Weather shifts as warm air returns after freezing night
A cold front brings light freezing rain across Western Maryland tonight with a gradual warmup tomorrow. Western Maryland counties expect low 28 to 34 tonight and 42 to 46 Thursday, with Thursday morning clouds giving way to sun. Maryland mountains see freezing rain tonight, then milder Thursday with highs near 49. Yesterday’s temps ranged Frederick 50 to 32, Cumberland 49 to 24, Hagerstown 46 to 39, Oakland 35 to 18, Westminster 47 to 29.
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Westminster
New surgical technique may make scalpel unnecessary in many cases
London's Hammersmith Hospital researchers unveiled a method using ultra fine tubes with tiny tools guided by a computer controlled X-ray system to seal arteries and remove stones. The team led by Professor David Allison says the method treats ulcers bleeding and blocked arteries while patients stay conscious during the procedure.
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Press Associa
Tion
Margaret McCabe
Hammersmith Hospital
Anthony Dibble
Jeanette Dibble
Public supports more spending for the poor in Maryland
Maryland residents show greater support for higher state spending on the poor environment and education in a University of Maryland survey comparing 1984 attitudes with 1941. Sixty percent favor more schooling funds with 69 percent backing education, 58 percent back help for the poor and 31 percent for the environment, amid a broad shift in public opinion and willingness to raise taxes rather than cut services.
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Baltimore
Sue Dowden
Parks and Recreation
Christmas charity across the nation lights up the season
Gifts and meals pour in for the homeless and needy from Chicago to California. In Seattle and Oklahoma City volunteers and churches organize dinners and clothing drives while major cities host lavish dinners for thousands. Donations extend to Toys for Tots efforts with vandalized gifts recovered and inmates contributing funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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Andrews
Glide Memorial Church
San Francisco
Sheraton Centre
New York City
Calif
Dave Scardigi
Crow Wing
Brainerd
Minn
Pat Kurtsman
Volunteers wanted at Montgomery County hospitals
Montgomery County Red Cross seeks men and women to volunteer at NIH and Navy Medical Center in Bethesda and Wilson Health Center in Gaithersburg. Volunteers needed day and night to assist in patient care areas. Contact Montgomery Red Cross Office of Volunteers at 1508-2515, Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Hed Cross
National Institutes of Health and Navy Medical Center
Bethesda
Wilson Health Center
Gaithersburg
Montgomery Red Cross
Office of Volunteers
Mailman fired for Christmas spirit in Brighton
Marie DePlanche of Pinckney says her husband Frank was told he would lose his job at the Brighton Post Office after Jan 9. He left cards on about 545 mailboxes for seven years, and a Santa sign protested his firing, while the couple faced holiday stress.
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Marie DePlanche
Pinckney
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Postal Service
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Bees & Mailman
Virginia
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