UN evacuates more wounded from Gorazde amid Serb withdrawal
U.N. troops evacuated additional wounded from Gorazde as a second aid convoy arrived after Serb forces pulled back under NATO pressure. NATO demanded withdrawal beyond three kilometers from the town center by Sunday, with indications Serbs would retreat to meet a twenty kilometer radius. 247 peacekeepers arrived, helicopters shuttled wounded, and U.N. officials noted fewer casualties on the streets as fighting eased.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Gorazde
NATO
Eric Chaperon
Drina
Cmdr
Chaperon
Tanjug
U.N. High Commissioner For
Kosovo Stadium
UNHCR
Peter Kessler
Detrick honors Nixon at Fort Detrick ceremonies
Fort Detrick will host honors for former President Richard M. Nixon with a dawn 6 a.m. reveille, half hour gun salutes, and a 10 a.m. reading of Nixon's death announcement. Wednesday, federal offices may close and Frederick area officials weigh closures while Fort Detrick conducts a 21 gun salute at noon and a five second interval 50 gun salute after the retreat at 5 p.m.
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Fort Detrick
Richard M. Nixon
Clinton
Army
Gordon Sullivan
Federal Reserve
William Donald Schaefer
Nixon
The cult of Cindy Crawford and 36 Olympics hopes
Inside the paper, references to The cult of Cindy Crawford appear alongside Bob Bofinger pinning hopes on the 36 Olympics. Stan Goldberg explores Touching all the bases. Weather highlights mild tonight and sunny Tuesday with highs near 90.
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Bob Bofinger
Stan Goldberg
Sled dog team shines at Outdoor Odyssey in Frederick County
John Tate of New Midway leads Mason-Dixon Sled Dog Racing Association with three county teams. His huskies race at Lebanon State Forest in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania, running about 15 mph, slower than Alaskan teams but remain a hobby he loves. The Odyssey also featured The Orchard Boys bluegrass band, led by Bob McCutcheon, for Maryland Forest and Park Service events.
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Maryland State Park Foundation
Maryland Forest and Park Service
Manor
Cunningham Falls State Park
Betsy Darracott
Ben Dickey
Paul Darracott
Gaithersburg
Thurmont
Siberian Huskies
John Tate
New Midway
Frederick County
Huskies
Mason- Dixon
Mason-Dixon
Mr. Tate
Tate
The
Orchard Boys
Bob McCutcheon
McCutcheon Apple Products
Frederick
McCutcheon
Five Speed
Nellie Kane
John Rosenwald
Mr. Rosenwald
Bomb blasts kill 19 in pre election violence near Johannesburg
A car bomb at a Germiston taxi stand and another blast in downtown Johannesburg raised the death toll to 19 in the days before South Africa’s historic all race election. Police said multiple explosions hit polling sites and public venues, with no claim of responsibility.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Germiston
African National Congress
F.W. de Klerk
Wikus Weber
Weber
Carroll Creek health seen as poor to fair by insect study
About a dozen Hood College students and children sampled Carroll Creek near Baker Park finding only Caddis fly larvae, missing mayflies and stoneflies. Dr. Douglas Meikle cited lack of shade and silt erosion as key issues harming aquatic habitat in the creek meshing through the city.
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Carroll Creek
Baker Park
Carroll
College Avenue Bridge
Douglas Meikle
Hood
Marcia Watters
Monocacy Middle team heads to world Odyssey final
Monocacy Middle School won the divisional first place in the Odyssey of the Mind state competition at UMBC earning a place in the world championship in June. Seventh and eighth graders designed a musical instrument from a lazy Susan chopsticks water glasses and a wooden frame to play a tune from a distance.
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Baltimore
Monocacy Middle School
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Monocacy Middle
Carol Gaskins
Mrs. Gaskins
Jenny Ulmer
Emily Udvardy
Emmy Noel
Lee DuBose
Ellie van der Schal
Fire Damages Historic Brunswick Square Building
A week ago a fire gutted a Brunswick Square building with roots back to 1900. Local historian Mary Margrabe recalls it housed the Brunswick Crab House and later served as a post office on the ground floor with residents above. memories detail a grocery market in the 1930s and a later switch to S&N Katz jewelers and Marbax Fashion Shop.
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Brunswick
Mary Margrabe
Mary Martha Shilling Carr Callary
Ms. Margrade
Ms. Cavalier- Ambrose
S&n Katz Jewelers
Ms. Cavalier-Ambrose
Ms. Margrabe
Marbax
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