Pro draft debate voices mix in Frederick area
In Frederick County residents express varied views on reinstating the draft. McGrath argues for compulsory service, Ford favors volunteering, Wiles supports readiness, Hawthorne backs registration, and Steen highlights improving American talent. Of 41 polled, 22 favor reinstatement, 3 oppose, 16 undecided. A local student, Laverne Fuhrman, earns Dean’s List at the University of South Carolina.
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Robert J. McGrath
Damascus
McGrath
Gerald Ford
Sykesville
Ford
Iran
Exxon
Dwayne Wiles
Myersville
Tom Hawthorne
Mount Airy
Hawthorne
John Steen
Frederick News-Post
Frederick County
Monor Roll
Laverne C Fuhrman
Frederick
University of South Carolina
Columbia
School of Pharmacy
Man missing in Potomac River near West Virginia shore
A Pennsylvania man, Edward A. Ernest, 18, of Watfordsburn Pa, disappeared while attempting to swim the Potomac River from the West Virginia side. He was swept away by a swift current near Goodheart's across from Lock M4. Rescue boats and state police helicopter assisted. search resumed Sunday as darkness halted operations Saturday.
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Sandy Hook
Pennsylvania
Potomac River
Here
Edward A. Ernest
Watfordsburg
West Virginia
Tie
Mike Potter
Ernest
Virgina
Goodheart
Germantown man charged in hit and run death of teen
A 28 year old Germantown man James Edward Dyer was charged after a hit and run killed 14 year old Paul Joseph Daley Jr on Md 355 near Gaithersburg. Dyer faced driving while intoxicated auto Manslaughter and related counts and was released on bond. Daley was walking home from Ridgeview Junior High after a dance when struck by a maroon 1978 Pinto. The car was found with a damaged windshield hood and radio antenna.
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Gaithersburg
Germantown
MD. 355
James Edward Dyer
Tarragon Way
Dyer
Tracon Inc
Shady Grove Road
Daley
Ridgeview Junior High
Suburban Hospital
Clopper Road
Supreme Court Allows Patenting of Genetically Engineered Life
The Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, ruled that genetically engineered microorganisms can be patented. Ananda Chakrabarty’s lab-created bacterium that digests crude oil faster was deemed within the patentable categories of manufacture and composition of matter. Justice Brennan’s dissent was joined by White Marshall and Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
General Electric
Ananda Chakrabarty
Carter Administration
Warren E. Burger
Chakrabarty
Congress
Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A Blackmun
William H Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
William J Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F Powell Jr
Carroll County tractor crash injures local man near Rocky Ridge
A Carroll County resident, Francis Wilson, 32, of Keymar, was hurt Saturday night on Bollinger Road near Rocky Ridge when a tow attempt caused a tractor to overturn pinning him briefly. He suffered a severe arm laceration, was treated by Emmitsburg VFW ambulance, then flown by state police helicopter to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown where he was listed in satisfactory condition. Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company responded to the 9 p.m. incident.
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Carroll County
Bollinger Road
Rocky Ridge
Francis Wilson
Simmons Mill Road
Keymar
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Wilson
Ti. Deans
Delp Wilson
Emmitsburg
VFW
WCH
Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company
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Howard Streaker
Mary
Janet Thatcher
Casey
Rose Hill Manor
Al-1646
C. Kart Holter
Commercia
Aneatie
Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance
Brunswick
Dargan
Maryland Natural Resources Police
Susana
Nicol
Future Shapes Women’s Fitness Centers
Futura! Shapes
Shapes
Dany S4sat
Future Shapes
Frederick Towne
Glassig
Bates
Carroll
Great Southern Printing & Mfg Co
East
Patrick Street
Maryland
Tor
La-Z-Boy
Grimma
East St
Carl
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