Soil tests show groundwater threat from plant waste
State health officials report soil samples from Trans Tech plant grounds near an underground storage tank show high levels of solvents such as TCE TCA and DCA with potential to contaminate groundwater. The plant in Adamstown supplied microwave ceramic components and water for 13 local families has been drinking bottled water since last year after well contamination. The tank, used to store machine oil and other wastes, operated from 1882 until last month.
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Adamstetna
Trams-Tech Inc
Aand
Tramt-Tech
Art Caple
State Waste Management Administraion
Trans-Tech
Adamstown
Seventh-grader urges funding for new middle school
At a hearing on Frederick County’s fiscal 1987 capital budget, Amy LeDue a TJ Middle seventh grader pressed commissioners to accelerate plans for a new middle school. She noted TJ Middle would reach 149 percent capacity by 161 and urged funding to protect educational quality for her sisters and peers. She cited overcrowding sharing spaces with high schoolers and asked for rapid action despite county plans to allocate millions for land and other projects.
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Frederick County
Frederick City
Thomas Johnson
Amy LeDue
TJ Middle
Amy
Mara
Waverley Elementary
Courtney
Frederick High School
Thomas Johnson High
Board of Education
West Frederick Middle School
Barbara Bell
West Frederick
Libya accuses US and Israel of planning Europe attacks
Libyan Information Minister Mohammed Sharafeddin charged that Washington and Tel Aviv backed terrorist plots to hit European targets similar to the Berlin nightclub bombing. He said Mosad and American intelligence would stage operations to blame Libya, while U.S. officials denied the claim as Libyan propaganda.
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Asserighé Press
Tripoli
Libya
United States
Israel
Europe
Berlin
Mohammed Sharafeddin
U.S
Hoc
Mosad
Jamahiriya
Sharafeddin
America
Washington
White House
Larry Speakes
CIA
Reagan
Benghazi
East Berlin
West Berlin
Cloud of Conrail sale haunts Brunswick yard
The Brunswick yard, home to 800 workers, faces possible impact from Conrail's sale after Senate approval and impending House vote. CSX would abandon Maryland lines including Brunswick if the sale proceeds, affecting Chessie workers and area businesses reliant on rail service. The yard now handles about 60 trains daily, with plans typical of a once coal-focused facility.
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Brunswick
Potomac River
Ube
Conrail
Brunswick Yard
Senate
Hays Watkins
CSX Corp
Maryland
Chessie
Chessie Lines
CSZ
5&O
C&o
Brunswick Yards
Eastalco Aluminum
Clorox
Wewer
Jack Wheeler
Wheeler
Duchess of Windsor dies and Edward's romance with Wallis
The report recalls Edward VIII abdication and his relationship with Wallis Warfield Simpson. It notes their move to France after abdication, 1937 Germany visit with Hitler, and later royal encounters in London and Marlborough House. It mentions Elizabeth II inviting the couple to memorials and a late visit in 1872, ending with Edward’s burial and the duchess’s departure.
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Edward
Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpoon
Engined
Church of Engined
Duke of Windsor
France
Germany
Ginney
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Elizabeth
Tum
London
Princess Mary
Queen Mary
Marlborough House
Elsabeth
Bois de Boulogne
England
Beckingham Palace
Weather and hockey wrap from Washington and Rangers overtime loss
Mostly sunny and warmer forecast with highs around 75. Overnight low 35 to 42. Washington Capitals fall 5 to overtime loss against the New York Rangers. Contains a Wolrdly quote about nonconformity attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Washington Capitals
New York Rangers
Dems pick Mangiafico Smith for Frederick school board
Patricia Mangiafico of Myersville and Warren C. Smith of Frederick are nominated by the Democratic State Central Committee of Frederick County for a school board seat. The five year term begins after Gail Bowerman vacates July 2 and Gov. Harry Hughes will select within 30 days.
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Patricia Mangiafico
Myersville
Warren C. Smith
Frederick
Democratic State Central Committee
Frederick County
Republican Central Committee
Paul Stull
Harry Hughes
Gail Bowerman
Democrat Committee
Bruce Reeder
Petition Demands Responsive Frederick County School Board
About 18 Frederick County parents sign a petition seeking a more responsive school board after a bus incident where a seventh grader’s hair was burned with a lighter. The alleged offender, a 13 year old, was suspended five days and returned to ride the bus. the case was referred to Juvenile Services.
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Frederick County
Metra Schildt
Schoo
Mowortacy Middle School
Borned
Sali
Department of Juvenile Services
Frank Woullard
Schikit
Rimanded
Schildt
Schildi
David Markoe
Markoe
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Soviet Union
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Tass
Gorbachev
Khadafy
ED Waters JR
Duchess of Windsor
Juoet Woree
Inside the News
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Waldo Emerson
Dems
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Smith
Kecky Brashear
News- Post
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