Searchers seek cause of crash that killed 258
A DC-8 crash near Gander Newfoundland killed 258 aboard, mostly U S soldiers from the 101st Airborne returning home for Christmas. Search teams, RCMP, and safety officials examine wreckage and autopsy plans as a public inquiry is promised. Flight recorders recovered. names of the victims released by the Pentagon begin with Ibrahim Karadsheh, 25.
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Charles Campbell
Associated Press
Gander
Newfoundland
U.S
Canada
Atlantic
101St Airborne Division
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Air Safety Board
Christiane Beaulieu
Robert Kramer
U.S. Army
Pentagon
Farah Karadsheh
Warren
Mich
Detroit
Fort Campbell
Set
Ibrahim Karadsheh
Middle East
Thoreday
Gander, Nild
Woodbine Soldier Dies in DC-8 Crash Over Newfoundland
Pvt. 2 David Heidecker, 20, of Woodbine and South Carroll High School 1984 graduate, was returning home for Christmas after six months in Egypt Sinai. He married Gidget Giesler before graduation. she waited at Fort Campbell for his arrival. AP later confirmed deaths of Pvt. 2 Alexander Stearn of Lutherville and Sgt. Christopher Thornton of Takoma Park in the same crash.
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David Heidecker
Woodbine
South Carroll High School
Maryland
Newfoundland
Richard T
Shirley A. Heidecker
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Heidecker
Gidget Giesler
South Carrol
Fort Campbell
Associated Press
Alexander Stearn
Lutherville
Christopher Thornto
Takoma Park
Frederick City cracks down on street vendors with vehicle ban
Frederick officials approved a new ordinance banning street peddling from cars and trucks on Market Street Patrick Street and U S 40 west with a 100 dollar fine and possible tow. Mayor Young says exemptions for ice cream and produce may come in spring while merchants push for fair competition and consumer protection.
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Frederick
Ronald N. Young
W. Milner Roberts
Young
Market Street
Patrick Street
U.S. 40 West
Chamber of Commerce
Kitty Reed
Frederick County
Allan Routzahn
County stalls Windbrooke sketches in Jefferson plan
Frederick County Planning Commission halted preliminary sketches for the 180 acre Windbrooke subdivision after residents urged water adequacy proof. Developers Marvin and Dale Ausherman must secure a groundwater appropriation permit before approval, amid conflicting hydrology studies and protests at Winchester Hall.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Jefferson
Marvin E
Dale E. Ausherman
Windbrooke
Planning Commission
Rushermans
Joseph E. Fitzgerald
Winchester Hall
Ausherman Brothers
State Water Resources Administration
James R. Shaw
Daniel Poole
E.G. Otton Associates
Rusherman
Aushermans
Maryland legislators weigh 100000 liability cap for counties
Maryland counties push a 100000 cap on liability awards against local governments. MACo chair Leonard W. Dayton urges Annapolis support to curb rising insurance costs after insurers pulled coverage from jurisdictions and officials faced resignations. Gov Hughes weighs submitting the proposal as a task force backs the cap. skeptics include the legal profession.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
General Assembly
Leonard W. Dayton
Maryland Association of Counties
MACO
Dayton
Annapolis
Sykesville
Dorchester County
Boards of Education
University of Maryland
Harry R. Hughes
J. Joseph Curran
Baltimore
William Donald Schaefer
Schaefer
Inside The News Apes Thackeray Quote About Inferiors
A clipped line quotes William Makepeace Thackeray stating that the true pleasure of life is to live with one’s inferiors, reflecting a provocative literary aside in the publication. The item presents a brief attribution and mirrors a period voice.
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Shawl once owned by Francis Scott Key given to Key Memorial
The shawl identified as Francis Scott Key’s historic piece was formally donated by Grace Cline Clary to the Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation for permanent display in the Key room at the Roger Brooke Taney home in Frederick. The event, witnessed in the Homewood Lobby, highlighted the shawl’s preservation and connection to Key and Taney.
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Homewood
Frederick
Francis Scott Key
Grace Cline Clary
Hammond Clary
Frederick Bawker
Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation
Key
Taney
C. Lease Bussard
Key Memorial Foundation
San Juan
Puerto Rico
H. Thomas Summers
Clary
Government solvent till Monday
The government operates through Monday on a temporary money bill while Congress finalizes long term spending. Reagan seeks to reverse tax revision defeat as lawmakers extend spending authority and keep current cigarette tax price supports and Medicaid levels in place until early next week.
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Steven Komarow
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Reagan
House
Senate
Defense and Interior Departments
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Il
Ways and Means
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
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Roberts
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
Mayer
Carolyn Greiner
Roatzahn
Routzahn
Windbrooke Subdivision
David Rice
News-Post
C. Kurt Hotter
Judith Proffitt
Frederick County Historical Society
East Church Street
Inside the News
Phage
By Subege
Edward 5
Delaplaine
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