Fire log summary of calls in past 24 hours
Fire calls reported through 10 p.m. Tuesday include vehicle fire on 11:41 p.m. Monday at Motter Ave in Sablinsville with Junior Fire Company response. Additional automatic alarm at 9:09 a.m. with multiple fire companies, trash fire at Middletown High School at 2:35 a.m., house fire at 6:45 p.m. with several companies and ambulance, tree fires at 8:34 p.m. and 9:34 p.m. at Capstine Road and 13126 Wolfsville Rd respectively with multiple company responses. Building fire near Wendy's on Md. 85 at 8:37 p.m. and automobile fire at 9:23 p.m. with Wolfsville, Smithsburg and others. Ambulance calls: Emergency-19, Routine-2.
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Sablinsville
ciIy
Motter
Junior Fire Company
Seventh ST
Independent Hose
Junior
United
Citizens Truck
Middletown High School
Middletown Fire Company
Overbrook Circle
Independent and
Braddock Heights
Junior Fire
Union Bridge
New Midway Fire Company
Capstine Road
Carroll Manor Fire Company
Wendy'son Md
United, Junior, Independent Hose
Urbana Fire Companies
Wolfsville Rd
Wolfsville
Smithsburg
Women of the Moose meet in Frederick Chapter 347
Frederick Women of the Moose Chapter 347 held its star recorder night with senior Regent Linda Engle presiding. Judy Ramsburg received a corsage and introduced her committee. guest speaker Marie Holden, Past Grand Recorder, spoke. Grace Despeaux earned a corsage and pin for coworker of the month. Nominating committee met in late April. Raily Day slated for Brunswick. Refreshments, games, and prizes followed the closing ceremony.
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Frederick
Women of the Moose of
Star Recorder
Linda Engle
Star
Judy Ramsburg
Weather Forecast For Western Maryland And Surrounding Areas
A large storm over eastern Pegasulv Gaia drifts toward the Atlantic coast by Thursday. Expect a chilly damp pattern with showers tonight and Thursday, possible snowflakes in higher elevations, and gradual improvement by Friday into a sunnier, milder day near 60. Westerly winds 10 to 19 mph, poor drying Thursday, better Friday. Temperatures from the mountains drop with several inches possible in the colder zones. Temperature readings yesterday ranged from the low 40s to mid 50s across Frederick Westminster Hagerstown Cumberland Oakland.
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Pegasulv Gaia
Atlantic
Maryland
Carrall
Frederick
Ueward
Montgomer
Washington
Washington County
Westminster
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Oakland
U S Embassy worker shot in Khartoum Sudan
An American embassy employee was shot in the head and seriously wounded on a residential street near the Libyan embassy in a Khartoum suburb. The Khartoum embassy was closed and staff told to stay indoors after a prior alert amid U S bombing raids on Libya.
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Associated Press
Khartoum
Sudan
U.S
Libya
Bar and liquor commission fines for nonappearance
TJ's Pub at 358 West Patrick Street received a 250 dollar fine from the Frederick County Liquor Commission for failure to appear at an organizational conference. Licensees Tra Jor Inc and officer Anthony D Alloca faced the option of 15 days suspension or the fine after being directed to attend. In separate notes, Sudanese police reported no arrests in a late Tuesday shooting outside the U S Embassy in Khartoum. A State Department spokesman identified the victim as a communications technician. he was treated in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in stable condition after surgery and remains under care with relatives notified. Secretary of State Shultz confirmed no evidence Libya was involved and noted prior threats against U S diplomats in Sudan.
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W. Patrick St
Frederick County Liquor Commission
Louis V. Myers
Austin C. Powell
Leo M. Boyle
Tra Jor Inc
Anthony D. Alloca
Robert Bruce
State Department
U.S
Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Khartoum
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Satellte
Europe
Libya
Sudan
Holt appeals conviction for killing wife's lover
Former Westminster police officer John William Holt Jr appeals his second degree murder conviction and six year sentence for the July slaying of Robert A. Stream. Judge G Edward Dwyer Jr. rejected self defense claims noting illegal handgun use and the premeditated nature of the attack. Holt, citing his Vietnam service and clean record, faces potential parole in four years. prosecutors sought longer terms.
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George Dorsey
Dever
Patuxent Institute
Holt
Robert A. Stream
Stream
Dwyer
Hol
Donald Grossnickle
Anton Keating
Keating
Correction on animal control requests at Frederick County center
The News-Post corrects a Tuesday article misreporting the county animal control director’s ask. Smith seeks one additional animal control officer and to raise veterinary fees at the center when county humane society veterinary aid is unavailable. The paper regrets the confusion.
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The
News-Post
Frederick County Animal Control
County Animal Control Center
Smith
County Humane Society
NASA shuttle report may be delayed by debris recovery
A partially recovered piece from the right solid rocket booster, found at Kennedy Space Center, may push back NASA Accident Analysis Board findings on the Challenger disaster. Commission members view films of smoke and flame showing the moment of ignition and the ensuing explosion.
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Associated Press
Washington
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Commission
Eugene Covert
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Florida
Mark Weinberg
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Grossnickle
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Weel Cy OR
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Bill’s Lawnmower Service
Lingapore Rd
Brunswick Hardware
W. Potomac St
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Woodsboro
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E. High St
Sharpsburg
Challenger Commission
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