Chase by police and citizen ends in robbery suspect arrest
An armed robbery at the Super Thrift near Emmitsburg triggered a nightlong pursuit aided by a reporting citizen who followed the suspect from U.S. 15 to Thurmont. Police, including Thurmont and Maryland State Police, coordinated a takedown with the suspect identified as Christopher L. Scott of Hagerstown.
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U.S. 15
Super Thrift
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Maryland
Christopher L. Scott
Hagerstown
James Fuss
Pat Brandedburg
Roddy Road
Greg Eyler
Eyler
Washington County
Scott
MD. 140
James Gephart
Bill Green
Sheriff cites possible murder plot linked to teen abuse case
In Los Angeles Sheriff Peter Pitchess said more than 100 young girls may have been marked for murder in a sadistic rape torture plot that has claimed five victims. Candid snapshots of 500 teenage girls were found on property of two men in custody on other charges.
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Los Angeles
Peter Pitchess
Pitchess
California Floods Persist Amid Storms and Mud
Pacific storms sweep Southern California for a fourth day flooding roads dumping mud and rocks into hillsides. Two people were hospitalized after being washed away from their cars and the season’s rainfall totals rose above normal as crews race to clear debris from basins. In Arizona heavy rains and melting snow caused evacuations and a state of emergency with National Guard on standby.
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California
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Arizona National Guard
Howard Haile
Tito in Critical Condition Deepens Yugoslav Crisis
In Belgrade doctors report Tito, 87, has kidneys weakened and overall health deteriorating with intensive treatment ongoing. A mid day bulletin warns condition remains difficult as construction crews prepare a burial site near the Slovenian hospital where he lies critically ill.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
Tyler
Tito
Ismail Basra
Russians withhold missile test data challenge SALT II
State Department says it will not accuse the Soviet Union of violating SALT II after officials disclosed a Soviet missile test with data concealed in code. President Carter, speaking to magazine editors at the White House, reaffirmed detente while outlining plans to pursue progress on nuclear arms control.
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New York
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito
Ussr
Tito
Nixon
Inter
Washington
State Department
Pot
Carter
White House
Afghanistan
United States
Notable figures highlighted in the day’s columns and notes
Columnist Francis W. Bush Sr profiles Mrs. BR. Paul Behrman a key Frederick community figure. Murray Olderman offers views on the New England Patriots trading sway AD Pre teckie Leos Gray to the New Orlean Saretx. Joe Clark and Pierre Trudeau are discussed in a Canadian showdown. The Stamp Collector notes a new issue. Dr Lawrence Lamb addresses colorect al health. Building real estate notes cover preventive methods for growth.
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Francis W. Bush Sr
Paul Behrman
Frederick
Columader Murray Olderman
New England Patriots
Sway
Lawrence Lamb
M. Greens
Panel named to probe Iran crisis and free hostages
United Nations Secretary General Waldheim to name a five member panel from Algeria Syria Bangladesh Venezuela and France to investigate Iranian grievances against the deposed Shah and open the way for release of the 50 American hostages in Tehran. The Kuwaiti report says Ayatollah Khomeini permits militants to leave the U S Embassy compound under government protection though timing is unclear.
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United Nations
APF
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Iran
Tehran
Abolhassan ani-Sadr
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
U.S
Al-Wattan
Algeria
Syria
Bangladesh
Venezuela
France
Waldheim
New York
Tranian
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Carter
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bani Sadr
Shah
Mathias Urges Public Direction As Tough Times Loom
Maryland Senator Charles McC Mathias told the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce that the next few years will be tough for America and that citizens must direct political leaders. He cited productivity woes and high obsolete plant levels, urging policies to aid small businesses, university patents, faster depreciation, estate tax reform, and job tax credits.
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Charles McC. Mathias
America
Maryland
Frederick County
Frederick County Teachers seek 8.5 percent pay hike
The Frederick County Teachers Association has bargained for 26.5 percent salary increase in talks with the county school board. The tentative contract requires board approval and funding by the county commissioners. Negotiations began last October and concluded Tuesday. Ballots will be cast in March, with the average starting salary rising from 11,985 to 11,081 in 1980. The agreement runs for three years starting July 7, 1980.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
FCTA
Board of Education
ECTA
Marius Ambrose
Ambro
The
Nations Education Association
UMOC
Salares
Carninas
Fredenck County
SPI Wi
Clagett Repays County for Telephone Calls
County Commissioner Galen R. B. Clagett reimbursed County Treasurer Martha Ann Brittain Frigay for telephone calls from the county commissioners’ lathe on a February Thursday. Eugene LaCroce collected local politicians and government workers to ask their views on Beverly Byron and invited them to cocktail parties. Byron was unaware of LaCroce’s activity, according to Clagett, who defended the policy as a result of his failure to foresee questions arising among local officials. Further details continued on Page 4-2.
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Galen RB. Clagett
Martha Ann Brittain Frigay
Latte
Beverly B. Byron
Eugene LaCroce
Vitanteet
Crupty
LaCroce
Byron
Clagett
Frederck City
Weather forecast with brief snow and cold weekend
Occasional rain this morning may mix with snow before ending this afternoon. Variable cloudiness, windy and much colder Sunday with lows near 3. Partly sunny Sunday. Chance of precipitation around 10 percent tonight and Sunday.
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Upper East Side
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ED Waters JR
Anne M. Kelley
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Ada CR Ciel
Abby
Lamb
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