U.S. and Iraq trade air strikes as cease-fire holds
In Baghdad Iraq denies radar attacks and says U S bombs hit a fertilizer yard while a cease-fire remains in effect. U S defense officials defend the strikes and say no Iraqi planes entered the no fly zones. State Department and Pentagon officials emphasize U S resolve to enforce UN terms.
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Iraq
Clinton
United Nations
Baghdad
Pentagon
U.S
Cmdr
Joseph Gradisher
Dave Burpee
Directorate For Defense Information
Burpee
Saddam Hussein
Col. Burpee
State Department
Warren Christopher
Chiantan
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Saddam
Mild East Coast forecast with front showers and cold snap
Accu Weather predicts unseasonably mild conditions across the East with sun, while a cold front brings showers from Texas to Illinois and snow flurries near a Wisconsin storm. Cooler air returns to the Plains after the system. Western Maryland stays mostly dry and sunny with occasional showers tonight, and temperatures fall to the 30s.
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Texas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Plains
Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Floods hit Louisiana and surrounding states as storms recede
Evacuees waited for floodwaters to fall in southern Louisiana and Mississippi while rainfall triggered road closures and school shutdowns from Minnesota to West Virginia. In the Northwest more than 400000 customers were still without power a day after the storm. Four deaths linked to trees and a downed power line were reported. Emergency crews rescued stranded residents in Covington. Gov. Edwards declared emergency in three parishes and sent 50 National Guardsmen. Water submerged Lafayette to Bogalusa with some homes flooded to second story. receding in Lafayette Opelousas and other towns.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Minnesota
West Virginia
Covington
Tony Fontenot
Lafayette Parish
Sheriff's Office
Edwin Edwards
Lafayette
Bogalusa
Vermilion River
Baton Rouge
Opelousas
Murder suspect returned to Maryland for 1991 strangling case
James Howard VanMetre III, 35, of Berlin, Pennsylvania, was extradited from Harrisburg to Maryland to face first degree murder charges in the Holly Ann Blake killing. Police say Blake, a Gettysburg waitress and mother of two, was killed after an argument on September 26, 1991, burned, and buried on a Carroll County farm. dental records confirmed her identity. VanMetre previously faced rape and kidnapping sentencing in Pennsylvania and was convicted for leading a woman at knifepoint to a creek and raping her on September 15, 1991.
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Westminster
Pennsylvania
Maryland
James Howard VanMetre III
Berlin
Harrisburg
VanMetre
Holly Ann Blake
Gettysburg
Carroll County
Harney
Blake
Reading Township
City police close two 1992 cases
Frederick City Police investigative services bureau closed two cases this week. One involved the theft of a 1992 Toyota on Sept from Hertz Rental on West South Street. John Edward Mercer, 45, of West South Street, Frederick, was charged. The second case saw Sherri L. McCarthy, 30, and Jody M. Yingling, 22, arrested for a drug prescription scam at People's Drug Store on Dec 6, alleging attempts to obtain a prescription by fraudulent means.
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Investigative Services Bureau
Frederick City
Hertz
West South Street
John Edward Mercer
Frederick
Bruce DeGrange
Sherri L. McCarthy
West Fourth Street
Frederck
Jody M. Yingling
Frederick County
People’s Drug Store
Tne
Phoenix files for bankruptcy in 1990 reorganization case
Phoenix Inc a Maryland Virginia construction materials firm filed a voluntary petition under the bankruptcy code unable to refinance bank obligations. Principally owned by Richard and Margaret Kline the company filed for bankruptcy reorganization in 1990. It employs about 130 and has traded in the area for over 69 years as it works to emerge from Chapter 11 with a plan of reorganization.
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Phoenix Inc
Maryland
Virginia
Richard
Margaret Kline
Phoenix
Youth Charged In Pipe Bomb Incident In Middletown
A Frederick County youth was charged with possession of a pipe bomb after a pipe bomb was found in his bedroom by his mother. He was detained at Neves Detention Center following an incident where he ran away from home and was located late Wednesday night. Authorities, including deputy fire marshal Ted Memunger, reported the discovery and the subsequent charges.
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Middletown - Ed
Fredenck County
Neves
Ted Memunger
Frederick
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Edward F. Mull
Ervin H. Hagg
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
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Rockville
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Traq
Les Aspin
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Aday
Wara
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Cumberland
Hagerstown
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Yunes
Pitt
Glenfrat
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