Man admits shooting his grandmother
A 20 year old Mount Agry resident pleaded guilty to assault with intent to murder his grandmother during a shooting at their Detrick Road home. Howard Lee Burns faces a state recommended 15 year sentence with up to eight years to serve, with sentencing deferred to Sept 16 by Judge Mary Ann Stepler. Burns, who faced a maximum 30 years, shot Anna Jane Bailey 54 after an argument. Bailey was hospitalized. Burns was stopped by state police on US 15 near US 40. In a separate case, Michael Anthony Clarke 22 was deferred until Sept 30 on cocaine distribution charges, facing 20 years. Clarke allegedly sold 33 grams for $1,000 and planned another $500 sale. narcotics task force agents arrested him. Clarke has ties to Bronx, Lanham, and Point of Rocks, and was residing at John Hanson Apartments.
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Detrick Road
Howard Lee Burns
Duane Gigeous
Christant
Frederick County
Mary Ann Stepler
Burns
Polie
Anna Jane Hailey
Stepler
Michael Anthony Clarke
Barnes
Clarke
Jerry Barnes
Wildcats Show Surprising Resistance to FIV Virus
Dr O'Brien reports that healthy populations may evolve immunity to deadly viruses in inbred groups, noting wildcats in Africa and North America show high FIV exposure but low mortality. Blood samples from 726 wildcats found FIV common yet not lethal, suggesting a balance between hosts and virus. Researchers seek further explanations.
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O'Brien
Africa
City weighs Gas House Pike plan big annex shift
Frederick Maryland planning officials debated upgrading Gas House Pike as part of the Nicodemus Farm annex deal. James Schmersahl urged restoring the original plan to raise and improve the road to a floodplain free, higher corridor, while the alternative would delay construction and cross floodplain properties. The mayor and board awaited a final decision with site talks also touching State Farm Insurance regional offices.
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James Schmersahl
Gas House Pike
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Co
Frederick
Schmersahl
Frederick City
Nicodemus Farm
City seeks appeal over curfew ruling and precedent
Council members argue higher courts often frown on abandoning legal precedent while the Maryland Court of Appeals is seen as more conservative. Judges criticized the curfew ordinance for vague definitions of a bona fide organization, which the court found unconstitutionally vague.
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Court of Special Appeals
Diana Motz
District Court
Middletown
Tillery
Maryland Court of Appeals
Gordon
Abu Nidal aide killed in Beirut refugee camp
Beir ut Lebanon AP reports Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidals top aide Walid Khaled Rizk Saeed Abdul Mapyid Ousdeh was slain in the Mar Elias refugee camp. Police say a white station wagon with silenced submachine guns killed 42 year old Khaled as he drove. Death was instantaneous.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Abu Nidal
LEPC outlines school safety plan for chemical spill incidents
Public Safety Director Croneburg says once notified, school officials must be informed and may receive additional updates. The incident commander from Mount Airy Fire Co will decide on evacuations. HAZMAT teams from the county and Fort Detrick respond to chemical spills, while Meyers residents are advised to call 911 first and avoid loud alarms. The LEPC keeps chemical inventories and shares lists with the public on request.
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Gadra
John Croneburg
Emergency Communications Center 18
Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Co
Mark Fisher
Fisher
Fort Detrick
LEPC
Meyers
City man charged after shots fired at apartment complex
A 20 year old Frederick man, Anthony Bernoit of Carver Apartments, was charged with possessing and transporting a handgun discharging a firearm within city limits and reckless endangerment after shots were fired during an argument outside Carver Apartments. A handgun was found beneath the passenger seat where he sat. The woman involved was not injured. Officers stopped a vehicle at Madison Street and Clarke Place and arrested Bernoit.
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Frederick
Anthony Bernett
Carver Apartments
Pierce Stine Jr
Frederick City
West South Street
Stine
Bernoit
Madison Street
Clarke Place
Jobless claims jump to a two month high in July
Washington AP reports first time unemployment claims rose to 422,000 for the week ended July 11, the highest since May, signaling weak job market momentum. The four week average climbed to 415,250, with Independence Day holiday likely delaying some filings.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bush
Virus linked to AIDS symptoms found in HIV-negative patients
Irvine immunologist Dr Sudhir Gupta reports a new virus named human intracisternal retrovirus HICRY strongly linked to AIDS-like symptoms in at least nine HIV negative individuals. Scientists caution this does not prove a new AIDS cause and further study is planned to determine if HICRY is a novel virus or an unrecognized old one.
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Irvine
Calif
Sudhir Gupta
University of California At Irvine
Gupta
Bank realigns operations. no local branch closings announced
First Maryland Bancorp plans a regional realignment across the state. Frederick and Montgomery counties will combine operations with no branch closures or service cuts in Frederick. The bank reports first half net income of 443 million, up 45.8 percent from 1991, and quarterly net income of 24.3 million, up 21.5 percent.
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Carol Dunsworth
First Maryland Bancorp
Frederick
Montgomery Counties
Frederick County
North Court Street
Frederick Towne
Francis Scott Key Mall
Thurmont Plaza
West Seventh Street
Mount Airy
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