High speed chase ends in shooting
A Friday night abduction sparked a two hour high speed chase ending when police wounded the driver George A. Pritchard of Seat Pleasant. The motorcyclist John L. Shifflet 18 and his passenger Vanessa Kuhn 21 both in critical condition. abductee Dorothy Thume of Creagerstown was found safe and shaken. Police helicopter assisted as Pritchard’s three wheeler rammed vehicles at speeds up to 90 mph before Tpr. Thomas Rickel and Cpl. W T Beaumont rammed him off the road ending the chase.
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George A. Pritchard
Seat Pleasant
Baltimore
MIEM
Libertytown
John L. Shifflet
Vanessa Ramona Kuhn
Hanover
Pritchard
Dorothy Thume
Creagerstown
Earl S. Page
Cpl
William N. Moberly
Frederick Barracks
Carroll County
Tpr
Thomas Rickel
W.T. Beaumont
Page AG
Mt Airy Post Office Faces Space and Funding Hurdles
Mt Airy faces crowded post offices and a stalled move from 405 S Main St. Eight sites were offered with only two deemed suitable. Negotiations focus on southern Mt Airy near Main Street and Md 144 but land costs are high. A new facility is seen as essential due to projected 1986 mail coverage, limited loading dock, and box shortages. The service plans to restructure rural routes this spring amid rising Christmas mail volume.
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Mt. Airy
405. S. Main St
Bob Hooking
U.S. Postal Service
Main Street
MD. 144
Mill
H.L. Rust & Co
Mt. Airy Shopping Center
Airy
Travis Norwood
Postal Service
Norwood
Ford talks tough in sunny regional weather note
Mostly sunny and not very warm today with highs around 50s. Fair tonight with lows in the upper 20s. Partly cloudy Sunday with highs around 50s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Text ends with a motivational line.
Nigerian leader Murtala Muhammed assassinated in coup
Nigerian chief of state Murtala Muhammed was killed in an abortive coup and replaced by Lt. Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. The ringleaders were named as Lt. Col. Musa Dimka and a group calling themselves young revolutionaries. Muhammed was buried near Kano after a seven day mourning decree. A dawn to dusk curfew was ordered as normalcy returned.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Murtala Muhammed
Olusegun Obasanjo
Army
No. 2
Muhammed
Ag Cnsaeeneey
Radio Lagos
Musa Dimka
Kano
Manchester Warden
London
Daily Express
Gray
the Express
Ford veto on 6.1 billion jobs bill faces override vote
The White House fears Ford cannot sustain his veto of a 6.1 billion public works jobs bill which backers say would create 600,000 jobs. House leaders expect an override vote Thursday, with Senate action to follow and previous vetoes rarely overturned.
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Washington
White House
Ford
House
Thomas O'Neill Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Max Friedersdorf
Friedersdorf
Congress
Carl Albert
Dokla
Congressional
Hospital adds third and fourth floor wings at Frederick Memorial
Frederick Memorial Hospital announces completion of new third and fourth floors adding nearly 80 beds with a net gain of 37 after replacing 44 nonconforming beds. State approval awaited. pre opening tour set for Feb. 21. Total bed capacity near 230 amid phased expansion plan.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wallace M. Dow
Dow
Main
Shank
Baker Wings
Industrial production up for ninth straight month
The Federal Reserve reports January industrial output rose seven tenths of a percent, with December up six tenths. Consumer goods remain strong though autos slip slightly, while unemployment dipped to 7.8 percent and wholesale prices stayed stable. Auto production at 7.6 million units hints at February rebound.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Labor Department
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Commerce Department
Federal aid delays threaten Frederick bridges funding
Maryland delays in submitting 26 bridge funding applications risk losing about 2 million dollars for Frederick County bridges Links Devilbiss and Park Mills damaged by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. FHWA officials say packages arrive late and timing with Hartford County submissions is unsettled.
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Maryland
Burdett
Federal Highway Administration
Frederick County
Burdell
Hartford County
Henry Berger
Federal Aid
State Highway Administration
J. Glenn Beall
Frederick
Devilbiss
Park Mills
FHWA
Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence Dorsey
Charles McC .Mathias
Goodioe E. Byron
Mathias
Norbert T Tiemann
Byron
State Highway
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Inside the News
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Lockheed
David Gray
Guardian
Tkoyi
Dodan Barracks
Frederick City
Robert Strong
Betsy Miller
Bernard Fogle
Pfc
Paul Koogle
State Comprehensive Health Planning Agency
Deborah Deasy
Sengrr
Cleatts
Tiemann
Beak
Beall
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