Man held off police in 14 hour standoff ends in custody
Mount Airy man Charles Bernard Miller, 31, with a rifle, held state police at bay about 14 hours in a domestic dispute. He was captured after tear gas exposure, transported to Carroll County General, then admitted for psychiatric evaluation. No charges filed.
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Charles Bernard Miller
Miller
Mount Airy
Jeff Taylor
Barbara Elizabeth Miller
Westminster
Cabbage Spring Road
Mount Airy Ambulance
Carroll County General Hospital
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
Maitt Neufelit
Memorial services set for local merchant
The obituary notes a Frederick area merchant who died recently, with funeral home details for calling hours on Wednesday and a memorial service Thursday at the Etchison Memorial Chapel. The Rev Maurice D Ashbury will officiate and private interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Society of Frederick County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith, Keeney & Basford
E. Church St
Frederick
Etchison
Maurice D. Ashbury
Episcopal Church
Mount Olivet
Cancer Society of
Frederick County
S. Market St
Postal Service seeks to fill route positions at Frederick
The U S Postal Service seeks to fill several rural carrier relief positions at the Frederick office. Relief workers cover routes on days when regular carriers are on leave or off. Pay is hourly based on route hours with a mileage allowance. Apply by letter, in person, or call 662 2131.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
U.S. Postal Service
Frederick
Fire log reports multiple townhouse and brush fires across region
A fire log lists numerous incidents including house fires in Brunswick Emmitsburg Thurmont and Woodsboro plus brush fires and auto fires near Rocky Ridge and West Patrick Street. Responding units include Libertytown Winfield Hyattsville and local ambulance squads with totals noting 12 emergencies and 2 routines while a West Germany notice appears as unrelated archival text.
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Unionville
Libertytown
Winfield
Brunswick
Brookside Drive
Hyattians
New Markets
Coppermine Road
Woodsboro
New Midway
Rocky Ridge Road
Rocky Ridge
Graceham
Thurmont
Patrick Street
Independents
United
Citizens
Sixes Bridge
Emmitsburg
Kelbaugh Road
U.S
Virginia Ave
South Seton Avenue
Carroll Manor
Breddock Heights
Urbana
Hyattstown
Catoctin Furnace Road
Lewistown
Pennsylvania Farm Show Highlights and Cancellations
Eighty FFA members form the FFA band directed by Dr. Ned Diehl of Penn State. The show features 60 folk dance teams, over 2,300 animal entries, and a record 300 commercial exhibitors across a 14 acre complex. Avian influenza cancels live poultry display but egg show and dressed poultry proceed. Livestock totals include 423 swine 624 sheep 125 dairy goats over 150 horses 372 beef and a 499 entry dairy show. Premiums exceed $150,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Pennsylvania
Ned Diehl
Penn State University
Chinese official Zhao to tour Williamsburg during U S visit
Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang travels in a motorcade to accommodations in Providence Hall Williamsburg and plans a carriage ride through the historic capital. He meets Reagan at the White House Tuesday, consults with Shultz and Weinberger, then to Berkeley and Silicon Valley before a West Coast trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
U.S
Providence Hall
Williamsburg
United States
Zhao
Williamsburg Inn
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Reagan
White House
George P. Shultz
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
China
Deng Xiao Ping
West Coast
University of California At Berkeley
Silicon Valley
California
Frederick Blue Laws Split Delegation Over Repeal
Frederick lawmakers debate repealing the Blue Laws amid mixed views. Sen. Derr supports keeping the laws, Sen. Smelser questions repeal chances, and Sen. Coolahan pushes to lift the laws. County commissioners back a referendum, predicting abolition by two to one. Business groups and retailers seek removal, while some voters defend Sunday shopping as a religious observance.
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John W. Derr
Frederick Washington
Charles
Smelser
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
John C. Coolahan
Baltimore
Coolahan
Frederick County
Galen R. Clagett
Chamber of Commerce
Littrell
Morningstar
McClellan
Washington, D.C
Washington
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John Brice
H.C. Summers, Inc
John
H.C. Summers
Mr. Brice
Jefferson,Md
Lima
Standard Arakersataae
Sri Elses Ee
Aics Ee
Electric Supply
East Pat
St Fred
Ars
the News
Peederich
Sabillesville
Seturdeyary
N. Bentz ST
United and
West Germany
F&m Bank
F&m
Tment
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
FDIC
Pennrose Hallowell
America Bus Association
Canada
Hallowell
Cumberland County
4H Horse and Pony Club
Anderson’s
W. Patrick St
Hagerstown
Leesburg
Solons
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