Frederick teen dies in car crash near Urbana
A Frederick teenager was killed and another injured when a speeding car left the road, hit an embankment, and struck a utility pole Saturday night near Urbana. Anthony B. Gibson, 17, died at Suburban Hospital after the 8:15 p.m. crash. James Eugene Leishear, 18, was listed in satisfactory condition at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick
Urbana
Michael Hegedus
Maryland
Anthony B. Gibson
Bethesda
James Eugene Leishear
Brunswick brawl ends with three arrests
A large street brawl in Brunswick near the Potomac Pub drew 85 to 100 people, many in nightwear, as police responded to a midnight call. Private First Class Robin Purdum said officers arrested three individuals and urged residents to stay safe after the melee on East Potomac Street.
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Brunswick
Robin Purdum
Brunswick Police Department
Potomac
East Potomac
Major firefight grips Trinidad as rebels hold prime minister
Port of Spain AP report describes a heavy confrontation near Television House and protests at Parliament. Rebels claim immunity from prosecution as government ministers and Prime Minister Arthur N. Robinson remain captive, with talks deemed far from settlement. Security forces guard looting.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Television House
Parliament
Arthur N.R. Robinson
Kwasi Attiba
Robinson
Attiba
Rabinsonho Afftrad
Caribbean
Urbana woman starts nursing at age fifty one
Marcella Tuveson of Urbana enrolls in Johns Hopkins accelerated nursing program, the oldest student in a class of sixty. With a bachelor’s degree already, she will finish the program in under two years and hopes for a flexible schedule and solid salary while returning to work after raising five children.
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Marcella Tuveson
Urbana Belives
Johns Hopkins Nursing School
Baltimore
Democrats press education and S&L reforms at NGA meeting
Democratic governors clash with Republicans over education oversight and the S&L crisis. They push for a national commission on the S&L meltdown and gain changes to a proposed education oversight panel, though tensions rise over partisanship and federal vs state control. The plan advances by voice vote, with a full governors vote looming.
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Mobile
Ala
National Governors’ Association
S&l
Congress
White House
Ohio
Richard Celeste
Bush
Bush White House
Carroll Campbell
South Carolina
Campbell
John Sununu
New Hampshire
Sununu
S&ls
NGA
Woman Makes Home a Safe House From Chemicals
Maureen Lapp and her husband John built a chemical-free home on a Catoctin Mountains lane to escape 20th century pollutants. She describes environmental illness or chemical hypersensitivity, noting prior seizures and weakness when exposed to lawn fertilizers and asphalt in Gaithersburg. The medical community remains puzzled while NAS experts estimate up to 15 percent may suffer chemical exposure symptoms.
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Wolfsville
Maureen Lapp
Catoctin Mountains
John
Lapp
Gaithersburg
National Academy of Sciences
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