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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1989
Page
3
Partly cloudy today with cooler and near 8 rising to mid-70s Friday. Tonight clears with cooler lows around 60. Maryland Mountains see highs near 80 today and mid-70s Friday. Northeasterly winds around 10 mph. Yesterday’s readings list Frederick 93 and Cumberland 88 with varying lows.
Washington AP report states Mayor Marion Barry threatened to close the District of Columbia prisons to new inmates unless the federal government provides housing for over 9,200 prisoners. He cited a promise of 500 new beds within 90 days, which had not yet materialized.
Police describe a 30 year old white woman about 6 feet tall 180 pounds entering Melart Jewelers at Francis Scott Key Mall Md about 6 30 pm on Wednesday. She displayed a semiautomatic handgun and forced the cashier to deliver a diamond ring after filling out a credit application then left via the First National Bank exit. The suspect wore black pants a white shirt and sneakers. The description notes tight curled black hair. The article also mentions U S drug policy official and city jail population figures unrelated to the robbery.
Frederick City Police arrested Kevin B. Roberts and David A. Spikes for crack cocaine distribution after undercover buys at the Sagner development. Roberts, 24, of Frederick, and Spikes, 18, of Washington, were charged with distribution possession with intent to distribute and possession of crack cocaine. Another arrest, Dennis Oram, 40, of Carver Apartments, for theft of less than $300, occurred at West 6th and North Bentz.
Maryland Daily Lottery nine six. Pick Four 0446. District of Columbia Lucky Numbers 12. D C Four 3 1 0 9. D C Daily Double 75 1. D C Quick Cash 4 85 16 17 30 32. Pennsylvania Super 7 9 11 24 33 38 39 42 52 56 61 70. Daily Number 6 1 2. Big 4 08 20.
Fire alarms reported in 24 hours ending 8 p m with three vehicle and nursing home fires. At South Street and Genstar a vehicle fire prompted Uniteds response at 12 32 a m. In the 5600 block of Urbana Pike a vehicle fire occurred at 7 14 a m with Uniteds responding. A nursing home fire at McKinna Rest Home Waynesboro Pike Emmitsburg area at 6 29 p m drew Emmitsburg units. Ambulance calls totaled 35 with 3 routines.
The Associated Press notes powerful thunderstorms in Indiana triggered flooding and power outages for thousands. Lightning damaged a car on I 74 in Montgomery County and a 2% feet wide, 144 feet deep strike hole was observed. West Virginia roads closed and a fire house flooded as rain bands extended to New England, New York, the Gulf Coast and West.
The Montgomery County NAACP urges mass participation in a peaceful demonstration in Washington to protest recent Supreme Court rulings. Organizers want thousands of diverse residents to descend on the Capitol grounds for a noon to 2 p.m. rally, urging no more retreats on civil rights.
Cheryl Hershey, 37, joined the Lawrence A. Dorsey Jr. law staff as an assistant state's attorney. She will handle criminal felony cases at the circuit court level and assist prosecutors Scott Rolle, Donald Grossnickle and Stephen Meyers.
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