Maryland Denied Disaster Designation After Flood Losses
Federal officials declined Maryland's request to designate the state a disaster area despite about 20 million in flood damage last month. SBA loan consideration looms, with FEMA stating individual assistance was not beyond local and state capacity. If SBA denial stands, Maryland must use own funds or appeal to FEMA Philadelphia for reconsideration.
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Maryland
Small Business Administration
SBA
Meg Ravnholt
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Philadelphia
Harry R. Hughes
Freder
Ick
Hughes
Ravoholt
Thomas H Hattery
Frederick
Hattery
Pearl Harbor memories recalled by Honolulu police officers
In Honolulu memorial ceremonies mark the December 7, 1941 attack. Police veterans Thomas Pedro Chester Dods and Arnold Capellas recall fear and survival as 1,177 sailors and marines lie entombed at USS Arizona. Attacks killed 2,300+ servicemen and 68 civilians. Ceremonies on Oahu honor the dead with a missing man flyover and gun salutes.
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Honolulu
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas M. Pedro
Pedro
Pearl Harbor
Chester Dods
U.S
Leutenant
Arnold Capellas
Uss Arizona
National Park Service
Hickam
Wheeler and Bellows
Deadlock breaks on budget deficit plan in Congress
Negotiators report a tentative agreement on the Gramm Rudman balanced budget plan as Senate approves 117.7 billion in domestic spending. Projections foresee moving toward a $172 billion target this year with automatic cuts possible if tax action lags, while Social Security and Medicaid are exempt.
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Steven Komarow
Associated Press
Washington— House
Senate
Congress
Senate Budget Committee
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Reagan
White House
Rusty Brashear
House
Phil Gramm
R-Texas
Warren Rudman
R- H
Ernest Hollings
D-8
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Gramm-Rudman
Experts wary of anti cancer hormone hype
Experts caution that the experimental hormone interleukin-2 raises false hopes for a cancer cure. A New England Journal of Medicine report on 25 patients with advanced cancer found no cures, 10 tumors shrank by half, and one remission lasted a year, while doctors warn against overblown media excitement and the strain on patients and clinicians.
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Daniel Q. Haney
Boston
Jordan A. Gutterman
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Thomas Merigan
Stanford
New England Journal of Medicine
National Cancer Institute
Dome Gectors
Mathias pursues 1864 ransom repayment from city of Frederick
Maryland senator Charles Mathias seeks $3 million, including 121 years of interest, as repayment for the 1864 ransom paid by Frederick to Confederate troops. He introduced the bill in a Senate subcommittee amid his final term, noting the city borrowed $200,000 to satisfy Early's demand and paid interest by 1951.
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Maryland
U.S
Frederick
Charles McC. Mathias
City Hall
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
Mathias
Ronald N. Young
Young
Jubal Early
Washington
Early
Senate
Beverly B. Byron
House
Beau Wright
Wright
House of Representatives
Ann Pincus
Frederick County neighbors honored by Maryland State Police
Three Frederick County residents were honored by the Maryland State Police in a ceremony. A photograph appears on Page B-12. The item carries a quote on civic duty.
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Frederick County
Maryland
State Police
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Richard T. Meagher
Spring Park
Patrick Street
America
Kendall EB. Moranville
3Rd Fleet
Oahu
Japan
Pearl
Arizona
Sen
Bob Packwood
Norman Letvin
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
C. Kurt Holter
Karen Gardner
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