De Klerk Legalizes ANC and Mandela Speech
President FW de Klerk legalized the African National Congress after decades of guerrilla war and announced Nelson Mandela would be freed soon. Crowds celebrated in Cape Town as activists urged deeper reforms and continued international sanctions.
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de Klerk
ANC
Mandela
Cape Town
South Africa
FW. de Klerk
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
Mr. de Klerk
Anc’s
Frederick delays annexation vote over schools and roads
Frederick officials postponed a vote on a 66 acre annexation after more than an hour of testimony from residents and developers. The plan by Alan I. Kay Co. to build about 178 single family homes would widen Butterfly Lane and impact schools and the sewage plant. A decision is set for March 1, with staged development and road widening to ease impacts.
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Frederick
Butterfly Lane
Bethesda
Lenora Bumberson
Rand Weinberg
Sam Judge
Ms House
Dr. Judge
Strine
George Langelli
Fox Run Court
Peter Ellis
Hitching Post Lane
Mr. Ellis
Frederick City
High School Senior Discovers Fractal Sunspot Measure
Gaithersburg's Jennifer Newbury, a 17 year old Quince Orchard student, reaches the Westinghouse Science Talent Search finalist level with an original fractal geometry method to describe sunspot edges. She notes praise from Solar National Observatory and credit from solar astronomers for eight sunspot photographs while noting data challenges and the novelty of her work.
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Gaithersburg
Quince Orchard
Jennifer Newbury
Westinghouse Corp
Solar National Observatory
Groundhog Day power outage tied to wildlife mishap
A squirrel caused an electrical short at a substation on Bowers Road cutting power to about 1,800 customers in northeastern Frederick around 7:45 am. Lake Linganore, Mount Pleasant and western Walkersville lost service. Linganore High School evacuated. power expected back by 10 am. A raccoon visited a downtown Frederick jewelry store, drawing animal control interest.
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Frederick
Bowers Road
Gas House Pike
Raymond Sanbower
Potomac Edison Co
Sanbower
Lake Linganore
Mount Pleasant
Walkersville
Linganore High School
Myra Treiber
Frederick County
Weinberg Center launches $150000 renovations fund drive
The Weinberg Center for the Arts started a community fund drive to raise 150000 for renovations. Charlie Chaplin, drawn by James Pearl, symbolizes the Please Be Seated campaign with plaques for donors of 1000 and 5000. A 25 member committee led by Steve and Arleen Chafitz coordinates efforts to obtain a 150000 state matching grant and fund upgrades to electrical, lighting, rigging, sound, flooring, air conditioning, and the Wurlitzer organ.
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Charlie Chaplin
Weinberg Center For the Arts
Chaplin
James Pearl
Capital Campaign
Steve and
Arleen Chafitz
Weinberg
Frederick
Frederick Arts Council
Dan Weinberg
High school student Sacha Malin named Westinghouse finalist
Sacha Malin, a 16 year old Burkittsville resident, earns a place among 40 finalists in the 1930 Westinghouse Science Talent Search after interning at the National Cancer Institute. Her work on oncogene activation involves extracting DNA from throat cancer cells and testing effects in mice, signaling potential advances in throat cancer treatment. A separate cameo features Charlie Chaplin impersonator Jim Pearl at the Weinberg Center launching a capital funds campaign.
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Sacha Malin
Burkittsville
Sacha
Westinghouse
National Cancer Institute
Frederick Cancer Research Facility
Charlie Chaplin
Jim Pearl
Weinberg Center
Special prosecutor sought for Pierce
Washington AP Attorney General Thornburgh seeks an independent counsel to determine if former Housing Secretary Samuel R Pierce Jr and aides violated federal law by steering rent subsidies to developers tied to Republicans and officials in a HUD program from 1984 to 1988 He cites a perception funds favored prominent Republicans while saying no grounds exist to probe allegations Pierce lied to Congress
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Washington
Dick Thornburgh
Samuel R. Pierce Jr
Thornburgh
Pierce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jack Kemp
Man guilty in murder for hire scheme
A Frederick man William G Smith 21 was convicted by Frederick County Circuit Court jurors after about two hours of deliberation of soliciting the death of Cpl. Allison Chapman of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. He had earlier been arrested for armed robbery at an ATM. sentencing set for March 22.
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Frederick
Maryland
Frederick County
William G Smith
Quail Knob Court
Allison Chapman
Donald Grossnickle
G. Edward Dwyer
Smith
Cpl
Chapman
Frank Walters
Cpl. Chapman
Cpl. Walters
Grossnickle
Weather Update Cooler Tonight With Showers Likely
Cooler tonight with more showers likely as the forecast calls for lows in the mid to upper 30s. Saturday remains cool with periods of rain and highs around 10. An 80 percent chance of rain persists, with Western Maryland weather and map featured on page. Local white kid turns quiz id page.
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Maryland
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