400 Arrested in China After Tiananmen Crackdown
Chinese authorities announced the arrest of 400 people accused of attacks on soldiers imposing martial law plus several leaders of independent student and worker associations. Deng Xiaoping praised the soldiers amid renewed propaganda claiming counterrevolutionaries fueled violence. Foreigners fled as the US Embassy evacuated 89 people from Tianjin and officials blamed Voice of America for irresponsible reporting.
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Deng
China
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Tianjin
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People’s Daily
Communist Party
Voice of America
Farm family survives eastern Frederick County storm damage
In eastern Frederick County a fast moving wind event damaged homes and farms on Simpsons Mill Road. Robin Krantz and her family describe windows breaking and a collapsed shed while their baby was unharmed but cut by glass. A silo toppled and a truck shed roof collapsed. They avoided injury, sheltering at relatives as a weather service forecaster noted a tornado was unlikely.
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Sowlals
Krantz
Simpsons Mill Road
Frederick County
Robin Krantz
Mark
Mrs. Krantz
Jeff Hevner
Good Intent Road
Baltimore
Bejing trip fuels nightmare for visiting Roenberg
Dr Bengt Romnberg a Fort Detrick microbiologist describes waking visions of gunfire after visiting Beijing amid student demonstrations. He recalls rumors from embassies and lack of official information as he and other hotel guests watched operas and wildlife documentaries in the lobby. He arrived May 18 and left last Tuesday enduring long travel and sleepless days upon returning to Frederick.
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Beijing
Fort Detrick
Dr. Romnberg
Tiananmen Square
United States
China
Dulles
Frederick
Williamsport man dies in plane crash near Myersville
A Williamsport man died when a single engine plane crashed into a field near Myersville around 2:15 pm. Weather was rainy with low clouds. The pilot, Herbert Delano Gossard, was en route from Hagerstown to Frederick alone. NTSB will investigate the crash. A witness on a porch heard the plane dive and explode near the Clarence Leatherman farm on Harp Hill Road. The wreckage spread over a small area and included debris in a tree. The Leatherman family farm sits close to ancestral graves. cows and field activity were noted as responders secured the site overnight.
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Myersville
Herbert Delano Gossard
Frederick
Hagerstown
Frederick County
NTSB
Clarence Leatherman
Harp Hill Road
Frederick County Names Rock Creek Teacher of the Year
Marilyn Colbeare-Mathews of Rock Creek School in Frederick County has been named the 1989 Frederick County Teacher of the Year. The 37 year old educator works with 3 to 5 year old severely and profoundly handicapped students and aims to blend learning through seeing doing and fun. She may be considered for the state Teacher of the Year in October.
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Ms. Colbeare-Mathews
Rock Creek
Frederick County
Maryland
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Colbeare- Mathews
Amisha
Torth
Marilyn Dolbeare-Mathews
Rock Creek School
Inside The News Weather And Orioles Surprise
Clear and cool tonight with lows in the mid to upper 50s. Sunny on Sunday. Maryland weather and map on page A-2. Orioles are baseball's biggest surprise of the season according to Inside the News.
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