Baltimore residents press concerns over new Main Street post office
More than 60 residents from New Market and Lake Linganore attended a Monday night briefing by nine U S Post Office officials about the soon opening Main Street post office. They raised issues on delivery types, cluster boxes versus home delivery, and route decisions for Ijamsville and Lake Linganore. Postal officials said no final decision on Lake Linganore routes, but most Likely to be served by the new post office. residents have a year before ZIP code changes become official. A January 27 meeting at Green Valley Elementary School was set to address Ijamsville routes.
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U.S. Post Office
Baltimore
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MD. 75
Monocacy River
Mount Airy
Yamsville
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Ijamsville
Green Valley
Lake Singanore
Westwinds
Summerfield
Elaine Hart
UPS
Pinehurst
Toni Niner
Peace talks in Somalia split by rival factions
In Mogadishu, forces loyal to Ali Mahdi Mohamed and Mohamed Farrah Aidid control opposite halves as U.N. and aid groups press for a safer capital by Feb. 1. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles Wilhelm seeks freedom of movement, fewer weapons in streets, and resumed commerce. Marines confiscate visible arms, return self-protection weapons for aid workers, and destroy seized arms, while some are kept to arm a future Somali police. Somalia remains a vast arsenal, with old Soviet and U.S. stockpiles. Mawlawi notes 70 torpedoes found near Kismayu.
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Mohamed Farrah Aidid
U.N
Charles Wilhelm
Mawlawi
Wilhelm
Mr. Mawlawi
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Soviet Union
United States
Mohamed Siad Barre
Kismayu
City planners mull sidewalks and new developments
City planners discuss adding full amenities including sidewalks curb and streetlights. The plan gains a sidewalk recommendation while a Roy Rogers restaurant adjacent to a service station is noted as potential foot traffic. Additional approvals cover a 273 200 square foot four unit medical office building on Thomas Johnson Drives a pressure treated wood retaining wall at Tasker's Chance and a Ballenger Creek Research Park development request by Manekin Corp at Ballenger Creek Pike.
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Hudson
Roy Rogers
Thomas Johnson
Tasker’s Chance
Ballenger Creek Research Park
Ballenger Creek Pike
Manekin Corp
Rainy and Cloudy Week Forecast with Warm Temperatures
Forecasters predict rain and cloudy skies for the rest of the week with highs around 40s and upper 40s. Tonight’s rain continues with lows in the upper 30s as residents brace for wet conditions and fluctuating temperatures.
Marylanders Set Strong Start for Keno Debut
Maryland residents bet 3.26 million in Keno's first week, nearly double state projections. Officials cite trial players and publicity as factors while plans call for expanding to 1,800 outlets by June and a 155 million first six months forecast.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Keno
Marty Goldman
Goldman
Cecil County couple wins 8 million Lotto jackpot
Cecil County man Bobby Holbrook and his girlfriend Rita Blankenship won an $8 million Lotto prize. They bought the winning ticket at Slavin's Market and claimed the award at the State Lottery Agency. They will receive 400000 a year for 20 years after taxes. Holbrook plans a new van and fishing boat. Blankenship aims to travel and build a house for her mother.
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Slavin’s Market
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Holbrook
Powell urges Clinton to hold line on military reductions
Gen. Colin Powell, chair of the joint chiefs, told U S Naval Academy midshipmen that the United States must keep a strong military despite post Cold War cuts. He urged careful reductions, aligned with Bush-Cheney plans, and reiterated opposition to allowing homosexuals to serve and to women in ground combat roles.
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Gen
U.S
Bush
Dick Cheney
Congress
Korea
Vietnam
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Aspin
D C launches massive tuberculosis testing effort
Washington authorities mobilize medical volunteers to screen up to 5,000 homeless in 43 shelters for tuberculosis. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly and Health Commissioner Dr. Mohammed N. Akhter lead the outreach aiming to curb spread among shelters amid varying positivity expectations.
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Washington
Sharon Pratt Kelly
Mohammed N. Akhter
Dr. Akhter
Agencies Press for New Hiring Amid Budget Freeze Strain
Officials from ten agencies urged approval of new staff to ease escalating workloads. The $5 million teachers Social Security cut backs the budget, with projected $700,000 annual savings from the hiring freeze. Budget chief warns restoring all positions could break the budget.
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Ann Silverman
Mark Sneadner
Iraqi forces move missiles into northern safe zone near Umm Qasr
Canadian ambassador confirms a U.N. observer officer was threatened by Iraqis who held a pistol to his head and warned to move his vehicle. The border area lies about 50 miles north of Kuwait City near Umm Qasr, where Kuwait holds Camp Khor and disputed wells. U.N. observers, unarmed and noncombatant, will report the incident to New York.
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Iraq
Christopher Poole
U.N
Camp Khor
Kuwait
Kabbar
Helicopter Crash Over Niagara River Kills Two
A Buffalo area helicopter chartered by WGR radio struck power lines in dense fog and crashed into the Niagara River between Grand Island and Tonawanda. The pilot and a traffic reporter died. divers recovered the wreckage with both bodies inside. Weather and loss of contact cited. witnesses reported a flash and fall into the river.
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N.Y
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Grand Island
Buffalo
WGR
Tim Greiner
Greiner
Erie County Sheriff’s
Kevin Caffery
Sheriff's Office
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