Evacuation Ordered as Beiping Strife Escalates
Shots hit the U S diplomatic compound as troops raked Beijing with gunfire. The U S embassy ordered dependents to evacuate, about 125 leaving on a special flight while more than 2000 foreigners rushed to the airport. Chinese witnesses report fighting near outskirts and across several cities amid martial law and mass protests following the weekend crackdown. U S intelligence cites up to 3000 killed. Chinese officials claim 300.
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Fire-rescue tax approved for Frederick and New Market
Frederick County Commissioners approved fire and rescue taxes in a 3-2 vote, adding a 1-cent rate to Frederick City properties and a 7-cent rate for New Market Mount Airy and Green Valley. The plan, which aims to fund career firefighters and equipment, will raise about 1.9 million dollars and shifts toward a county-wide system amid debate over fairness and district taxing.
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Convicted rapist given life term in jogger assault
Thomas Christopher Taylor of Winchester Virginia received a life sentence from Circuit Judge G Edward Dwyer Jr for first degree rape of a Frederick jogger on August 9 1988 in a corn field along Elmer Derr Road between 8 00 and 9 20 a m The judge rejected a 2 to 40 year range citing the crime’s brutality impact on the victim and lack of mitigating factors The defendant a truck driver and farmer was identified after a News Post report on a truck seen near the scene The victim described being grabbed choked and raped before escaping to a barn and fleeing location noted Continued on Page A-3.
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Foley seeks to calm House storm after ethics upheaval
New Speaker Thomas Foley pledges an environment of respect as the House reels from the resignation of Tim Wright and scrutiny over finances. Republican attacks pressuring Democrats to address ethics questions threaten to complicate Foley’s bid to unify the party and govern.
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Dropout Rebounds to Earn Diploma at Frederick High
Jeff Nicholls left school at 16 with B grades and plans for a better life. At 19 he quit a $6.50 an hour job to return to school, earning his high school diploma with the Frederick High School Class of 1989. He will attend Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia, in the fall. He traveled rough paths across Waldorf Parsippany Laurel and Leesburg before returning to education.
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Fort Detrick Officials Denounce Yearbook Article
Maj. Gen. Philip Russell of US Army MRDC condemned a Frederick High School yearbook piece by student Andres Haughton as false. He noted Fort Detrick did not test illegal chemical or biological weapons and urged the school to review the claims, saying the piece contained falsehoods about bombs and mass bacterial releases.
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Brunswick grads recall slain classmate at graduation
Brunswick High School graduates recalled Tracey Lynn Kirkpatrick, an honor student slain nearly three months earlier in Frederick County. Police say no robbery motive was found after her body was found in a storage room at Aileen's Ladies Sportswear in the Westridge Shopping Center.
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Maryland Weather Forecast Brief
Cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms continue. Lows near 60 tonight, Thursday partly sunny with a chance of showers or storms. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
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