Soviet to boost forces in Caucasus as ethnic strife grows
Moscow reports say Defense Minister Yazov ordered wartime strength for military units in the southern Caucasus and called up reservists amid deadly clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Baku and Nagorno Karabakh. More than 65 killed, 200 wounded, thousands fleeing. Kremlin sends 11,000 troops. Yazov warns orders to protect public order, not to fight offensives. Gorbachev comments on centuries old conflict as buses and planes aid evacuation. Hostages freed in one district amid ongoing violence.
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Dmitri T. Yazov
Caucasus
Mr. Yazov
Baku
Moscow Radio
Kremlin
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Yazov
Pari
Radio Moscow
Caspian Sea
Nagorno-Karabakh
Commission to study Frederick police bound for organizational changes
Mayor Paul Gordon says a new Frederick City Police Department commission will not oust Chief Maj. Richard Ashton. The body will review 18 issues including minority recruitment, public responsiveness, and morale, with members to be proposed at tonight's board meeting amid rumors of leadership upheaval.
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Frederick City
Richard Ashton
Paul Gordon
Gordon
Couple given 10 year sentences for child abuse
A Frederick County Maryland couple Patrick and Karen Allen were sentenced to 10 years in the Maryland Department of Corrections by Circuit Court Judge Mary Ann Stepler after pleading guilty to abusing a 2 year old boy they were in the process of adopting. The extent of injuries prompted a state police helicopter transport to Children’s Hospital in Washington, DC.
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Frederick County
Maryland Department of Corrections
Circuit Court
Mary Ann Stepler
Stepler
Patrick
Karen Allen
Broad Run Road
Jefferson
Thomas Nikirk
Stephen Meyers
Children’s Hospital
Washington, D.C
Allens
Allegany County
County and state workers to receive bomb detection training
Frederick County employees and state workers in county buildings will learn how to spot letter and package bombs and what actions to take. Deputy State Fire Marshal Ted Meminger leads a training session on January 24 at Winchester Hall as part of new local security measures following recent Maryland incidents.
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Frederick County
Ted Meminger
Winchester Hall
Maryland
Washington County
John P. Corderman
Gold Card program rewards top students at West Frederick Middle
West Frederick Middle School awards a Gold Card for honor roll and contract-based attendance or grades. About 55 percent of 1,000 students qualify, with a small extra tier for attendance terms. The incentive boosts honor roll, math scores, and attendance to 94 percent, asserted by Principal Mike Trout and Paula Lawton.
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West Frederick Middle School
Paula Lawton
Frederick County
Mike Trout
Lawton
Trout
Breeden trial moves on with psychosis defense
Testimony in Hagerstown on Larry Breeden's mental state continues as experts argue he suffered a major mental disorder during the February 11 1989 murder of Shirley Elizabeth Baker. Judge Fred C Wright weighs if Breeden was criminally responsible or acting under delusions in a self defense frame.
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Hagerstown
Larry Allen Breeden
Breeden
Washington County
Fred C. Wright
Shirley Elizabeth Baker
Walkersville
Clifton T. Perkins
Lawrence Raisman
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Wright Breeden
Baker
Local boy Joshua Watkins to appear on CP telethon
Nine year old Joshua Watkins, aided by crutches due to cerebral palsy, will co host a local segment on the United Cerebral Palsy telethon January 21 airing 8 am to 7 pm on WJZ TV and WHAG TV. funds aim for 1 million statewide with a Frederick center planned using a Maryland grant of 750,000 and a 250,000 local match.
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Joshua Watkins
Joshua
Teresa Moser
Middletown
Waverley
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland, Inc
Kim Lewis
United Cerebral Palsy
Wjz-Tv
Whag-Tv
Maryland
New York
Las Vegas
Hollywood
Frederick
United Cerebral Palsy Center
Hagerstown
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration
Brunswick Sports Complex and Mount Airy Park Upgrades OK'd
The Maryland Board of Public Works approved two Frederick County park projects. A $145,821 Brunswick Football Sports Complex will be funded 75 percent by the state from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The Brunswick site sits on 17 undeveloped acres along 13th Street and will include site engineering and grading. A Mount Airy community park upgrade was also approved.
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Annapolis
State Board of Public Works
Frederick County
Brunswick
Mount Airy
BPW
Open Space
Brunswick Park
13Th Street
Terrapins Nip Cars Sports Brief
Partial weather page notes and a sports item: Maryland Terrapins nip Cars, reported on page C-3 with summary hints of a close win. Weather forecast for Western Maryland indicates partly cloudy nights and cooler Friday high temperatures in the low to mid 40s.
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Terrapins
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