Atlas search spurs marrow donor drive nationwide
Region Search yielded no perfect match for Allison Atlas but sparked a national donor drive. Friends of Allison collected blood samples from about 49,400 volunteers in the United States and 600 in Israel, raising $3 million with support from figures like Dustin Hoffman. The national register grew from 57,000 to over 150,000 names. Allison remains without a perfect donor while her mother is prepared for a transplant.
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New York
Allison Atlas
Atlases
Atlas
Iaia Simon Atlas
Allison
Miss Atlas
Friends of
Friends of Allison
United States
Israel
Dustin Hoffman
Bethesda
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle
Bridge openings restricted on Woodrow Wilson span
Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner announced temporary limits on drawspan openings for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge across the Potomac River to reduce traffic disruptions while electrical repairs are made. A $100,000 emergency grant is provided to the District of Columbia for the work, with no openings during weekday rush hours and up to two hours notice for other times.
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Alexandria
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
U.S. Transportation
Samuel Skinner
Skinner
District of Columbia
Coast Guard
Potomac River
Capital Beltway
Garrett woman given eight years in ex husband murder
In Hagerstown a Western Maryland woman, Juanita Irene Stinson, 57, was sentenced to eight years for second degree murder after admitting to shooting her ex husband Charles Stinson, dismembering his body, and burying him in a shallow grave in May 1987. Psychologists testified she suffered battered woman syndrome and PTSD from decades of abuse.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Washington County
Juanita Irene Stinson
Charles William Stinson
Garrett County
Irene Fickes
Williamsburg
Stinson
Juanita Stinson
Mountain Lake Park
Charles Stinson
Cross to grace St James steeple in Mount Airy rebuilds
Workers from Colonial Renovations and Pauls Roofing high above North Main Street Mount Airy reconstructed St James Episcopal Church steeple. The project adds new shingles bell tower louvers and a 6 foot belfry cross funded with Calvary Methodist Church generosity. The old cross will be shared for parish functions.
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Paul
Calvary Methodist Church
St. James
North Main Street
Barry's alibi offered in drug case defense
Barry's lawyer argued the mayor was in a large meeting with city officials at the time a witness says crack cocaine was handed to him. Prosecution contends Barry arrived late, giving time to accept the drug. Witnesses described ambulance service talks and a slight delay in the 10 am meeting on Sept 7, 1988.
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Washington (Ap
Marion Barry
Barry
R. Kenneth Mundy
City
District of Columbia
Lydia Pearson
Fire Department
Joseph Weldell
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Mundy
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Garrett
Frederick C. Wright III
Wright
Frederick
Noobsgallo Noble
MHIC
Noland
Eljer
Canterbury
Noland - Frederick
South Market Street
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