Activist urges oil embargo on Nigeria at Mount St Mary’s
Randall Robinson of TransAfrica urged a global oil embargo and freezing Nigeria’s foreign assets. Speaking at Mount St Mary’s College during Black History Month, he criticized Gen Sani Abacha’s rule since 1993 and urged sanctions to pressure leadership to yield. He praised youth and linked sanctions to broader African progress, while noting leaks in any approach.
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TransAfrica
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Mount St. Mary’s College
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Quarry Debate Shapes Local Response To Lehigh Mine
Residents near the Lehigh quarry oppose the project citing health and property concerns. Officials plan groundwater testing by Lehigh and a public hearing after results. County commissioners also passed an ordinance restricting housing in the Lake Merle Dam danger area to maintain a significant hazard rating.
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Connie Roderick
Lehigh
MDE
Lake Merle Dam
State Water Resources Administration
Ferguson letters seek funds to retire campaign debt
A Maryland lawmaker’s mailing to Family-Values Friends in Frederick and Carroll counties asks readers to help retire his 1994 campaign debt. The 1996 session looms as he warns liberals will attack conservatives, while his campaign carries about $16,877 in debt. Reports show six contributions totaling $340 after the new session began and 13 contributions totaling $828 in the 1995 session.
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Joint Committee On Legislative Ethics
Ferguson
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Record Cold Hits Emmitsburg Farm And Surrounding Areas
Sleet across Emmitsburg and Walkersville drove temperatures to 27 below on January 21 1994 and a high of 30 the next day. Residents in Shepherdstown West Virginia reported minus 13 and minus 3 on consecutive mornings while AAA logged 2237 road service calls Tuesday the second busiest day on record and January averaging around 894 calls daily.
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Emmitsburg
Walkersville
Shepherdstown
W.va
AAA
County debate over street name change raises concerns
Frederick County officials prepare to discuss a proposed street name change at a 7 p.m. public meeting on February 20. Leaders include Robert Stevenson of Francis Scott Key Mall. critics call it self serving and costly for businesses like Shields Inc. to update signage. Stevenson unavailable for comment.
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Robert Stevenson
Francis Scott Key Mall
Smith
Stevenson
Mr. Smith
George Shields
Shields
Thurmont bar with illegal entertainment sparks dispute
Building fronts Md 806 opposite the town park sits near Cozy restaurant with woods and a stream on two sides. About 2.4 percent used for dancing in a liquor licensed complex. Upper level holds bowling, drinking and eating. Downstairs was a bar and arcade before the Fergusons bought it. No citizen complaints noted though town official calls it an illegal bar with illegal entertainment.
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deMoll
Fergusons
Salvation Army worker crushed by bundled clothing
Albany police say 57 year old Michael Raughter died after an 1180 pound bundle of used clothing fell in a Salvation Army warehouse. He was found under an 8 by 5 foot bundle and died of massive internal injuries at Albany Medical Center Hospital.
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Salvation Army
Albany, N.Y
Michael Raughter
Albany Medical Center
Five year old’s severe allergies shape life and care
Bauer recalls Kaitelyn’s complex allergy diagnosis and its toll on appetite and daily routine. She relies on a feeding tube for nourishment at kindergarten and coordinates medicines with Kaitelyn’s teacher. Johns Hopkins doctor Dr. Rowe notes ups and downs in prognosis and appetite. The family bears high costs, with insurance covering 80 percent and debts exceeding twenty thousand dollars. A Kaitelyn Bauer Fund has been established at First Bank of Frederick to aid her care.
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Kaitelyn
Ms. Bauer
Nancy Kelley
Johns Hopkins
Peter Rowe
Dr. Rowe
First Bank of Frederick
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Kaitelyn Bauer Fund
W. Pattick St
Frederick
Woman charged with murder in lover's stabbing
Frostburg woman Beverley Ann Nicely, 31, was held without bond in Allegany County jail on first degree murder charges for stabbing her boyfriend Mark Patrick Carroll, 28, during an early Sunday argument in Frostburg. Carroll died at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland after the incident shortly before 1 a.m. Finan ordered no-bond after a bail review.
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Allegany County
Beverley Ann Nicely
Mark Patrick Carroll
Laurel
Allegany County Criminal Investigations
John McGowan
McGowan
Carroll
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
W. Timothy Finan
Smokestack toppled into Ohio River near New Richmond
A 280 foot smokestack cracked in cold weather and toppled into the Ohio River at New Richmon d after charges were set off. River traffic halted two days earlier resumed shortly after. Debris removal to begin. Spokesman said stack fell in one piece and splashed exactly where planned without striking land.
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New Richmond
Ohio
Ohio River
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
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