Soviet offensive challenges Afghan rebels after bridge blow
Soviet forces unleash spring assault against Afghan guerrillas with up to 20,000 troops and hundreds of tanks near Kabul. Rebels blow up the Mattock Bridge on the Kabul road, threatening supply lines as Panjsher Valley bombardments intensify. Reagan heads to Guam and China to rally allies against Soviet expansion, emphasizing peace and cooperation with China to keep the Pacific peaceful.
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Washington
U.S
Panjsher
Kabul
Hut
Mattock
Ghorband River
Soviet Union
Guam
Peking
United States
Pacific
China
Quadriplegic woman ends self starvation bid in Mexico
Elizabeth Bouvia, a 26 year old quadriplegic from San Diego, stopped seven months of self imposed starvation and seeks treatment in a Mexican hospital to regain independence. She told the San Diego Union she hopes to live and move around like others. Doctors reported she was in good condition at Hospital Del Mar in Tijuana after an infection treatment following a three day motel stay.
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San Diego
Elizabeth Bouvia
Ms. Bonvia
San Diego Union
Hospital del Mar
Tijuana
Mexico
Protests in Dominican Republic as police fire on crowds
Police opened fire with bullets and tear gas on protesters angered by price hikes tied to a $599 million IMF loan. At least four people were killed and about 100 injured as riots erupted in five cities, with 300 arrests and looting of supermarkets and furniture stores in the capital. President Salvador Jorge Blanco faced his toughest challenge 20 months into office.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Salvador Jorge Blanco
International Monetary Fund
IRA Guerrillas Ambush British Patrol in Londonderry
IRA guerrillas attacked two British Army Land Rovers in the Brandywell area of Londonderry during a Protestant march period. One soldier died from head injuries and six others were wounded as the attackers fired from multiple directions, with 12 IRA fighters said to be involved.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Brandywell
IRA
Filmmakers face trial in Twilight Zone deaths
A judge orders three filmmakers to stand trial for the deaths of Vic Morrow and two children on the Twilight Zone set. The decision draws concern over potential overreach and safety precedents, while families’ counsel welcomes the ruling as accountability.
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Los Angeles
Brian Crahan
Vic Morrow
Inside The News Morley Quote Reflects Personal Freedom
A brief quotation from Christopher Morley highlights the idea that true success lies in living life on one’s own terms. The remark, attributed to the American writer, underscores individuality and self-directed purpose.
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Christopher Morley
Maryland beef cattle growth and Bay pollution plans
Maryland farmers see growth in the beef cattle sector while reacting to pollution control measures aimed at the Chesapeake Bay. A lamb and wool festival in Howard County is anticipated to attract a sizable crowd.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Howard County
Weather outlook for Western Maryland and state regions
A weak high pressure system from Texas brings drier warmer air through Wednesday. Western Maryland counties become partly sunny breezy and milder today with highs around 65 to 70 and patchy sunshine. Maryland mountains partly cloudy today fair tonight and Wednesday with variable highs and lows. Farm forecast shows west winds 10-20 mph today shifting to southwest Wednesday. drying conditions fair today good Wednesday. Temperatures yesterday ranged Frederick 45 to 64 in Cumberland Hagerstown 51 to 63 Oakland 51 to 28 Westminster 47 to 35.
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Texas
Maryland
Carrell
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Lew Lée
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Westminster
Darht Lesher
Brunswick Officials Back Doubs Power Plant Move
Brunswick leaders tout a Doubs site as an economic boon with a 5,000 construction jobs spike and 4.2 million tons of coal moving through town annually. Mayor Jess D. Orndorff and Councilmember Frank Miglio argue the project boosts employment, housing needs, and traffic. Engineering studies and a coal emissions review are pending, with construction not expected before the mid 1990s.
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Frederick County
Doubs
Brunswick
Jess D. Orndorff
Orndorff
Ray Barnes
Frank Miglio
Barnes
Washington County
West Virginia
Martin Marietta
Pennsylvania
Migho
Bruns
Consumer prices rise 0.2 percent in March as food falls aid
Washington experts note food price declines offset a gasoline surge, keeping overall CPI up 0.2 percent for March. Beef down 6.5 percent and eggs down 12.1 percent, fresh fruit off 2.2 percent while vegetables up 0.1 percent. Energy costs eased with a 5 percent drop in fuel oil and natural gas ease. Baseline costs remain about 1 percent below three years ago, with March CPI half February's advance and one third January's. Transportation costs drive the overall rise.
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Washington
Labor Department
Brunswick planners face backlash over boundary ruling
Brunswick planners and commission president James Schamel faced criticism from local contractor John Parise over a March vote denying boundary changes for two adjoining properties. Parise aims to expand Brunswick Garden apartments and Park Heights Cemetery, seeking R-2 or R-1 zoning to allow townhouses or single family homes, while planners cite readiness concerns for optimum development.
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Brunswick
Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
John Parise
Commission
James Schamel
Brunswick Garden Apartments
Park Heights Cemetery
Planning Board
Schamel
Parise
Brunswick Citizen
Frederick County
Ray Barnes
Posal
Barnes
Connie Koenig
Brunswick Properties
Col Les Holmes Dies Honored Scout Leader in Frederick
Col Les Holmes a longtime Frederick County resident and former professional soldier died Sunday April 22 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born February 4 1905 in Knoxville Iowa he was the husband of Dorothy Rhodes Holmes and served as protocol officer at Fort Detrick after retiring in 1961. A staunch Boy Scouts supporter he was named the first Distinguished Scouter of the Year by the Francia Key District for 54 years of service dating to 182 when he first became a scout.
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Lesien J. Holmes
Frederick County
Ridge Road
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Rhodes Holmes
Knoxville
Iowa
Holmes
William and
Margaret Haram Holmes
Fort Detrick
Boy Scouts of America
Francia Scott Key
Boy Scouts
Pedestrian dies after being struck on I-70 in Frederick County
Frederick County police report a Martinsburg West Virginia man, George Edgar Myers, 49, died Monday night after being struck by two vehicles on eastbound I-70 near Md 355. Myers, walking in the fast lane, was hit by a 1984 Pontiac driven by Barbara Ann Walters and then by a 1980 Pontiac driven by Cathryn Virginia Little before being thrown into the roadway. The crash remains under investigation with pedestrian in roadway listed as probable cause. the incident raises Frederick County highway fatalities to four.
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Martinsburg. W.va
Maryland
Frederick
George Edgar Myers
V.A. Medical Center
Martinsburg
MD. 355
Barbara Ann Walters
Monrovia
Cathryn Virginia Little
Mount Airy
Mentian
Te. J.D. Harper
Frederick County
Daylight Saving Time Starts This Sunday at 2 A M
The article explains daylight saving time begins Sunday at 2 a m with clocks set forward one hour to extend daylight. It traces origins to William Willett, notes adoption in World War I and II, US use in 1918 and reintroduction during wartime, and mentions the Uniform Time Act of 1966 while noting occasional exemptions by states.
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William Willett
United States
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