Animal captured without a shot fired in Texas
Texas law officers using dogs helicopters and horses captured the fugitive known as Animal without firing a shot. Jerry Walter McFadden 38, who had held a deputy hostage, surrendered in a vacant house after his hostage escaped. McFadden, awaiting murder trial, has a violent past including rape convictions. The deputy Rosalie Williams 24 escaped during the ordeal, aided by her quick action and calm in a dangerous boxcar scene.
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Big Sandy
Texas
Colin County
Jerry Walter McFadden
McFadden
Randy Norton
Norton
Upshu
Mrney Tatene Tays
Rosalie Williams
Eddy
Jerry McFadden
Local Lotto Draw Sparks Big Sales Jump In Frederick
Maryland Lottery officials report Lotto sales surged to about one million dollars ahead of last week as fervent players try to snap a six-number win. Director Tom Scarzynski says the jackpot could top eight million tonight with a 6 million dollar weekly estimate and a quarter of daily sales added to the purse. Local residents like George Stone and Eugenia Coleman bought multiple tickets while Sharon Robbins remains Frederick County’s biggest prize winner from 1985 with more than two million dollars. Scarzynski notes county luck mirrors statewide trends driven by rising sales.
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Tom Scarzynski
Blue Ridge News
Frederick
George Stone
Stone
Eugenia Coleman
Bertha Whip
Coleman
Ethel Klipp
Sharon Robbins
Walkersville
Frederick County
Robbins
Florida
Georgia
Scarzynski
Mt Airy Post Office Seeks Expanded Town Site
Mount Airy posts a push for a larger post office site to serve four counties. Postmaster Elaine Hart cites cramped 2,200 square foot space housing seven clerks and 13 rural route carriers. The USPS targets a 143,000 square foot site within a bounded area near Md 27, 1-70, West Ridgeville Blvd, and Main Street, aiming for a 1989 opening after planning. The town planning commission reviews the request and requires parking, loading areas, and a major street site.
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Mount Airy
U.S Postal Service
West Ridgeville Boulevard
Main Street
Hart
Frederick
Carroll
Howard
Montgomery
Local Weather Sketch With Bible Verse Reference
Partly sunny today with showers or thunderstorms likely today and Sunday. Highs around 206 and lows near Tes. Includes Ecclesiastes 1.7 verse reference about rivers running into the sea. Weather notes resemble a casual, fragmentary newspaper item.
Gambrill Park Adds Lily Pond and Tea Room Renovations
Renovations at Gambrill State Park include moving the Tea Room on High Knob and building a lily pond at Rock Run Picnic area. Chuck Farmer and Eric Smith, both 19, led stonework renovations while park manager Earl Copenhaver highlighted CCC craftsmanship and the park’s 1964 improvements. The project, funded with 27,000 over three years, preserves original techniques as plans begin for Rock Run upgrades and erosion-proof paths.
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Gambrill State Park
High Knob
Rock Run
Aue Fede Com Geseen
Chuck Farmer
Eric Smith
Earl Copenhayer
Frederick County
Kendall Mott
Ugly Represton
Sreak
Mott
Uikding
Copenhayer
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Reiated Press
Ster
Fin Starliter
Fairgrounds
Todd
Joyce Thomas
George Jones
Tom T. Hall
Judds
Mel Tillis
Janie Fricke
NS Eee
Som Tu
Richard Toms
Brunswick
Alpha Liquor and Deli
Bonnie Stevens
Philip
Clinick
News-Post
Maryland
Karen Miller
Mt. Airy
Mike Clew
Horn
Elaine Hapc
MD 144
MD 27
Irene A. Lericos
Postal Service
Safeway
Drugfair
Lake Singanore
Inside the News
Enone
Fuversis
News- Post
Civilian Conservation Corps
Copenhaker
CCC
COE
Farmer
Mith
Duldings
Copenherver
Janet Warne
Lily Pond
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