Kennedy Hospitalized With Flu Symptoms In Stable Condition
Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts was admitted to George Washington University Hospital with gastro intestinal flu and dehydration. He is receiving intravenous treatment and tests. no remaining length of stay announced. Kennedy's mother Rose Kennedy was being treated in Florida for a viral infection.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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George Washington University Hospital
Kennedy
Bob Shrum
Rose
West Palm Beach
Fla
Israeli airstrikes hit Palestinian bases in Lebanon mountains
Israeli warplanes struck guerrilla bases in the Syrian controlled Lebanese central mountains, targeting positions held by Col. Saed Mousa and other Palestinian forces. A Tel Aviv communique said jets returned safely after striking in Bhamdoun on the Beirut Damascus highway amid rising clashes in south Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Saed Mousa
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Tel Aviv
Bhamdoun
Damascus Highway
Israel
Voice of Lebanon
Christian Phalange Party
Kfirs
French Police Fight Train Bombings Amid Conflicting Claims
French police work to stop a string of bombings that left five dead and at least 39 injured. Bombs exploded on a Marseille to Paris express and in a Marseille St Charles station baggage locker. Authorities weigh possible links to French troops in Beirut amid competing claims of responsibility. Two died from the train blast, with a third dying of injuries, while two others were killed at the Marseille rail depot.
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Marseille
245 Die in Holiday Weekend Traffic
The Associated Press reports 245 lives lost in three days of New Year holiday travel, below the National Safety Council’s 250 to 350 estimate and far below the 197s three day peak of 564 deaths. Last year’s three-day holiday toll was 268 with cold, snow cited for a low outcome.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Sun Power
Four Die In Baltimore Rowhouse Fire In South Baltimore
Baltimore officials say four people died in a South Baltimore rowhouse blaze the city’s first fatal fire of the year. A fifth person escaped as investigators cite probable carelessness from smoking and smoke inhalation caused the deaths found on the third floor front bedroom after fire began around 2 30 a.m.
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Baltimore
Patrick Flynn
Flynn
It Is Impossible Not to Be a Snob Says Thackeray Quote
Inside The News presents a Thackeray quotation attributed to W. M. Thackeray, highlighting his view that snobbery persists within any society.
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W. M. Thackeray
Bowl game results headline for Monday slate
Western Maryland sports brief highlights results from a Monday bowl game slate. Weather outlook by News-Post meteorologist David Lesher lowers temperatures with a chance of snow or rain by week’s end. Farming notes mention a Frederick County girl entering a national contest and ASCS official comments on the PIK program.
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Maryland
News-Post
David Lesher
Farming
Becky Brashear
Frederick County
ASCS
Weather Summary for Western Maryland and Maryland Mountains
A high pressure system off the East Coast brings fair conditions today with seasonable winter weather. A disturbance in the Mississippi Valley may raise shower chances by late Wednesday. Western Maryland sees mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 30s to low 40s, with a chilly clear night, clouds increasing Wednesday and possible showers late day or at night. Maryland mountains expect sun then a chance of showers by Wednesday afternoon, today mid 30s with night near 20, Wednesday around 40. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 30s to upper 30s across Frederick Cumberland Hagerstown Oakland Westminster.
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Mississippi Valley
Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Westminster
David Lesher
Hattery warns measured service costly for phone customers
Del. Thomas Hattery warns the Maryland Public Service Commission decision to grant CAP Telephone 168 million in extra revenues and local measured service will raise costs for customers. He cites testimony claiming the firm seeks to push customers toward measured local calls by charging 3.4 cents for the first minute and 1.3 cents for each additional minute, higher than initial requests.
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Hattery
del. Thomas H. Hattery
D-Frederick
Maryland Public Service Commission
PSC
Public Service Commission
Telephone Company
C&p
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Suspects Sought in Colonial Jewelers Burglary
Frederick police seek four black males linked to a burglary at Colonial Jewelers on West Patrick Street. Alarm at 5:28 a.m. and glass, display cases damaged. a red four door Ford Fairmont with missing hub cap, dirty from road grime, seen nearby. Authorities request tips via local police or Crime Solvers.
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Colonial Jewelers
West Patrick Street
Richard J. Ashton
Warren W. Johnson
Ashton
Maryland
West Virginia
Frederick County
Middletown banker Charles H Gouker dies at 48
Charles Howard Gouker 48 a Middletown resident and Middletown Valley Bank president died Saturday at Frederick Memorial Hospital He was the husband of Selvia Jean Jones Gouker Born August 15 1935 in Harmony son of Bertha Ford Gouker and the late Gilbert Curtis Gouker He joined the Middletown Valley Bank in 1953 rising to cashier in 1963 assistant cashier in 1959 director in 1967 and vice president in 1970 He became president in July 1974 after Robert H Routzahn's death He attended banking courses at the American Institute of Banking and other institutions.
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Charles Howard Gouker
Middletown
Middletown Valley Bank
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Selvia Jean Jones Gouker
Harmony
Bertha Ford Gouker
Frederick
Gilbert Curtis Gouker
Gouker
Middletown High School
Gonker
Robert H. Routzahn
American Institute of Banking
Syrians Free U S Navy Lt Goodman After Jackson Appeal
U S Navy Lt Robert C Goodman Jr freed by Syria a day after Jesse Jackson met President Assad and appealed for his release. Goodman, 27, from Virginia Beach was captured December 4 after an A 6E Intruder was shot down over Lebanon. He thanked reporters and said he was happy to be going home as Jackson and he traveled to the Sheraton Hotel.
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Syria
U.S. Navy
Robert C. Goodman Jr
Jesse Jackson
Hafez Assad
Goodman
Lebanon
Syrian Foreign Ministry
Jackson
Sheraton Hotel
Pentagon
Washington
U.S
United States
Virginia Beach
Reagan
Sabillasville teen dies in Pa crash with tractor trailer
A 17 year old Sabillasville girl, Jennifer Petras, died when her 1980s Volkswagen was hit by a westbound 198 Mack truck pulling an empty gasoline trailer on Pa. 16 in Rouzerville. Her mother Jean Petras and brother Jason Petras were seriously injured, while Darwin Petras was released from hospital. The truck driver Robert Black was uninjured. The sedan was demolished as the car pulled in front of the truck after leaving an auto parts store.
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Rouzerville
Washington Township
Jennifer Petras
Buck Lantz Road
Jean Petras
Maryland Institute For Emergency Medical Services Systems
Miemss
Baltimore
Petras
Jason Petras
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Darwin Petras
Waynesboro Hospital
Waynesboro
Robert C. Black
Shippensburg
Buchanan Trail East
Frederick
Maryland
MD. 355
Urbana
Banquet for King's Birthday Honors Dream Keepers
A Frederick community banquet marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 55th birthday with a tribute to his dream and his wife Coretta Scott King. The event at Asbury United Methodist Church Social Hall starts 4 p.m. Sunday January 15 under Frederick NAACP auspices. Tickets nine dollars, from Franceéy H. Addison or Lord D. Nickens. The program features a youth choral skit, special music, door prizes and gifts. King, born 1929 in Atlanta, led the civil rights movement and won the Nobel Prize before his 1968 assassination.
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Coretta Scott King
Frederick
Martin Luther King Jr
Asbury
NAACP
Franceéy H. Addison
Lord D
Nickens
Frederick County
Atlanta
United States
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