Elena Nears Landfall as Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane
Elena lingers over the Gulf of Mexico moving north north west at 5 to 10 mph with 100 mph winds. A hurricane warning spans Morgan City Louisiana to Apalachicola Florida as 10 inches of rain and possible tornadoes threaten the coast. Forecasts warn winds could reach 120 to 150 mph upon landfall, drawing comparisons to Hurricane Betsy of 1965 and prompting mass evacuations and industrial shutdowns including Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula.
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Elena
Gulf of Mexico
Morgan City
Apalachicola
Florida Panhandle
Pensacola
Gulf
Neil Frank
Louisiana
Weather Service
Florida
Alabama
Wade Guice
Civil Defense
Harrison County
Mass
Betsy
New Orleans
Guice
Mississippi
Meridian
Ingalls
Pascagoula
Water contamination relief near Taneytown Pike homes
Orkin Exterminating Co officials say reclamation efforts are improving at a Taneytown Pike property after high Chlordane levels were found in April. A carbon filtration system was installed with Swanson Environmental to purify groundwater from the aquifer near the Monocacy River. Neighbors with contaminated wells seek prompt cleanup before cold weather. bottled water was provided to affected families.
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Orkin Exterminating Co
Taneytown Pike
Tim Crow
Atlanta
Crow
Leroy A. Farrer
Baltimore
Orkin
Robert Alwine
Health Department
Martha Schipper
Water Quality Office
EPA
The
Swanson Environmental
Detroit
Ron Nelson
Waste Management Administration
Monocacy River
Nelson
Farrer’s
Alwines
Goodings
Rioting in Cape Town as violence spreads in mixed race areas
Fierce rioting in Mitchells Plain Mannenberg and other mixed race districts left offices and shops ruined. Police report 28 killed by early afternoon with eight more deaths noted later. Fire crews refused entry for safety amid blazing debris as violence spreads from Cape Town to Bellville Athlone and Swartland.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Mitchells Plain
Mannenberg
Capeeyauo Miggesh Wlath Luau
Guguletu
Bellville
Athlone
Swarthlip
Bellville South
Jacques Poos
Luxembourg
Hans van den Broek
Netherlands
Giulio Andreotti
Italy
R.F. Botha
Pretoria
P.W. Botha
Poos
European Economic Community
NATO drills Ocean Safari 85 with 200 ships off East Coast
A NATO peacetime exercise gathers 200 warships and aircraft from 10 nations off the U S East Coast. The fleet sails toward Iceland and England to rehearse rapid supplies under attack, with the carrier USS America and battleship USS Lowa leading. Soviet spies shadow the operation as observers.
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Boston
NATO
America
Lowa
Iceland
England
Europe
U.S. Navy
Margaret Ronzio
Balzan
Soviet Union
Ms. Ronzia
Fingerprints Target Night Stalker Case in Orange County
Detectives using a laser device found "good" fingerprints on a stolen car linked to the Night Stalker. J Larry Ragel, Orange County Sheriff forensics chief, said the car may be tied to the killer whose toll rose to 16. The fingerprint computer housed about 13 000 prints and produced 100 sets resembling those found on the abandoned Toyota station wagon.
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Los Angeles
J. Larry Ragel
Orange County Sheriff's
Forensic Science Services Division
Rage
Emerson Quotation Echoes In Classifieds On Trust And Value
Readers encounter a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote amid a page of business and finance items. Real estate ads, ads for services, and small investments appear beside comic panels and market briefs, reflecting a midweek mix of commerce and culture.
County in dilemma over surplus funds
Frederick County Commissioners face a vague section of law as they debate spending an estimated $3 million surplus from fiscal 1985. The external auditors advise against using the surplus in the current year’s capital budget, while officials weigh whether to wait for external audit confirmation and which year the funds may apply to.
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David Rice
Frederick County
Board of County Commissioners
Linton
Shafer
Galen R. Clagett
Clagett
Sterling E. Bollinger
Bollinger
Thomas M. Fox
Standard and Poors
Fox
Maryland
Howard
Anne Arundel
Robert T. Dougherty
Dougherty
Rotorex workers vote on pact amid strike
Rotorex Co offers a proposal to Local 133 IVE AFL CIO after a two hour meeting ending Wednesday. Union members will vote Friday at 1 a.m. at the Walkersville carnival grounds pavilion to decide on the terms, with about 320 workers affected if accepted.
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Rotorex Co
Aflcio
Helen Johnson
Johnson
Walkersville
Suits filed over fatal I-70 bus crash deaths
Two multimillion dollar lawsuits were filed in Baltimore Circuit Court on behalf of the families of Harry Bernstein and Duxie Lee Sr. accusing Baltimore Motor Coach Co. of unsafe operation. The suits allege the driver was unfit to travel interstate due to insulin use and a poor driving record, and cite a nonworking speedometer. The crash on Jug Bridge near Frederick killed six aboard a charter bus en route to Charles Town races.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Baltimore Motor Coach Co
Harry Bernstein
Duxie I #e Sr
Bernstein
Lee
George W. Brown
Charles Town Turf Club
Charles Town
W.va
Jug Bridge
Monocacy River
Roberto Harris
Maryland Institute For Emergency Medical Services Systems
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Gulfport
Miss
Marine Life Oceanarium
Memorial Hospital
FMH
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. Kurt Holter
Taneytown Pike Homes
Norma Alwine
Westminster
Orkin Co
Georgia
National — World
Inside the News
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SRI A
RSE
Annes
Labor Day
Rotorex
Lorraine Mirabella
News-Post
Brown
Cpl
Allen Hewett
Hewett
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