Maryland girl aids rare skin disorder study
Cressman, a Randallstown resident, and her brother Rock both have epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Their parents do not. Researchers at NIH and NCI, in a Nature Genetics report, link keratin gene defects to the inherited condition, aiming for earlier diagnosis and potential future therapies. The study includes about 30 families and 20 with affected members, with hopes for fetal diagnosis and better management.
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Uiversite of Maryland
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Kacy
Cressman
Camp Greentap
Atortin Mountain National Park
Thurmont
Nature Genetics
London
National Institute of Arthrites
National Cancer Institute
Saliuna I Institutes of Health
Rock
Sherri J Bale
Bale
Rick
Bush and Salinas discuss trade amid Sequoia visit
President Bush toured the Sequoia National Forest addressing environmental protections and forest funding while announcing a federal plan with the Sierra Club and Wilderness Society to safeguard 41 giant Sequoia groves. In San Diego he met President Salinas to push NAFTA talks, saying negotiations have entered the ninth inning and would resume July 25 with Canada.
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Jim
Sequoia National Forest
Mexico
Jack Murphy
Ted Wiliams
San Diego
White House
Mr Bush
Bush
Bakersfield
Forest Service
Sierra Club
The
Wilderness Society
Sequoia, Sierra and Tahoe National
Congress
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Salinas
Canada
United States
Heat at Eastalco plant pushes workers toward 129 degree burnout
Forecasters note extreme heat with workers at the Buckeyesman Eastalco plant enduring about 120 to 129 degrees in 30 hot days. The 480 furnaces operate at high temperatures, making air conditioning impractical. Supervisors provide cooling areas, Gatorade, and medical training while workers stay in long sleeves and hard hats.
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Buckeysman
Ed Whitbred
Eestalea
Whitbred
Mike Baltzell
Sale
School board upholds library books amid appeal
BoE proceedings show appeals over books accused of promoting Satanism and witchcraft. A university professor testified the texts advance religious ideals, but the court sided with the California district keeping them in classrooms. Some parents threaten withdrawal. Aug 3 meeting will outline appeal handling.
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University of Denver
California
Noel T Farmer Jr
Farmer
Board of Education
Blom
County to continue farm preservation program
Frederick County commissioners voted to renew participation in Maryland's Agricultural Preservation Easement Program. The program buys development rights to farmland to keep land in agricultural use, funded by the 5 percent agricultural transfer tax with the state, county shares. In 1992 the county spent about 11 million on three farms. participation has waned due to state funding cuts and a weak real estate market. 108 county farms, totaling 17,000 acres, are in districts with 41 farms under development restrictions. The panel also extended county insurance to the Md 144 armory for Friday's Teen Dance at no extra cost unless liability arises.
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Richard Kerns
Blaser
Frederick County
Democrats Confront Clinton Bush tensions at packed convention
Delegates, big names, and activists filled Madison Square Garden as Democrats pressed for unity amid Bush opposition to abortion and AIDS stories. Jerry Brown and Jesse Jackson offered mixed praise while Tom Harkin and Jimmy Carter urged post convention healing. A mock NYT satiric piece and high tech satellite speeches framed a tense, TV driven scene. Six Republican women urged Clinton votes over Bush on abortion, prompting further clashes outside the arena.
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Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Bill Clinton
Mr. Jackson
Madison Square Garden
Bush
Ross Perot
New York Times
Spy Magazine
Perot
Oprah Winfrey
Tom Harkin
Clinton
George Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Jimmy Carter
Bob Hattey
Elizabeth Glaser
Pennsylvania
Kathy Taylor
George Bush
Robert Casey
Casey
New York
New Hampshire
Jennifer Canny
Fire destroys barn and milk parlor at Ballenger Creek Pike
Firefighters battled a Ballenger Creek Pike blaze Tuesday evening that destroyed a two story barn full of hay and an adjoining milk parlor. Deputy state fire marshal Ted Meminger said the barn was engulfed when responders arrived and the cause was under investigation. A farmer had recently filled the loft with hay.
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Ballenger Creek Pike
Ted Meminger
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