Efforts to recover bodies in Ethiopian crash begin
Rescue crews headed to a steep Ethiopian mountainside to recover U S representative Mickey Leland and 15 others killed in a Twin Otter crash. Two C 130s and two Blackhawk helicopters joined ground teams in Gambela to reach remains amid bad weather and rugged terrain. The operation aims to remove bodies for Addis Ababa identification before repatriation this week.
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U.S
Mickey Leland
Gambela
James Haley
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Fugnndo
Air Force
James Record
U.S. Central Command
City planners approve teardown of Elm Street School
Frederick planners approved demolishing Elm Street School to clear space for a temporary gravel parking lot for Frederick Memorial Hospital as it expands. The project will later include a three level, 400 space employee garage with potential additional visitor parking, amid resident concerns about noise and view.
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Frederick City
Planning Commission
Sally Murphy
City Planning
James Schmersahl
James
Kluttz
Hospital
Frederick
Seventh Street
Katherine Miller
Israel Detains Moslem Cleric Obeid Amid Administrative Order
Israeli forces continue detention of Sheik Abdel- Karim Obeid, a Lebanese cleric kidnapped July 28 in south Lebanon. He is held for six months under an administrative detention order signed by Chief of Staff Dan Shomron, with location in Israel undisclosed. The report also notes censor probes into a Sunday Times claim about missing Israeli soldiers.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
Sheik Abdel- Karim Obeid
Obeid
Israel
Sunday Times of London
Eitan Haber
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem Post Daily
Sunday Times
Army
Dan Shomron
Vandals desecrate Pearce family burial plot in Comus
Montgomery County police investigated damage at the Pearce family cemetery on Barley Field Lane in Comus where a 1 year old's grave was excavated and several tombstones toppled. Dirt was displaced and a headstone smeared with wax noted Little Willie, son of F. R. and Carrie Veitch, born 1866 died 1867. Detectives planned interviews as authorities assess possible theft or vandalism amid a historical site.
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Comus
Pearce Family
Montgomery County
Barley Field Lane
George Ludington
Little Willie
F. R
Carrie Veitch
Ludington
County studies alcohol ban in parks in Frederick County
Frederick County commissioners deadlocked 2 2 on a proposed ban on alcohol in county parks as part of a broader drug war strategy. The Drug War Cabinet had recommended curbing beverages in parks, with five top priorities including 1000 foot drug free zones near schools and more treatment slots and counselors.
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Frederick County
DWC
Lawrence Dorsey
Kathleen Edwards
Noel Farmer
Robert Snyder
County Commission
J. Anita Stup
John Mathias
Maryland
National Park Service
Sterling Bollinger
Charles Smith
Bollinger
Richard Grossnickte
Babe Ruth Team Eliminated From Mid-Atlantic Tournament
The MARYA 13 year old Babe Ruth baseball team was eliminated at Hamilton Beach New Jersey with a 6 to 3 defeat. The report notes cloudy conditions and scattered showers on the page, but focuses on the game outcome.
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MARYA
Babe Ruth
Hamilton Beach
N.J
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