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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1984
Page
1
London authorities moved to search the Libyan Embassy for explosives and clues in the killing of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher on April seventeenth. Police and specialists, with Saudi diplomats monitoring Libyan interests, cordoned off the area as eleven protesters were wounded.
FBI agents in New Haven, Conn, held 40-year old Harry Carter Russell Jr on $250,000 bond after arrest for failing to appear in U S District Court on hashish importation charges. He allegedly left more than $400,000 in a Hagertown motel room last year while a narcotics fugitive. Russell disappeared last August before his trial on $12 million hashish smuggling allegations.
Washington AP report says funeral directors must provide detailed itemized cost statements starting today with nationwide reach under an FTC rule. The rule also requires cost information by telephone and bans misleading embalming or casket claims, aiding consumer price comparisons, says Consumer Federation official Jack Gillis.
The Reagan administration considers relocating the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem to avert an election year clash with Congress. The Washington Post cites unnamed officials. the bill enjoys broad support with 225 House cosponsors and 42 Senate cosponsors. Mondale and Hart back the move.
Konstantin Chernenko has repeatedly appeared in public, following Brezhnev’s lead, with nine Pravda front-page features in 18 days. He met visitors from Poland, Finland, Greece and India, and his writings are widely displayed. TV coverage is extensive, including a 50 minute Kremlin sortie to Hammer and Sickle Metal Works.
A fragmented page fragment shows TV listings and a weather map caption with a misquoted proverb attributed to Czechoslovakia. The piece includes stray words and a stray name Cat, creating a loosely linked mosaic rather than a coherent report.
Frederick walkers raised 35857 in pledges at the Super Sunday fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Aveline Allen covers Myersville town elections with candidate details and issue positions. Remembering Harry S Truman would have turned 100 on May 8 with a retrospective on his life as clan and president.
A strong storm crossing the Great Lakes will bring showers and thunderstorms today with clearing and cooler conditions Tuesday. In Western Maryland highs reach 70 to 76 with clearing, breezy and cooler on Tuesday around 65 to 72. Maryland Mountains see showers then partly cloudy, highs near 70 today and around 60 Tuesday. Farm forecast notes southerly winds 10 to 20 mph today, turning westerly Tuesday. yesterday's temps list Frederick 75.4 and other cities.
Florence Singer recalled her Antwerp years and fear at today’s Victims of Prejudice service in Frederick. Attended by about 70, the interdenominational ceremony featured readings, prayers, music, and remarks by Maryland Attorney General Stephen H. Sachs.
Frederick County jurors began deciding whether John Norman Huffington, 21, should die in the Maryland gas chamber or spend life in prison for a May 1981 killings tied to a drug robbery. Huffington had been convicted previously, with the death penalty overturned on appeal for improper evidence. The current case marks the county's first capital trial since 1966. The victims were Joseph Mallison Hudson, 30, a disk jockey, and Diane Becker, 21, found on their Harford County motor home property.
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department index of leading indicators fell in March for the first time in 19 months, reversing a recovery trend. February's strong gain was revised down, while housing starts, retail sales, and unemployment showed weakness. Economists expect slower growth for the year, around 3 percent or less.
Tens of thousands swarm Shanghai streets as President Reagan tours the city on his first official trip to a communist nation. He quotes the Declaration of Independence, extols individual freedom, and speaks at Fudan University after a motorcade past cheering crowds. Reagan’s stay includes a farewell at the Great Hall of the People and a tax treaty signing with Premier Zhao Ziyang.
Representatives from Mondale and Hart clashed over foreign policy and civil rights at Hood College Rosenstock Auditorium in Frederick. The Town Hall event drew about 69 attendees despite delays and weekend finals, with Mondale’s Susan Panek and Hart’s James Kennelly urging Reagan shifts on China relations and nuclear policy while criticizing the administration.
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