Flooding, ice jams close six roads in Frederick County
Rising water and ice jams from Wednesday’s thaw flood streets in Frederick County. Six roads Daysville Brethren Church Gas House Pike at New London Bottom Retreat Monocacy Bottom remained closed Thursday morning while crews cleared ice and water. The Monocacy River began receding as the Potomac overran its banks earlier in the week. Authorities warned future flooding risk and urged motorists to avoid affected routes.
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Maryland State Police
Daysville
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New London
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Retreat
Monocacy Bottom
Ronald ©. Linton
Linton
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Frederick City
Catch Basin
Robert L. Strine
Strine
East Patrick Street
North Market Street
East Third Street
Monocacy
Lettie Shores
Point of Rocks
Potomac River
Maryland
Mubarak urges dialogue with PLO in Washington visit
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged that Palestinians deserve a national entity and pressed for an American dialogue with the Palestinians to seek a durable Middle East peace. He spoke at a White House banquet as Reagan planned a second meeting, while noting 66 Russian technicians he invited would depart within a year to work on Soviet equipment. Mubarak sought U.S. close ties, citing past aid and the Camp David accords as the framework for future negotiations.
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Egypt
White House
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Reagan
Middle East
Palestinian Liberation Organization
United States
PLO
Alexander M. Haig Jr
State Department
Sadat
U.S
Congress
Camp David
Thurmont growth plan called too ambitious in talk
Frederick County planners told about 30 residents that the 1982 comprehensive land use plan for the Thurmont region will show little growth. Officials cited sewer and soil limits, overplanning in earlier plans, and constrained water and sewer capacity as reasons growth will be limited to Thurmont and Emmitsburg with several communities unlikely to see expansion.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Paul M. Fox
Commission
Fox
James R. Shaw
Sabillasville
Shaw
Emmitsburg
Thurnont
Middletown land eyed for new county park
Frederick County takes an option on 79 acres near Middletown public schools at 335 750 dollars total or 4250 per acre with a one year decision window and a $15000 deposit. POS grant funding is expected to cover a large portion of the price while allowing potential park school complex uses near residents.
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Frederick County
Middletown
Sumantown Road
Jefferson
Richard L. Grossnickle
County Parks and Recreation
Gilbert L. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Grossnickle
Weather outlook for Western Maryland and mountains
Skies will clear today but temperatures turn colder and a late Friday snow risk looms. Western Maryland areas expect partly sunny, highs 40s, cooling tonight with 20s. Friday turns cloudy with a chance of snow, Saturday brings snow or mixed precipitation, then clearing and colder Sunday. Maryland Mountains show near 40 today, rising clouds Friday with snow by night, near 30.
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Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
David Lesher
Inside The News We Shape Our Buildings Quote
A quotation from Sir Winston Churchill notes that buildings shape people and reflect society, emphasizing architecture as a companion to history and progress through time.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Greyhound Bus Overturns Near Cumberland Maryland
A Greyhound bus overturned on ice near Grantsville Maryland injuring seven passengers and the driver. Police say all were taken to Cumberland hospitals for treatment of minor injuries as witnesses describe a mangled bus. Greyhound officials dispatch a special investigative unit to the crash site.
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Grantsville
Greyhound
Maryland
Dan McCarthy
Cumberland
Poland's top churchmen head to Rome
Archbishop Jozef Glemp and Cardinal Franciszek Macharski travel to the Vatican to discuss martial law with Pope John Paul II and plans for his potential summer visit to Poland. Vatican sources note this is their first such meeting since martial law was declared on December 12 amid Solidarity tensions.
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Poland
Rome
John Paul II
Jozef Glemp
Vatican
Franciszek Macharski
Krakow
Glemp
Independent
Solidarity Labor Union
Ice on wings cited in Potomac crash recordings
Tape recordings from the Air Florida jet crash into the Potomac River last month support theories that ice or snow on the wings caused a stall. Investigators and aviation experts analyze cockpit data and weather conditions to determine factors contributing to the tragedy.
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Washington (Ap
Air Florida
Potomac River
National Transportation Safety Board
El Salvador asks U N to verify massacre
El Salvador's army asks the U.N. Human Rights Commission to verify a claim that leftist guerrillas slaughtered more than 150 peasants in an attack on Nueva Trinidad Morazan Province near the Honduran border. The army cites killings of children women and men.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Nueva Trinidad
Morazan
Honduran
Pet show at Vindobona Nursing Home highlights event
News photographer C Kurt Holter captures moments from the auxiliary pet show held at Vindobona Nursing Home. Nancy Luse tours Fredericktowne School of Auctioneering while Tom Baum notes deterioration at the Capitol building. Robert Lewig questions imported meat restrictions. Robert Wagman reports ex Carter officials prosper from their financial endeavors.
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News-Post
C. Kurt Holter
Vindobona
Nancy Luse
Fredericktowne
Tom Baum
Capitol Building
Robert Lewig
Robert Wagman
Parl Autacdt
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Lloyd Batzler
County Planning Commission
Sumantown
Adrian McC. Remsberg
Inside the News
Jack Anderson
Susan McClintock
Carl Derrick
Pittsburgh
Pope
Reform
Solidarity
Potomac
U.N
Washington Post
NTSB
Ira Furman
Francis McAdams
Larry Wheaton
Alan Petit
Petit
Wheaton
Larry
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