Reagan orders Navy to test Libya claim in Gulf of Sidra
President Reagan said he personally ordered naval maneuvers to challenge Khadafy’s claim to Libyan waters in the Gulf of Sidra. He said the two Libyan jets were shot down in defense, and the United States would shoot back if fired upon as ships like the USS Constellation demonstrated U S muscle to back words while avoiding provocation.
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Calif
Reagan
Libya
America
Muammar Khadafy
United States
Constellation
Gulf of Sidra
Khadafy
Navy
Black Sea
Carib
Libyan Leader Frames U S Flight Incident in Oil Speech
Libyan leader Muammar Khadafy used a speech in South Yemen to condemn American use of Arab oil to fuel arms production, while Libyan state media claim a U S plane was shot down in the mid Mediterranean clash off the Libyan coast. The address, delivered Wednesday, did not reference the air battle or oil cuts.
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Associated Press
Muammar Khadafy
Mediterranean
U.S
Khadafy
South Yemen
London
United States
Bread price jump tests Solidarity pledge in Poland
In Warsaw the government backed Solidarity by announcing a 30 percent bread price rise. The Trybuna Ludu newspaper said a 28 ounce loaf would go from 4 zlotys to about 50 cents, with the increase to be set within a week. Meat rations were to be reviewed and likely cut further, despite prior promises to raise them in September.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Hunger strike tensions flare as Devine dies in Maze
IRA hunger strike supporters urge calm amid renewed street clashes in West Belfast after Michael Devine dies in the Maze Prison. Police report a wounded officer and two soldiers as factions clash with rocks gasoline and blast bombs. Devine was the tenth hunger striker to die, just before polls opened in the Fermanagh South Tyrone by election won by Bobby Sands.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Catholic West Belfast
Michael Devine
Maze
Devine
Border
Fermanagh
South Tyrone
Bobby Sands
Florida police nab fugitive Merle Unger in Clearwater
Merle W. Unger Jr., a convicted killer who fled a Maryland prison in a dump truck, was captured in Clearwater after a Florida gun shop burglary. Police identified him via fingerprints and scars despite his use of a fictitious name, confirming his identity.
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Baltimore
Merle W. Unger Jr
Patuxent Institution
Jessup
Unger
Hagerstown
Florida
Barry Glover
Clearwater, Fla
Clearwater
Glover
Why we must protect ourselves says Williams
Walter Williams argues in this column that society should take steps to defend its interests and safety amid rising uncertainties. The piece reflects a broader trend in the opinion pages toward individual and communal vigilance.
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Walter Williams
Newsman
Steven Beckner
U.S
National Geographic
Joy Aschenbach
Atlantic City
Robert Walters
A-7
News-Post
Michael Spaur
John
Inside The News Nothing Goes Swifter Than The Years
A reflective line by Ovid on the swift passage of time, noting how years slip by with quiet inevitability.
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Ovid
Parents claim denial of free education for handicapped son
In a federal suit filed in Maryland, Carroll County Board of Education and Social Services along with 16 other defendants are accused of denying 17-year-old Robert Von Simpson Greenwald a free public education. The action also claims the father, Robert M. Greenwald, paid for schooling costs while the family was required to place the boy in the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School in Chicago. The case cites Rehabilitation Act compliance delays and COMAR obligations, naming the state and local boards and several officials as defendants.
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Carroll County Board of Education
County Department of Social Services
Federal
District of Maryland
Robert von Simpson Greenwald
Carroll County
U.S
Robert M. Greenwald
Greenwald
Sonia Shankman
Chicago
University of Chicago
Carroll County Department of Social Services
Glen M. Fallin
Circuit Court of
Shankman School
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Code of Maryland Regulations
COMAR
Maryland State Department
County Board of Education
Department of Social Services
State Board of Education
Howard County Board of Education
Elizabeth B. Gehr
Carroll Board
Olin L. Adams
Carroll
Jewell K. Makcolin
Carroll Schools
David W. Hornbeck
Lowell T. Haines
Alan L. Katz
Ruth Massinga
Social Services Act
Farm Bureau opposes Rosenstock annexation in Frederick
Frederick County Farm Bureau leaders went on record against annexing 665 acres of Rosenstock farms into the city citing loss of productive soil, floodplain lands, and traffic impacts on Gas House Pike. They warned of 880 potential new homes and 790 new school children, noting Ballenger Creek land west of the city is slated for development away from agriculture.
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Farm Bureau
Rosenstock
Frederick County
Franklin Gladhill
Frederick City
Gladhill
Galen R. Claggett
Richard L. Grossnickle
Mary G. Williams
Ballenger Creek
Surplus funds in Maryland face legal delays for road fixes
Maryland sees rising revenues and a growing surplus but cannot spend the extra until the 1983 budget is approved. Legislators must compile a fiscal 1983 budget by April and enact it for July 1 1982. Meanwhile DOT funding remains limited by separate revenue streams and statutory constraints.
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Annapolis
Maryland
DOT
Gearinger to chair 1882 Frederick County March of Dimes
Robert E. Gearinger, president of Fredericktown Bank and Trust Co., to head the 1882 March of Dimes drive in Frederick County. Appointed by James T. Wilson, the county chapter chair, Gearinger retired earlier this year from the local board after 13 years and 10 as treasurer. He hopes residents boost funds for national regional and local birth defects programs, aiming to surpass last year’s receipts of 90000. A President’s Birthday Ball honors Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 100th birthday and foundation efforts.
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Robert E. Gearinger
Fredericktown Bank and Trust Co
Frederick County
Gearinger
James T. Wilson
March of Dimes
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Western Maryland Pleasant Weekend Weather Summary
Western Maryland counties Carroll Frederick Howard Montgomery and Washington enjoy mostly sunny pleasant conditions today and Saturday with partly cloudy skies Sunday. Mountain areas include Deep Creek with 70s highs and 40s nights. Ocean beaches from Ocean City report 70s water 70 degrees air. Drying conditions good to excellent today through Sunday with spraying winds around 15 mph today and about 10 mph weekend. Yesterday temperatures ranged Frederick 79 to 58 Hagerstown 82 to 54 Westminster 78 to 56 Gaithersburg 83 to 55 Leesburg 81 to 56.
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Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Deep Creek
Ocean City
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
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