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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1984
Page
1
The Labor Department reports a 0.5 percent March jump in the Producer Price Index for finished goods, the second largest in 16 months, as food costs increase while energy prices slip 1.2 percent. Yearly inflation around 6.1 percent. economists expect about 4 percent for the year.
Israeli forces stormed a bus hijacked by four Arab militants in the Gaza Strip freeing about twenty four passengers after a 10 hour ordeal. A female passenger and all four hijackers were killed. seven others wounded. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility from Damascus.
In Tel Aviv Herut party nominated incumbent Yitzhak Kamir for prime minister as Ariel Sharon, ousted defense minister, rallied supporters after winning 42 percent of the vote. Shamir led with 56 percent, 407 votes, while Aryeh Chertok had eight. In Baltimore a separate alert warned of Christopher Wilder a suspect in multiple murders and abductions. Maryland will close its sole legal hazardous waste landfill Hawkins Point by May 1 due to lack of business.
A 22 year old Naval Academy midshipman, Jacqueline Davis, was reinstated after being dismissed for refusing to jump off a U foot tower into a swimming pool. She says she is happy to return and does not question the requirement, though she expects resentment from fellow middies who completed the jump.
Karen Gardner recalls a former United Way poster child sharing memories with a country singing star as Friday the 13th superstitions surface among local residents. Gail Cissne interviews a Hood College voice teacher in a broader entertainment feature.
A slow moving cold front will push clouds across the area with showers likely through the weekend. Western Maryland areas including Frederick and Montgomery counties expect cooler temperatures with highs in the 40s and lows around 40. Showers develop this afternoon and continue into Saturday with southeast winds 5 to 16 mph and generally drying conditions today but fair to poor through the week. Continuous regional temperatures and yesterday figures are listed for several towns.
The City of Frederick received unanimous approval from the Historic District Commission to demolish the Ye What Not Shop on South Market Street as part of a flood control project for Carroll Creek. The building, dating to the 19th century, blocks phase one works and was offered for $1 to movers, but relocation costs deterred bids. The HDC will document the structure with photographs and drawings and may relocate it if possible.
Fredericktowne Players sought permission to display a white sign reading Fredericktowne Players Studio. HDC members called the design too elaborate and urged removal of Colonial scroll work and spindles before placing the sign on a gate at 13 East Patrick Street. Anne Elkins argued the group’s concerns by comparing nearby signs. Commission member Bert Anderson faced accusations of arbitrary views amid tense debate.
Resurfacing of I-270 between the I-70 overpass and Montgomery County line will begin Monday April 16. Richard F. Kline Inc. of Frederick is the contractor on the $4 million project. Pavement work will run 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays with lane closures. State Highway Administration official Wayne R. Clingan urges cautious travel through the constriction zones and cooperation from motorists. Completion is expected by August 1984.
Frederick County will relocate the Advanced Life Support program to the first door wing of the Montevue Home while officials seek space at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The county commissioners approved the plan, with conditions for ALS, fire marshal, civil defense, and Montevue to coordinate space Allocation on the west wing.
Clearwater Florida defense testimony started Friday in the third trial of Raymond Lee Drake accused of murdering Odette Detty Kehne Reeder. Seventeen witnesses have testified about events leading to her disappearance on November 25, 1977, and discovery of her body near Tampa Bay two weeks later. Drake, 32, has two prior murder convictions now overturned by the Florida Supreme Court, and faces another potential electric chair sentence. The trial opened Tuesday with jury selection and rapid testimony followed by two Frederick natives who were friends of the victim.
Challenger astronauts Robert Crippen and Dick Scobee guided the 98-ton shuttle to a sunrise touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base California after diverting from a Florida landing due to low clouds and rain. The crew dubbed themselves the Ace Satellite Repair Co. completing a 3 million mile mission to service the Solar Max satellite.
95 members of Steelworkers Local 7952 at Standard Building Systems Co in Point of Rocks set a Monday vote on a second offer which could end the month long strike that began March 16 after the contract expired. The union seeks raises. the latest offer provides no salary increase but adds pension improvements. Wayne Huffer said a ratification meeting will be at noon Monday April 16 at the Point of Rocks Community Center following negotiations Thursday.
Maryland State Police seek two black males in a Thursday robbery at Carlyle and Co Jewelers in the Francis Scott Key Mall. About 4:16 pm the pair displayed rings then shoved the clerk, stole a tray of diamonds, and ran through the mall. Loss estimated at 3307 dollars.
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