Letters From the Gulf: Soldier Messages Published
Bel Air resident Kimberly Franklin published Dear America Letters from the Gulf, featuring 30 selected letters from about 500 submitted by service members in the Persian Gulf. She led the project independently, securing Red Cross and Pentagon backing and coordinating mailings to chaplains and soldiers.
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Bel Air
Kimberly
Franklin
Ms. Franklin
Persian Gulf
America
the Gulf
iMs
Baltimore
Pentagon
Red Cross
California
Armed Forces, Radio and Television Network
Saudi Arabia
Miami girl barred from Scouts pursues funding route
Lawyers for 8 year old Margo Mankes vow to lobby Boy Scouts supporters to admit girls after courts refused to force the organization to allow her third grade enrollment. The case follows a push to let girls attend a scouting summer camp amid funding ties with United Way and a related donation ad in Stars and Stripes. The piece also notes charitable letters from overseas and a Red Cross Persian Gulf fund donation linked to a glossy paperback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Sub Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Mark Rubin
Watsons
Boy Scouts
Margo Mankes
United Way
Maryland job deaths rise despite safety warnings
Maryland workers continue to die on the job with 21 fatalities this year, 40 last year, and 61 since 1990. Falls and electrocutions lead deaths at construction sites and factories, while MOSH cites lax safety programs and training as common causes. Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point sees multiple fatalities.
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Maryland
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Henry Koellein Jr
Labor and Industry
Baltimore
Evening Sun
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Sparrows Point
Bethlehem
Craig Lowry
Ciied
MOSH
Lowry
Brian Para
Crofton
Para
Joan
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Mir
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GE Appliances
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ATP
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Mir Aw
Mole Steel Ted
Jeratablie
Poodar
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Mira
Cricket Queen
Ineers
Ingates
Wv TV
Hagitest
Scot Scotengante
SALE
Soaath
Postion Recier
UM Gay
Bacae
Jens Maes
Aazpie
Rorstaten
Tage Rae
Enuc
OL Land WV
Frederick Towne
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