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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1984
Page
1
Reports say a bomb leveled a police station near Jaffna and up to 19 Tamil guerrillas imprisoned inside were killed. The government gave conflicting accounts blaming rebels or an accidental internal explosion as witnesses described detainees gagged and tied.
A quotation from Thomas Jefferson appears in Inside The News stating that a republican government is slow to move but once in motion gains unstoppable momentum. The remark underscores the founding era emphasis on careful initial motion followed by enduring progress.
Sports wrap covers the closing of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with top performances and final medal tallies. It also notes the Frederick Babe Ruth Prep baseball team opening game in the Prep World Series in Newark, highlighting key players and early scoring.
A very warm humid easterly flow brings showers through Tuesday. Expect considerable cloudiness with some sun, warm highs 78 to 94, and lows 70 to 75. Maryland mountains show similar patterns with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highs around 70s to 80s and mild night lows.
Heavy rains drenched Frederick County as totals rose to 2.49 inches since Friday night. Maryland State Police Frederick logged 0.2 Friday 1.01 Saturday 0.73 Sunday and 0.8 Monday morning. The low was 72 degrees as streams swollen by the weekend downpours threatened to spill over. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for central and western Maryland with more showers and thunderstorms expected. Central Alarm reported a home
The Spokesman at Central Alarm said the barn fire in Brunswick required pumping water from the basement over the weekend and was the only call so far. Heavy rains did not close county roads by 10 a.m. Monday and Frederick City had no street closures. County highway administrator Ronald O. Linton said everything is holding at the moment while state police remained busy Monday.
Dublin AP report notes President Reagan told Nobel laureate Sean MacBride he would consider a meeting with Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko if properly prepared and aimed at nuclear disarmament. Chernenko voiced no change in U.S. attitude while MacBride urged U.N. talks to eliminate all nuclear weapons.
Iran and the Soviet Union accuse the United States of exploiting Red Sea explosions to widen its regional presence. Britain to send four minesweepers to the Suez Canal with U S and French mine sweeping support, as 13 ships have been damaged in the past month. Diplomatic sources say no mines recovered yet and the cause of damage remains unproven.
Experts warn East Coast quakes may reach damaging scales with Frederick area felt tremors. Dr Otto W Nuttli cites rising quake records while USGS notes scant US data. Historic Charleston 1886 quake registered VII on Mercalli, felt from Chicago to Florida, including Frederick County.
Mount Airy Shirt Factory workers voted 715 to 132 against joining the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, a statewide tally across four plants. NLRB spokesman Richard Ahearn said the vote occurred Friday under supervision with no current breakdown by factory and that objections must be filed within the Sday period if any improper activity is alleged.
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