gas House Pike remains contested and de annexation moves unfold under Mayor Ronald N. Young.
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J. O'Neill Jenkins
Gas House Pike
Monocacy River
Monocacy
Rosenstock Farms
Rosenstock
Ronald N. Young
Young
Board of Aldermen
Monocary River
Frederick lab to test new cancer treatment
Frederick Memorial Hospital will host in house clinical trials of adoptive immunotherapy coordinated by Dr. David Danforth. The approach uses patient white cells activated with Interleukin II and returned as educated killer lymphocytes to target colon and other cancers. Early results in animals and a few human patients show regressions.
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Frederick
National Cancer Institute
NCI
Gregory Curt
Division of Cancer Treatment
Bethesda
Curt
Rosenburg
Frederick Memorial Hospital
David Danforth
Surgery
Three Maryland state troopers face misconduct charges
PIKESVILLE Md AP three state police officers are facing administrative misconduct charges linked to a trooper s decision not to charge another officer s son with driving while intoxicated The trooper who made the arrest John Bollinger charged the driver with speeding and failing to stay in lane The accused officers allegedly sought to influence the outcome by downplaying the alleged DWI and by discussing charges with a veteran sergeant The incident followed a January 26 arrest of James G Menefee near Waldorf with an odor of alcohol detected and a breath test prepared but not administered by a different trooper Perkins The matter centers on who decides and how the case is charged and is part of broader internal disciplinary actions within the Maryland State Police.
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Pikesville
Dan McCarthy
McCarthy
James G. Menefee
John Bollinger
Bollinger
Waldorf
Smallwood Drive
Ivan M. Perkins
Garland Menefee
Perkins
Mills
Iraqi jets strike four Iranian cities amid border tensions
Iraqi fighters bombed Tam, Dehlarac, Gilan-e-Garb, and Sar-e Pol Zahab, as Baghdad warned Iran intends a fresh ground offensive. Iran claimed chemical weapon injuries amid reports of a renewed assault targeting the Huwaizah marshes and the north‑south highway.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Iran
Hurweizah
Islamic Republic
Nicosia
Cyprus
Tam
Dehlarac
Gilan-e-Garb
Sar-e Pol Zahab
Saddam Hussein
Huwaizah
Iraqi forces extend intelligence on enemy positions in southern basra
The report notes Iraqi command having detailed information on enemy troop concentrations and offensive aims in the Huwaizah marshland area near the Tigris. It mentions whether actions target the east of the river sector or a new approach, highlighting strategic focus in southern Iraq.
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Tigris
Huwaizah
Iraq
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William R. Nicklas Jr
Charles H. Slingluff
Mary E. Storm
Rollins
Smith and Dwyer
Circuit Court
Mary Ann Stepler
Hughes
Cleopatra Campbell
Dis
Mart Landscap
Mate Pelt
Frederick Towne
Patrick St
the News
Frederick, Md
Basra
Furniture Company
Stover Hearth
Honday
Sturday
DODGE
OMNIS
Chargers
Fotor Company
Siederich
Watkins-Burdette Motor Co., Inc
Rosemont Ave
Metro
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