AT&T McCaw merger could speed go anywhere phones
The 12.6 billion AT&T and McCaw Cellular deal aims to reshape communications by expanding wireless services and go anywhere products. It faces federal approval and drew protests from regional Bell affiliates worried about local market access. The merger would link long distance leadership with wireless pioneer McCaw to blur local and long distance boundaries.
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Kidnap victim buried alive in New York ransom case
Harvey Weinstein, a 68-year-old tuxedo maker, was held buried in a 14 foot pit in upper Manhattan for 12 days to secure a $3 million ransom. He survived on fruit and water, recorded pleas to his family, and was rescued after police traced the abduction. Two brothers were arrested, and his wife was later detained as a suspect in the case.
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Battle battlefield land purchase urged by Frederick County Commissioners
Frederick County Commissioners urged Rep. Roscoe Bartlett to back a $5 million allocation in the second phase of acquiring the Best Farm, a 295 acre tract inside Monocacy National Battlefield. They touted economic benefits and the nearby Civil War medicine museum as supporting context, while noting prior funding gaps and anticipated House-Senate negotiations.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Gail Bowerman
David Gray
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Frederick County School Board Maps Six Year Growth Plan
The Frederick County Board of Education reviews a six year capital improvement plan through 2000 prioritizing new schools land purchases and maintenance to handle growth doubling in ten years and an estimated 6 000 new students by 2000. The board weighs air conditioning costs and potential year round schooling amid rapid population rise.
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Edgar Larson
William Donald Schaefer
Weather Outlook with Showers Likely Today
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Keller Grows City Trees Across Freder ick
Keller vows to tend small city matters and has planted about 100 trees around Clustered Spires Golf Course and 30 along Carroll Creek flood control, with more in the watershed as part of local Democratic primary activity in Frederick City.
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Baldi Pushes Land Use to Lure Business in City
Joseph Baldi, 46, a Republican alderman candidate, canvasses Frederick door-to-door. He says residents report slow city progress and support using city land to attract business, while he wears a campaign bowtie featured on his literature.
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