City man to get home by sweat equity project
Frederick residents form Project H.O.U.S.E. Inc to rebuild homes with community help. Mr Brown, aided by volunteers and church members, will move from a failing house to a $25,000 two story three bedroom home built mainly by volunteers. The project funds labor and finance, with future profits aiding more affordable housing.
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Project H.O.U.S.E. Inc
St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church
John August
Frederick
Brown
August
Leslie Pitt
Kent Briddell Construction
Mount Airy
Pruitt
Frederick City
Department of Housing and Community Development
Project
H.O.U.S.E
American Red Cross
Project H.O.U.S.E
Mr. Brown
Point of Rocks
H.o.u.8.e
Christmas Weather Wreaks Havoc Across Nation
Snow and sleet blanket the lower 48 and Alaska with dangerous cold. Yellowstone Montana logs 30 below as the coldest spot on Christmas Day. More than 80 weather related deaths are reported including three Texas boys who sank through ice on holidays. Texas and Arizona citrus crops dodged the chill so far though heavy navel orange losses are reported in portions of the region.
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Alaska
California
Florida
Yellowstone
Mont
Texas
Arizona
Tulare
Lenard Craft
Ross Dickman
National Weather Service
Frederick
Diener
Hagerstown
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sheryl Engel
Blaze levels home in Jefferson fire destroys mobile home
A Christmas morning blaze destroyed a 12 by 30 foot mobile home on Jefferson Pike leaving Ralph and Lindy Rhodes and their 9 year old son Jeremy homeless. The oil furnace malfunction sparked the fire at 8 22 a m as the family opened presents. Twenty firefighters took 20 minutes to control the flames. Damage was estimated at 35000 dollars. The family, uninsured, lost all belongings and stayed with relatives.
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Jefferson
Tafferent
Ralph
Lindy Rhodes
Jeremy
Jefferson Pike
Bob Thomas
Thomas
Rhodes
Contol
Brunswick
Jim Woods
Eugene Boyer
Gorbachev faces reshaped power amid cabinet reforms
Gorbachev announced Shevardnadze would resign in protest over moves toward dictatorship while remaining foreign minister until a replacement is named. Parliament approved a broad package of constitutional amendments strengthening presidential powers and redefining the cabinet to place it under the president. The Federation Council would be led by Gorbachev with wide representation from republics. debates continue on its size and authority. Ryzhkov remains a central figure amid reform struggles as the political landscape shifts in Moscow.
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Shevardnadze
Gorbachev
Tass
Yanaev
Ryzhkov
Congress
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
National Security Council
Federation Council
General Assembly
Alexander Kudryavtsev
Communist Party
Soviet Academy of Sciences
U.S. forces deny firing warnings on Algerian sugar ship
U.S. Navy spokesman Cmdr Mark Neuhbart says no forced shots were fired, only warning shots a smoke grenade and a noise maker were used for crowd control. Boarding party faced crew attempting to grab weapons as Ibn Khaldoon from Algeria carried up to 12,000 tons of sugar and anchored near Masirah Island off Oman.
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U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Mark Neuhbart
Ibn Khaldoon
Algeria
Masirah
Oman
Albanian Communists debate reforms before elections
In Tirana, over 1,000 Albanian Labor Party delegates convened to hear Ramiz Alia unveil a radical platform shift. The proposed reforms aim to open the centralized economy, relax religious restrictions, and improve human rights as February elections approach, the first multiparty vote since 1944. The Democratic Party, legalized recently, plans to challenge the Communist monopoly, while the regime signals a cautious path toward pluralism amid protests and international scrutiny.
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Austria
Albania
Labor Party
Tirana
Pai
Ramiz Alia
Balkan
Alia
Europe
Gramoz Pashko
Democratic Party
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