Hope to restore Key monument in Frederick after years of weathering
Mount Olivet Cemetery official Ron Pearcey seeks funds to repair the Francis Scott Key statue and three bronze figures at the Key monument. He has already secured 5000 from the Maryland Historical Trust and aims to hire the Emmitsburg restoration team after reviewing photos from 1898 and consulting the cemetery board and Key Memorial Foundation.
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Mount Olivet
Frederick
The
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Jeff Taylor
U.S
Ron Pearcey
Maryland Historical Trust
Pearcey
Mount Olivet Cemtery
South Frederick
Key
Mary
Baltimore
Pearzey
Emmitsburg
Challenger crew revive sun telescope on final day in orbit
Cape Canaveral AP Challenger astronauts report first sun images from a telescope once deemed dead as the shuttle completes its 17 day delay filled science run. The solar telescope, previously inoperative, now functions showing sunspots and granules while the crew extends the mission.
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Fla
Challenger
John David Bartoe
Mission Control
Loren Acton
Earth
Karl Heinze
NASA
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Gordon Fuller
Roy Bridges
Reagan gains popularity amid public support decline in problem solving
Time magazine reports a high overall rating for President Reagan on a 1 to 10 scale with 67 percent in the top half, reflecting renewed sympathy after his colon cancer operation, while only about a quarter trust him on specific problems. The Aug issue notes a new wave of public support despite mixed confidence in policy solving.
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New York
Reagan
Time Magazine
Time
Nancy Luse Leads Frederick County Mountain Visit
Nancy Luse continues an occasional Frederick County tour with a visit to the mountains as part of a local feature. The forecast calls for sunny, more humid weather with highs around 82 to 86 degrees in Western Maryland. Classified ads and business finance notes appear in the issue.
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Maryland
Nancy Luse
Frederick County
Delta Awa flight 191 abort call amid fatal landing crash
Officials report air traffic control told Delta Air Lines Flight 191 to go around seconds before a Dallas Fort Worth crash that killed 123. The L 1011 may have already bounced as it crossed a runway approach in a thunderstorm. Wind shear and low-level winds are being investigated. Eighteen of 32 survivors remained hospitalized.
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Grapevine
Texas
Delta Air Lines Flight 191
Patrick Bursley
National Transportation Safety Board
Bursley
Dallas-Fort Worth International
Delta
Aue Lwluwher
Lee
South African Miners Threaten Boycott and Strike
In Johannesburg 14 more people were arrested under South Africa’s state of emergency as black miners threaten a boycott of white businesses this week. The National Union of Mineworkers plans an Aug. 25 strike over pay, potentially halting gold production. Cyril Ramaphosa warned of an immediate strike if foreign workers are deported.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
Cyril Ramaphosa
National Union of Mineworkers
P.W. Botha
Large marijuana plants seized on Maryland farm near Umenville
Maryland State Police helicopters spotted about 54 marijuana plants on the James Grumbine farm off Md 26 near Umenville during a routine training mission. No arrests were made, but two farm workers observed earlier were questioned and released. Officers report the plants, some seven feet tall, could carry a $35 000 street value and cite potential penalties of up to a $15 000 fine and five years in prison for manufacturing a controlled dangerous substance.
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MD. 26
Umenville
Maryland State Police
James A. Updegraff
James Grumbine
Tpr
Greg Johnston
J.J. Smith
Jay Godlove
Winters
The
Drug Enforcement Administraion
Wisner Named to Frederick County Democratic Central Committee
Buck Wisner was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Frederick County Democratic State Central Committee after Austin Powell resigned to avoid a conflict with his new Maryland Liquor Board post. Powell could have held both roles, official said, and Wisner was chosen from several candidates for the unpaid seat.
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Charles R. “‘Buck' Wisner
Frederick County
Democratic State Central Committee
Austin C. Powell
Central Committee
A. Irvin Renn
Powell
Liquor Board
Harry Hughes
Renn
Maryland
Wisner
Rega
Ribbon rally unites Frederick Countians for nuclear protest
Local residents joined about 100 protesters from Frederick County Nuclear Arms Freeze Campaign Quakers and Church Women United in Washington for a 15 banner ribbon event around the Pentagon Lincoln Memorial and Capitol Two days before the Hiroshima Nagasaki anniversary the gathering aimed to symbolize unity against nuclear weapons and no violence occurred Participants described the mood as positive grassroots and hopeful with calls to end future Hiroshimas
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Washington
Pentagon
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Frederick County
Society of Friends
Quakers
Church Women United
Darnell
Spurrier
Hiroshimas
Chicago
Justine Merritt
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