Catoctin Zoo to Become Non profit Attraction
In Thurmont Maryland the Catoctin Zoo owners plan selling to a non profit zoological society for a 2 million renovation and expansion. Robin D Abuhove president of the society said private operation is unsustainable and the group formed three years ago aims to buy expand and run the zoo. Architects presented plans to triple the site along Md 86 south of Thurmont with a target purchase by March 1987 and a possible sale next summer.
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Thurmont
Catoctin Zoo
Zoological Society
Robin D. Abuhove
Catoctin Mountain
Roger
MD. 86
Richard A. Hahn
Zoological Group
Hahn
Mary Anne
Managing editor named for News-Post from Kentucky press
Bob Martin, a 12 year newspaper veteran, was appointed managing editor of the News-Post by Publisher George B. Delaplaine Jr. He comes from the Lexington Herald Leader where he was assistant managing editor. Martin has Kentucky roots and Maryland ties dating back more than 25 years. He began at the Montgomery County Sentinel in 1973, later worked in Winston-Salem and Owensboro before joining Lexington in 1982. He is a Navy veteran, graduate of Ripon College, and is married to Janet Meyerhoefer with two daughters.
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Bob Martin
Montgomery County
News-Post
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Martin
Lexington Ky
Herald-Leader
Kentucky
Maryland
Talbot County
Hagerstown
Montgomery County Sentinel
The
Sentinel
Winston-Salem
N.C
North Carolina
Owensboro
Messenger Inquirer
Lexington
Evanston, Il
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
U.S. Navy
Pentagon
Naval Communication Station
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Janet Meyerhoefer
New York
Lynn
Elizabeth
Weather Update and Local Feature Fragments
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with a chance of a pausing flurry lows 18 to 24. Partly sunny breezy and a little colder on Tuesday highs 32. Western Maryland weather map on page. A family shares adoption story from a Third World country. There is none so blind as they that won't see. Dialogue II
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Maryland
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Betts Named New President of Frederick Community College
Frederick Community College selects Dr. Lee J. Betts of Iowa as its next president, replacing Dr. Jack B. Kussmaul. Betts, previously Muscatine president and Eastern Iowa Community College District vice chancellor, will earn 58000 annually and lead FCC as its fifth president.
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Frederick
Muscatine
Betts
Eastern Iowa Community College
Presi
Maryland Parents Blame Military For Sons' Deaths
Two Maryland parents criticize the military after 248 U S soldiers died in an Arrow Air DC-8 crash in Gander Newfoundland. Staff Sgt. James Duckworth and Spec. 4 Michael Whiteman were among the victims, with services planned at Fort Campbell and Dover AFB as remains arrived.
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Maryland
Baltimore
June Duckworth
Westernport
James Frederick Duckworth
Gander
Newfoundland
Michael L. Whiteman
Dunkirk
Delaware
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Dover Air Force Base
Duckworth
Sgt. Duckworth
Shirley
Clarksville
Tenn
Trucks Menace Lime Kiln Road Residents Plead for Ban
Frederick County neighbors led by Terrie Sellers petitioned commissioners to ban 18 wheelers through Lime Kiln Road to stop damage to yards trees and risk to children. Residents blame Bowman trucks for near misses and road hazards urging county action now.
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Paul May
MD. 85
Lime Kilm Road
James Spring
Lime Kiln Road
May
Terrie Sellers
MD. 8
New Design Road
Tamko
Stup
Bowman
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Washington
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National Zoo
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Lee J. Betts
Sellers
Spring
Richard T. Meagher
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