Death toll soars as quake devastates Philippines region
AP reports 659 dead and 1,300 injured after a 7.7 magnitude quake that leveled buildings in Baguio and other sites. A U S Marine OV-1 crashed during rescue work, killing one crewman and injuring another. Rescue efforts focus on hundreds believed buried, including at the Hyatt Hotel ruins.
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Philippines
Baguio
Luzon Island
Manila
U.S
Jose de Jesus
Cabanatuan
Philippine Christian College
Abs-Cbn Television Today
de Jesus
Subic Bay Naval Base
Smith named director of city FHA
Frederick Housing Authority chairman Artie Esworthy Jr. announced that Charlie H. Smith Jr. was chosen from over 40 candidates as the new executive director. Smith, a Gardner-Webb College graduate with more than a decade in housing, starts at 7 a.m. Monday and prioritizes youth programs to curb drug use amid federal funding cuts.
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Frederick Housing Authority
Charlie H. Smith Jr
Housing Authority
Gardner-Webb College
North Carolina
Smith
Artie Esworthy Jr
Esworthy
County fined for landfill violations
The Maryland Department of the Environment fined Frederick County 21375 for water discharge permit violations at Reichs Ford Road landfill. A consent order filed in Frederick County Circuit Court shows the county will pay the fine and prepare plans to fix discharge problems. Violations spanned 1984 to 1990 and included fecal coliform lead grease and oil leaking into Bush Creek.
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Maryland Department of the Environment
Frederick County
Reich
Ford Road
Mark L. Hoke
Hoke
Bush Creek
Frederick homeless shelter delayed by architectural bankruptcy
A proposed 30 person homeless shelter in Frederick faces delays after the architectural firm Gottlieb Foster of Baltimore, hired in March 1989 for the project, filed for bankruptcy. The site is on a city lot at South Market and East All Saints streets, with a $750000 budget for a 12000 square foot facility.
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Frederick
William duBell
Frederick City
duBell
Gottlieb Foster Architects
Baltimore
Henry Fostel
Bowes Named Frederick County Health Officer
Dr James E Bowes of Salisbury was chosen by Frederick County Commissioners to replace Dr Kathleen Edwards as health officer starting August 27 He has directed the Wicomico County Health Department since 1984 with a 4 million budget and a county population of 72100 prior to Frederick's larger base He previously led St Joseph County Indiana and Cleveland Ohio public health offices and held roles at Dow Chemical Company and Fort Hood military hospital He trained at New York Medical College Johns Hopkins and Yale earning a public health master from Yale
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Frederick County
James E. Bowes
Salisbury
Kathleen Edwards
Edwards
Bowes
Health Department
Con
Montevue Lane
St. Joseph County
South Bend
Ind
Department of Public Health and Welfare
Cleveland
Ohio
Public Health Administration
Indianapolis-Marion County
Dow Chemical Company
Salt Lake City
Utah
US Army Hospital
Fort Hood
Texas
New York Medical College
St. John’s
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Yale University Medical School
Appeals court reverses Norths Iran Contra conviction
A federal appeals court panel reversed one conviction of Oliver North in the Iran Contra case and ordered a lower court to assess whether his immunized congressional testimony tainted the trial. The panel urged a new hearing on whether tainted testimony affected the other charges, and directed a per-witness line-by-line inquiry if needed.
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Washington
Oliver North
National Security Council
North
NSC
U.S. District Court
Gerhard Gesell
Congress
Iran
Gesell
Appeals Court
Iran-Contra
District Court
David Sentelle
Laurence Silberman
Pawiola Wald
Former Claire workers seek aid from JTA and board
About 100 of 150 workers who lost jobs at Claire Manufacturing seek help from the Job Training Agency and Frederick County Board of Education. Workshops train resume writing and interviewing at Claire, with many aiming to return to school or pursue technical training.
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Claire Garment Workers
JTA
Thurmont
Claire Manufacturing Co
Job Training Agency
Frederick County Board of Education
Richard Ramsburg
Claire
Claire Manufacturing
Laune Brunson
STA
Pat Harry
Harry
Janet Bartell
Frederick County Adult Education
Margaret Ellen Clabaugh
Inside The News Weather Summary
Partly cloudy tonight with a 30 percent shower or thunderstorm chance. Lows near 70s. Saturday mostly sunny, hot and humid with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon or evening storms. Highs around the upper 80s. Western Maryland weather map and venue notes follow.
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