Death toll from Nairobi embassy blasts grows to 210
In Nairobi and Dar es Salaam bombs kill at least 210 and injure over 5,000. Rescue workers search rubble near the Ufundi Cooperative House beside the U.S. Embassy as suspects are detained in Tanzania. Israeli and Kenyan teams persist in locating survivors Rose and Jane amid collapsing debris.
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Kenya
U.S
Tanzania
Dar Es Salaam
Wilson Mwansasu
Red Cross
Rose
Jane
Ufundi
John Sparrow
Israel Army Radio
Patricia Bushnell
Gerard Bradford
United States
Combc
Frederick seeks fair share of state funds in capital grants
Frederick County would have gained about 3 million more over four years if grants matched population. The state has doled 1.2 billion in capital grants since 1995, with Allegany and others receiving disproportionate shares. Four counties plus Baltimore city accounted for over half of funds, yet share of population remains uneven.
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Frederick County
Department of Legislative Services
Census Bureau
General Assembly
Annapolis
Allegany County
House of Delegates
Casper Taylor
Allegany
Western Correctional Institution
Baltimore
Prince George’s
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Frederick
Cunningham Falls
Key Monument rededication draws 1500 for Star Spangled Banner recital
About 1,500 gathered around the Francis Scott Key statue at Mount Olivet for the 100th anniversary rededication. The crowd sang all four stanzas of The Star Spangled Banner as Army Band music echoed from the 1898 ceremony. Speakers, led by Gov. Glendening and Sen. Sarbanes, stressed Maryland’s monument heritage and Key’s link to Fort McHenry and the nation’s founding ideals.
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Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Mr. Key
America
Key
United States Army Band
Roscoe Bartlett
Roth
Paul Sarbanes
D-Md
Parris Glendening
Glendening
Prince George’s County
Dr. Beanes
Mr. Glendening
Beanes
Maryland
Sarbanes
Frederick County
Rededication ceremony honors Francis Scott Key descendant in Frederick
John M. Key of New Orleans attended the Mount Olivet Cemetery ceremony marking the rededication of Francis Scott Key’s monument. About 1500 people, alongside state and local dignitaries, gathered to honor the author of the poem that became the national anthem. Key, a distant relative, said the turnout was fantastic and noted his eighth generation descent from Phillip Key.
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick
John M. Key
New Orleans
Mr. Key
Roger Brooke Taney
Mount Olivet
U.S
Brunswick woman writes book of tales about railroad days
Gretchen Rollison of Brunswick recalls the railroad town era as her father Harvey Moler a B&O conductor left 44 years on the rails. Her 19 page booklet Engine and Steam Pot Whistlers offers tales of crews eating habits and more than two dozen recipes such as Batch of Bullets Bunny in a Basket and Dirty Shirt Stew. Copies are available at Brunswick City Hall.
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Brunswick
Potomac River
Frederick County
Gretchen Rollison
Harvey Lee Moler
B&o
Rollison
Brunswick City
Army Band concert delights crowd at Harry Grove Stadium
About 5,000 fans packed the Frederick venue as the United States Army Band played marches and West Side Story tunes. Spectators included William and Barbara Pellegrino and ex service members Ken Diggs and Ed Williams. The audience spanned generations with families like Pete and Jane Styczynski and young Megan.
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Frederick Keys
Harry Grove Stadium
William Pellegrino
Barbara
John Philip Sousa
Poolesville
Air Force
Navy Band
Pellegrinos
Ken Diggs
Damascus
Ed Williams
Mount
Airy
Mr. Williams
Pete Styczynski
New Windsor
Jane
Megan
Styczynskis
Symphony
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Christopher Scinta
Kate Leckie
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U.S. Army Band
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