Fort Detrick to Lose 39 Jobs Under Base Closures
Fort Detrick faces job cuts of 9 military and 30 civilian positions as USABRDL functions are reassigned to Wright Patterson and Fort Sam Houston. Environmental toxicology moves to Wright Patterson while medical materiel development shifts within Fort Detrick. Letterman Institute, slated to move to Fort Detrick, would be closed with trauma research shifted to Fort Sam Houston and blood研究 to Bethesda.
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Letterman Army Research Institute
San Francisco
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U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
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Texas
Naval Medical Research Institute
Bethesda
Brooks Air Force Base
Grateful Holocaust victor recalls death camp horrors
Deli Strummer spoke at Fort Detrick on the Days of Remembrance ceremony recounting four years in Nazi camps from 1941 to 1945. She described executions, dogs feeding on prisoners, beatings, and the loss of her hair, noting she is a victor who conquered Hitler.
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Refugees flee as UN and US aid Kurdish civilians
The United States intensifies relief efforts for sick and starving Kurdish refugees while the UN peacekeeping force arrives in Kuwait City to guard the Iraq Kuwait border. Hundreds of thousands have fled uprisings, crossing into Iran and Turkey amid harsh weather. aid workers report delays and deaths from illness and exposure. thousands more troops are deployed to move food tents and blankets to northern refugees.
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Activists dispute Census count of homeless Americans
Activists say the 228 621 homeless people counted by the Census Bureau fall far short of the true number. They accuse the agency of aiming for a low tally to justify cuts to programs, with community organizer Carol Fennelly labeling the count bogus. The district shelter campaign and Census Bureau officials offered competing explanations for the incomplete enumeration.
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Frederick bids favor Capitol Structures for city shelter
Capitol Structures Inc of Owings Mills won the Frederick city homeless shelter bid with 751,140 dollars, the lowest of ten bids. J Turner Construction of Baltimore bid 1.1 million. Officials expect formal announcement in two months, with a 30 bed, two story brick building behind the Frederick Community Center planned for temporary family housing.
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J. Turner Construction
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Maryland
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Frederick Community Center
Claude Barrick 78 longtime Woodsboro civic leader dies
Claude Hamilton Barrick, 78, of Barrick Road Woodsboro, died Friday April 12 at home. He chaired S W Barrick & Sons Lime and ran an independent Hartford Group agency. A Woodsboro planner and Democrat active in commissions, he helped found Woodsboro Medical Center and served on many boards. Survived by son Claude III and two daughters Kathryn Sue Kelly and Dorothea Barrick, six grandchildren. Funeral April 15 at Woodsboro Evangelical Lutheran Church. Memorials to Woodsboro Church. Interment Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Maryland Natural Resources Board
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Sonny” Barrick III
Walkerville
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Marcus Weston Folger
Alexander Pace Folger
Troy Hamilton Barrick
Jason Patrick Barrick
Chad Justin
Maurice Arsenault
Mount Hope Cemetery
Woodsboro Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Weather and Sports Roundup from The News Cloudy Showers and Wins
The forecast calls for showers today with mid 40s lows. Sunday brings a 70 percent chance of showers and possible thunderstorms with a high near 60. In sports, both the Keys and Orioles won.
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New Market seeks truck ban for McDonald’s drive through
Mayor Frank Shaw said New Market is prepared to go to court to stop tractor trailers at a proposed McDonald’s on Md 144 near Md 75. The town contests the drive-through as a distinct use from restaurants and cites safety concerns from heavy truck traffic at a sharp intersection.
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David Godwin
MD.144
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Amy Fanning
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