Billion dollar lab launched on space shuttle Challenger mission
Cape Canaveral reports the shuttle Challenger lifted off with seven astronauts two squirrel monkeys and 24 rats for a week of round the clock experiments in a 1 billion dollar Spacelab. The mission aims at materials processing fluid mechanics life sciences atmospheric physics and astronomy with the crew including Overmyer Gregory Thornton Thagard Lind Wang and Van den Berg.
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Atlantic Ocean
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Jake Garn
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Fred Gregory
William Thornton
Norman Thagard
Don Lind
Spacelab
Challenger
CIA arms rebels in Nicaragua sparks regional tension
Nicaragua Defense Minister Humberto Ortega accuses the CIA of arming anti-Sandinista rebels with Soviet designed SAM-7 missiles. He warns the Reagan administration will bear responsibility for any consequences of weapons in irregular forces' hands.
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Nicaragua
Central Intelligence Agency
Humberto Ortega
Daniel Ortega
Reagan
el Salvador
Indalecio Rodriguez
Associated
Dever
Middletown boys win MVAL track title and Urbana inn feature
Middletown's boys team seizes the MVAL track crown while Nancy Luse explores The Turning Point bed and breakfast in Urbana. The brief photo and feature mix reflects local sports momentum and travel narrative, highlighting community spots and personalities in concise regional coverage.
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Nancy Luse
Urbana
March of Dimes SuperWalk draws 900 in Frederick
A kaleidoscopic city parade of walkers and runners completed the 20 kilometer SuperWalk course raising about thirty thousand dollars in pledges for the March of Dimes. Highlights included 9 year old Eugene Baugher carrying a white rat named Fred and Colleen Dean wheeled the distance by her father. Volunteers provided food water and medical aid at checkpoints while prize incentives promise better pledge yields. Final donations due June 28 await sponsor tallies.
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Eugene
Baugher
Fred
Colleen Dean
Walkersville
March of Dimes
Larry
Wen Rennew Laller
Mary Ann Wright
Frederick County
Gorbachev promises support to Ortega in Moscow
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega met Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow and received a pledge of Soviet aid in resolving urgent economic problems. Tass cited political and diplomatic backing but noted no new grants or loans. Ortega seeks about 200 million dollars to counter sanctions and fund essentials amid high inflation and shortages.
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Robert Dole
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Senate
Congress
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Central America
Tass
Pedestrian dies in 1 270 Frederick County crash
A Silver Spring man Noe Alex Mejia 27 was killed when struck in the southbound lane of 1 270 near Parks Mill Road Frederick County. He stood on the center line before a 1979 Ford Thunderbird driven by General Lee Bradford. No charges filed. death total for 1985 roadways reaches 19.
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Frederick County
Parks Mill Road
Noe
Alex Mejia
16Th St
R.J. Thomas
Drc
Donald Holloway
Mejia
Lee Bradford
Wildwood Drive
Takoma Park
Thomas Fritz
Meya
Fritz
Bradford
Suspects sought in city shooting on West All Saints Street
Frederick Police search for suspects and motive in the fatal shooting of Kevin Dotson 28 of 1320 Taney Ave Frederick. Dotson died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after being shot in the chest about 5 p m Sunday on a crowded sidewalk as witnesses watched and police collected bloodstains and evidence.
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Frederick
Kevin Dotson
Taney Ave
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Richard J. Ashton
Dotson
West All Saints Street
Ashton
Geoffrey Bartlett
United Ambulance
Brunswick
Washington County Hospital
Brunswick Police Department
Towns eye water supplies as drought looms in Frederick County
Frederick County towns face no current water bans but a dry spell raises risk of shortages. Meteorologist David Lesher notes April rainfall about five inches below normal. Thurmont officials say no problems yet though water from the mountain may be needed if drought continues. Wells remain as backup. Mount Airy discusses future actions with the water commission.
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News-Post
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Thurmont
Marion Rice
Rice
Delaine Hobbs
The
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