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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1998
Page
2
The area should see more rain with variable clouds today and tonight. Highs near 50s, lows around 40s, with a 50 percent rain chance Friday and variable conditions through Monday as systems move in. Local forecast notes a slow drying trend after the next cold front.
A Navy Huey from China Lake on a search and rescue training mission crashed near the Kern River in Sequoia National Forest California killing at least four crew members. Five Navy personnel aboard but one remained unaccounted for with the search ongoing at dawn. Rescue teams faced rugged terrain hindering night operations.
Reports list 24 hour calls including fire at 1335 Taney Ave Potomac Commons and 9519 Hawkins Creamery Road New Market with smoke odor and barn fire in Green Valley. Ambulance calls noted. a correction references a 1913 Young Men's Colored Reading Club and a 1968 Frederick County Board of Education appointment.
Federal appeals court in San Francisco overturns Reza Eslaminia's murder conviction, granting a new trial after a taped police interview of his brother was found to have seriously undermined his defense. The elder Eslaminia, a former Iranian official, was killed in Belmont in 1934 and tied to the Billionaire Boys Club.
Tonight mostly cloudy with low 40s and west winds 5 to 10 mph. Friday cloudy with a 30 percent shower chance and highs near 50s. Extended to mid 40s to low 50s, with showers and possible flurries in western mountains. Beach area similar with 40 percent Friday shower chance.
A four month Maryland State Police investigation led to the arrest of Calvin Keeney Jr. of Woodsboro on fourth degree burglary and theft charges for the Oct 11 1997 theft at JT Motor Sports on Urbana Pike. A West Virginia man Clifford Osborne remains at large and a warrant is active.
The latest El Niño driven storm brought more snow to New England and the northern Plains, while the West Coast faced spreading rain and gusty winds up to 50 mph in the San Francisco Bay area. Heavy snow hit Maine and Vermont with winds up to 73 mph as Bridgeport recorded 1.03 inches of rain.
Reserve Sgt Rita Jeczala, a former kick box champ, described how she instinctively grabbed Sgt Maj Gene McKinney in a headlock during an alleged 1994 to 1997 series of advances at a Florida recruiting station. The court martial at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, heard she demonstrated the move on a bailiff. McKinney, 47, pleads not guilty to 19 counts from six women amid possible 55 year to life sentence if convicted.
In Annapolis, lawmakers scrutinize a plan to boost state employee pensions by altering investment policies. The changes would raise benefits for low paid workers and higher earners, with the state covering most of a 3 billion tab. Workers would start contributing 8 percent, generating 800 million over 30 years.
A 29 year old Germantown man, James S. Paul, was listed in fair condition after his 1984 Honda Accord hit a tree on Woodville Road north of Old National Pike. Speed and alcohol were blamed. he was the sole occupant. Deputy Randy Dorsey investigated the 12:54 am crash at the Frederick County scene.
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