First Snow Brief Dims Hopes For Long Weekend
Frederick County woke to a light snow event with 2 to 4 inches Thursday night. Schools opened on time as road crews salted and cleared streets. SHA crews patrolled and salted roads while state police logged minor crashes but no injuries.
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Frederick County
State High Administration
SHA
Maryland
Braddock Heights
Pennsylvania
News-Post
David Lesher
Frederick
Parkway School
Kevin Blank
Eugene Hicks
David Long
Billy Creager
Cubans in Nicaragua combat role as Contras face casualties
The Associated Press reports that Cuban military advisers may be fighting alongside Nicaraguan rebels against the Sandinista government. State Department officials say about 2,500 Cuban advisers are in Nicaragua, with some among 14 killed when a rebel helicopter was shot down. The Sandinistas accuse the U.S. of supplying the missile used, recall their U.S. ambassador, and seek UN Security Council action as tensions rise.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Elliott Abrams
inter-American Affairs
Nicaragua
United States
Victor Hugo Tinoco
Honduras
U.N. Security Council
Carlos Tannerman
Managua
Tinoco
Pete Martinez
Abrams
House
Western Hemisphere Affairs
Democratic Force
Contra
U.S
Experimental cancer therapy sparks public outcry for hope
In Rockville Maryland a family voices despair over lung cancer while a new adoptive immunotherapy reported by Steven Rosenberg at the National Cancer Institute generates intense public interest. Officials caution testing is limited, costly, and still experimental, with calls flooding the Cancer Information Service seeking eligibility and details.
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Sandy Sohnson
Associated Press
Rockville, Md
Cancer Information Service
National Cancer Institute
Federal Center
Bethesda
Washington
Lehmann
Rosenberg
Frederick Mayor Urges Reform to Curb Sprawl Ahead of Growth
Frederick Mayor Ronald N. Young told a state planning seminar that Maryland faces unchecked suburban sprawl as housing demand rises. He urged major reform to cluster development within cities, criticizing planners and tax policies for enabling spread into farm and forest land. Local zoning often ignores cross jurisdiction planning, he said, and suburbs fail to meet city or country needs.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Maryland
Ronald N. Young
Young
State Department of Planning and Development
Frederick County
James R. Shaw
Maryland coach Bobby Ross signs four year deal
Sports editor Stan Goldberg reports Coach Bobby Ross will stay at Maryland with a new four year contract. Forecast notes sunny windy cold today with highs 36 to 42 and lows 20 to 25. Weekend promises more sun and cold. Western Maryland Weather map on Page. Christmas events roundup in the area. Kipling quote noted.
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Stan Goldberg
Bobby Ross
Maryland
New therapy starts at Frederick Memorial Hospital unit
Frederick Memorial Hospital begins adoptive immunotherapy, a promising cancer treatment. The BRMP unit at FMH treats one patient now, expanding later to four locally, with about a dozen staff and patients referred nationwide. Ten billion cells per transfusion are used, and NIH calls surge nationwide.
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National Cancer Institute
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Gregory Curt
Division of Cancer Treatment
NCI
News-Post
BRMP
Curt
NIH
Bethesda
Police launch Operation Yuletide to curb holiday shoplifting
Frederick area police unite multiple agencies for Operation Yuletide to patrol malls and parking lots and deter theft. Officers in marked and unmarked cruisers will monitor perimeters, bank areas, and night depositories while advising shoppers to secure parcels and lock cars.
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Frederick
Yuletide
Richard J. Ashton
Frank Tully
Frederick Barracks
Tully
Robert C. Snyder
Cpl
Tom Zufall
Zufall
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National Institutes of Health
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