Chimp Kills at Catoctin Zoo Attack Shocks Thurmont
An 18 year old Thurmont man Robert Portner was mauled by a chimpanzee at the Catoctin Mountain Zoo and the animal was killed. Zoo owner Richard Hahn described the attack as Jackie the 12 year old 160 pound chimp suddenly attacked Portner after recognizing him. Portner once worked at the zoo and was hospitalized in good condition at the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine. The incident occurred as Hahn recalled the moments leading up to the attack and the chimp's failure to accept an ice cream treat.
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THURMONT
Catoctin Mountain Zoo
Robert Anthony Portner
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medicine
Richard Hahn
Hahn
Jackie
Hahns
Bobby Portner
Bobby
Jacko
City fails in bid to buy gas station property
The city lost its bid to acquire the Exxon site at Patrick and Bentz for Linear Park after a court allowed BP Owl to proceed with a gas station. Mayor Young said Exxon has an option with a party, and ownership remains unclear. Local officials cited open space funding and sewer needs, while BP Oil considers further legal action to remove zoning conditions.
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City
Exxon
Patrick and
Bentz streets
City Board of Zoning Appeals
BP 0.1 Corporation
Ronald N Young
Linear Park
Young
BP Owl
Julien P Delphey
Frederick County
Maryland General Assembly
Patricia Lanner
Delphey
Lanner
county Parks and Recreation Commission
Zimmerman, Aldridge and Dwyer
BP Oil
zoning board
Howe pressured to resign amid sex scandal charges
Rep Allan Howe faces arraignment on a misdemeanor charge for soliciting sex from two Salt Lake police decoys and is under pressure from congressional colleagues to resign. Howe claims innocence and says he was set up while Utah Democrats plan their slate for November and discuss his possible resignation. Colleen Gardner alleges Capitol Hill sexual misconduct involving several lawmakers, including staffers, with various denials and investigations unfolding.
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Allan Howe
Salt Lake
Utah Democrat
Salt Lake City
Howe
Wayne L Black
Utah
Colleen Gardner
Washington
Capitol Hall
Gardner
Elizabeth Ray
Len Mike Gravet
Alaska
John Young
D-Tex
Miss Ray
FBI
Gravel
Kenneth Gray
poppy cock
Young
Joseph Prendergast
Gray
Gravel Gravel
New York Daily News
Capitol Hill
Frank Moss
Gunn McKay
Moss
Howes
KTVA
County upholds trailer award and plans road work
The County Commissioners upheld the Powlen Company trailer bid after a failed attempt to switch to Stup. They also greenlit improvements on a five mile Middletown Myer sville Road including widening and resurfacing. Additionally the board endorsed an HUD housing assistance project for 50 households and landlords and discussed a $4,000 Historical Society request.
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Powlen Company
Hagerstown
Frederick
Vernon E Stop Company
Sterling E Bollinger
Lawrence A Dorsey
Edgar C Virts Jr
Paul L Crumer
Donald L Lews
Stup
Crum
Powlen
James L Bryan
FPowlen
Frederick County
Middletown
Myersville
Ronald Linton
county Roads Department
Wirts
Highway Administration
Linton
Department of Housing and Urban Development
William duBell
Brunswick
north
Historical Society
Woodsboro Kickstarts Bicentennial Week With Parade and Flags
Woodsboro rang in its Bicentennial Week with a Monday parade featuring Walkersville High School and Yellow Springs bands, Cub Scouts, Little League teams, and vintage vehicles. A Memorial Park ceremony honored Lula and Webster R Smith as deeds expanded the town point property, a flagpole and restored pump added memorial touches, and MBC official Joseph Cromwell presented the commemorative flags to Burgess Maurie E Murray and town leaders.
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Woodboro
Walkersville High School
Yellow Springs
Memorial Park
Cash Smith
Robert Smith
point
Lula
Webster R Smith
Woodsboro
Maryland
Woodshoro Unveils Banner Flag For Bicentennial Era
The Woodshoro flag, designed by Mrs Vivian Clipp, was presented Monday evening to Maurice F Murray. The banner features Stars and Stripes with the coat of arms of founder Col Joseph Wood, honoring the town’s history and Bicentennial associations.
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malice county
Mra
Vivian Clipp
Maurice F. Murray
Woodsboro
Joseph Wood
Marsland Bicentennial Commission
Neck Wood
Fogle Receives 10 Year Term For Second Degree Murder
Circuit Court Judge Samuel W Barrick sentenced Richard B Fogle of Frederick to ten years imprisonment Monday for second degree murder in the 1971 death of Mt Aury junk dealer Francis E Runkles 64 found shot multiple times on his Woodville Road porch The case involved Jesse Newlin West convicted of murder in 1973 and sentenced to life. The article also briefly notes a mixed stock market session with profit taking after recent gains.
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Samuel W Barrick
Richard B. Fogle
Syrian forces push on guerrilla bases in Lebanon
Syrian tank units advanced toward Marjayoun near Israel as they seized Kach aya the gateway to Palestinian guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon. A Palestinian spokesman warned that if Marjayoun falls Syria would gain control of much of the Arkoub region, a key staging area for raids into Israel. Reports from Rachaya said heavy fire forced guerrillas and dissident Lebanese soldiers from the town after a week of resistance.
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Lebanon
Marjayoun
Israel
Kachaya
Arkoub
panhandle
Shockley Named to Maryland School for the Deaf Board
Alfred P Shockley receives a lifetime appointment to the Board of Visitors of the Maryland School for the Deaf, filling the vacancy left by the death of Alton Y Bennett. Born December 23 1932 in Frederick he attended local schools and Washington College, served in the US Marine Corps, spent 19 years in auto sales, and now leads Shockley Volkswagen Avenue B in Frederick.
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Alfred P Shockley
Maryland School for the Deaf
Alton Y Bennett
Annapolis
Marvin Mandel
Frederick
Shockley
Frederick County
Washington College
Chestertown
Maine Corps
Shockley Volkswagen-Aveb
Fredenck
Auto Body Association of Amenca
VW-NADA Business Management
Food stamp cutback delay tied to identification card plan
Sunlit notes and stray headlines mix as readers see references to a food stamp cutback delay linked to a proposed identification card. Obscure items mention television sections and editorials, with scattered mentions of obituaries and sports across regional pages.
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