Veteran sailor charts life from battleship to POW and beyond
The account follows a Navy man who served on the Battleship USS Texas and other ships, endured captivity after Manila and Darwin Harbor, recovered a lost City College ring, and married Margaret on November 5, 1945. He later worked at Fort Detrick and traveled widely despite wartime losses.
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Texas
Academy
George
Idaho
Pearl Harbor
Margaret
East
Manila
Philippines
Peary
Japan
Korea
Darwin Harbor
Australia
Mr. George
City College
Sydney
United States
South America
Africa
Holland
Baltimore
Johnsville
Fort Detrick
School budget requests outline staffing and program expansions
The Frederick County school system seeks 400000 for administrative and instructional computer upgrades, 204612 for new assistant principals at Monocacy Middle Myersville and Valley elementary schools, and 228800 for eight new secretaries across several high and middle schools. Additional funds would add instructional assistants, a new elementary schools director, five psychologists, Dyslexia Project expansion, Early Childhood Education testing, Reading Recovery, a Renzulli teacher, office supplies, twilight program continuation, in-school suspension aides, and staff development.
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Monocacy
Myersville
Valley
Frederick
Middletown
Walkersville
Ballenger Creek
New Market
West Frederick
Glade
Yellow Springs
Sherry Collette
Waverley Elementary
Heather Ridge
Real estate assessments hold flat in county budget concerns
County officials report mixed assessment changes totaling 266 million in the current base with a 60 million increase since 1994 due to new properties. Real estate tax revenue is forecast at 98.4 million for fiscal year 1999, reflecting slow growth amid reduced reassessments and unspent budgeted property sales. Realtors and builders view it as a buyer's market while noting upcoming reassessments in Urbana New Market Jefferson Knoxville Libertytown Ballenger Creek areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sneadner
Frederick County Builders’ Association
Frederick County Association of Realtors
Beverly Shelton
Builders’ Association
Jennie Hartman
Realtor Association
Four Frederick teens face murder trials for Pilkington death
In Freder ick County Circuit Court defense counsel failed to suppress a taped statement by 18 year old Jason Jensen in the June 17 killing of Adrian Pilkington. Prosecutors say the confession was voluntary and supported by investigative clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Pilkington
Knoxville
Steven R. Cohen
Jason A. Jensen
Frederick County
Jensen
Mr. Jensen
Frederick
Pilkington
Brunswick Potomac River Bridge
Rachel Irene Whitman
Brian Nicholas Woolridge
Jean Louis Arnaud Nance
Cohen
Adamstown man given six year prison sentence
Adamstown resident Charles Leonard Hallex, age 59, was sentenced to six years in prison after arson and assault with intent to maim in a knife attack on his wife of 30 years and a deadly house fire. Judge Mary Ann Stepler ordered $2,257.71 restitution and noted the case demanded lengthy confinement.
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Adamstown
Charles Leonard Hallex
Frederick County
Mary Ann Stepler
Jacquelyn Perry Hallex
South Carolina
Stepler
Hallex
Division of Corrections
Shelley McVicker
Point of Rocks
Investigation continues into letter bombs aftermath
FBI reports eight letter bombs found in the United States amid weekend alarms while pursuing linked probes in Kansas and Maryland. Investigators consider suspects tied to an Egyptian cleric. no blasts occurred though several packages were detonated or inspected. DISARM gun violence crackdown expands in Frederick County with local agencies, federal prosecutors, and ATF involvement.
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Washington
FBI
United States
Susan Lloyd
Bethesda
Alexandria
Egypt
Kansas
Lloyd
Alexandria University
Agriculture Department
Beltsville
Al-Hayat
Washington Field
Washington Laboratories
Leavenworth
Cairo
Frederick City
Ray Raffensberger
Frederick County
Baltimore City
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Superintendent of Maryland State Police
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Shooting near Middle Point ends with suspect bitten by K-9 Hatto
After a shooting in Middle Point, suspect Mr. Manna refused to exit his vehicle and was bitten by sheriff's K-9 Hatto. A semi-automatic handgun was found in the car. Manna, reportedly intoxicated, was treated for dog bites at Frederick Memorial Hospital and released to state police. Neighbors described Tinda and Grossnickie as local bus drivers and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen
Eric Schaffer
Timothy Moore
Andrew Smothers
Melissa Oland
Diane Whitman
Rachel Whitman
Brunswick
Mr. Pilkington
Ms. Whitman
Frederick City
Rachel
Hillcrest
Jenson
Whitman
Virginia
Jensen
Oland
Moore
Smothers
Middle Point
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Boe
Farming News
Agricultire
Che
Frederick Nefrs
Flost
Mr. Schaffer
John H. Tisdale
Edward Dwyer Jr
George Dorsey
News-Post
Jon
Scott Rolle
Raffensberger
Men's Republican Clab OF Frederick CO
Creekside Cafe
Col
Hank Tuell
Llized
Santas
Dickens Village
West Seventh Street
Frederick Mae
Ewepa Pr
Arrhi
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