County Fire Claims Life In Bitter Weather Blaze
Seven fire companies battled a three alarm fire that killed an 80 year old Brunswick man. An autopsy will determine cause of death as the Frederick fire marshal investigates. A second fire at 10329 Mumma Ford Road near Rocky Ridge caused no serious injuries. Multiple departments aided in both incidents as icy roads hampered response.
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Mumma Ford Rd
Rocky Ridge
Central Alarm
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sam Yu
Brunswick
Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department
Ron Lowe
Lowe
Frederick
Mumma Ford Road
Emmitsburg
Graceham
Thurmont
Taneytown
Midway
Discovery launches spy satellite on secrecy shrouded mission
Discovery launched a 2.0 ton intelligence satellite designed to monitor Soviet missile tests and intercept military and diplomatic communications across Europe Asia and Africa. The $300 million payload was deployed about 7 p.m. Friday but rocket performance to reach a stationary 22 300 mile orbit remains unknown as officials evaluate the IUS powered boost on its first flight since a prior failure.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Discovery
Equator
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
NASA
Emu Attack Near Miss Then Bird Dies In Shock
A Minnesota man was seriously injured when an emu kicked him as he attempted to load the 75 pound bird onto a trailer at Lannom's Bird Farm in Escondido California. The female emu died of shock shortly after the incident.
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Escondido
Calif
Minnesota
David Strey
Duluth
Scripps Memorial Hospital
la Jolla
Strey
Lannom's
Bird Farm
Joe Lannom
Lannom
Famine Victims Flood Feeding Camps in Ethiopia
In Mekele, Gerealta camp sees new arrivals soar from about 800 daily in early January to over 2000 this week as Feb influx is anticipated. Some 50,000 sleep without shelter in near freezing cold amid reports of widespread hunger across Ethiopia. Officials warn seven million Ethiopians face starvation as regional relief teams report rising needs.
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Mekele
Ethiopia
Gerealta
Yermane Kidane
Relief and Rehabilitation Commission
Tigre
Solomon Testa Mariam
Frederick blue laws may stay as repeal stalls in legislature
Frederick seeks repeal of Sunday blue laws but faces uphill battle in the House Judiciary Committee. Local and neighboring officials fear cross-border business shifts and opposition from rural and religious groups. Key lawmakers argue over rest vs. commerce, with a 7 year push ending in a 42 vote to introduce repeal while two Frederick representatives vote to keep the law.
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Annapolis
Frederick
General Assembly
House Judiciary Committee
House
del. Joseph E. Owens
Montgomery County
Owens
Howard County
Baltimore County
City
Howard
Carroll County
W. Lanny Hardenhorn
Harchenhorn
Charles H. Smelser
Dfrederick
Carroll
del. M. Albert Morningstar
D-Frederick
Weather and Local Notes Mixed In One Fragment
Weather remains clear and cold with local details noted. An interview with John Carruthers highlights a lifetime of aiding the needy. Obituary and classifieds sections are referenced alongside business and church notices in this condensed page.
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Gurley News-Post
Lovittsville
Jefferson
Braddock Heights
Carroll Manor
Dargan
Washington County
Lucketts
Roger Tissue Jr
Hunt
North Market Street
Roger
Richard T. Meagher
National — World
Goetz
New York
Bernhard Goetz
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Los Angeles
John Belushi
Cathy Evelyn Smith
Nelson S. Lyon
Saturday Night Live
Leslie Marks
Belushi
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Ms. Smith
Toronto
Belus
Canada
Washington
Smelser
Morningstar
Del
Thomas H. Hattery
James E. McClellan
Inside the News
Mary Mills
John Carruthers
Arthur Bremer
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