Fire at Waverley Garden apartment injures none. six homeless
A late Monday fire at Building P Apartment 304 at Waverley Garden caused $75,000 damage and left six families homeless. Firemen from four city companies fought the blaze for nearly three hours, with smoke and water damage across the 12-unit complex. An unidentified woman was treated for smoke inhalation.
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Waverley Garden
Amos L. Brown
Frostburg
William Gray
Linda Conley
Dean
Conleys
Uniteds
Citizens
Citizens Cascade
Citizens ladder
Storm damages utilities as lightning strikes house and starts fire
Severe thunderstorms cause power outages across Frederick area with tree limbs knocked down and cables disrupted. A house on Church Hill Road was struck by lightning around 9 p.m. Monday, fire crews responded from Myersville and Wolfsville, and Potomac Edison and local telephone and cable services worked to restore service by late today.
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cablevision
Douglas Stimson
Church Hill Road
Myersville
Wolfsville
Potomac Edison
Frederick
Shookstown
Yellow Springs
Clover Hill
servce
Co. V. Weakley
C&P Telephone Company
Frederick Cablevision
Amber Meadow
Moyersville
Libya threatens Lebanon border clash amid regional tensions
Inside The News reports Libya warning of border action if Lebanon persists in regional disputes. The piece notes high regional friction and mentions a potential security escalation affecting nearby states.
Economic indicators rise 3.4 percent in May
The leading indicators index, a Commerce Department composite of twelve stats, jumped 3.4 percent in May the fastest rise in ten months. The index sits 13 percent above last year, signaling growth and job creation while GDP growth remains subdued for the current quarter.
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WASHINGTON
Commerce Department
NEW YORK
Hijackers Seek Release of 53 Palestinian Prisoners
Palestinians who hijacked an Air France jet demanded the release of 53 prisoners held in Israel West Germany and three other countries for exchange with about 230 hostages and the aircraft. The demand was broadcast from Kampala Uganda with a 1200 GMT deadline and involves Archbishop Hilarion Capucci among those named.
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KAMPALA
Uganda
Air France
Israel
West Germany
Entebbe
Hilarion Capucci
Jerusalem
Kenya
Switzerland
France
Frederick and Washington counties consider shared jail project
Frederick County officials discussed a possible bi county jail with Washington County leaders in Hagerstown. The plan would involve both boards and state officials. no meeting date or state contact has been set. The counties face antiquated facilities and jail crowding with nine to eleven state prisoners housed locally at a daily cost.
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Frederick
Washington
Boards of County Commissioners
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Marty Snook
Hagerstown
Dorsey
Donald Barnes
Frederick County
Planners mum on moratorium suits over subdivisions
Planning Commission and County Commissioners dodge comment on civil rights suits tied to a moratorium on major subdivisions. The latest District Court filing seeks 100000 in damages 5 million in punitive damages plus costs and fees amid questions of personal liability for commissioners.
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Planning Commission
Paul L. Crum Jr
Crum
commission
Lawrence Speelman
Mary G. Williams
Speelman
Elderly lovers wed in Alabama amid nursing home uproar
Ampsey Sheffield aged 93 and Nannie Gurley aged 73 eloped and married across the Georgia Alabama line to avoid a three day waiting period. The couple planned to move from a Columbus nursing home to her house while nurses and aides cheered. Both families offered mixed remarks on the romance and age gap.
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COLUMBUS
Ampsey Sheffield
Nannie Gurley
Sheffield
Sally Maloney
Highhind House
Phenix City
Ala
Georgia
Task Force gains members for county health council drive
Dr Gerald Schupper reported Monday June 28 that the Frederick County Comprehensive Health Planning Council task force on Physician Recruitment and Placement is expanding with members from the County Board of Realtors the Chamber of Commerce Commission on the Aging the Frederick County Chapter of the National Women’s Wing the League of Women Voters the Junior Women’s Civic Club the Zonta Club Hood College and residents from Walkersville and Middletown The effort aims to reflect a cross section of local groups and the county population. He noted the expanding pool as a coordinated effort to boost manpower. In other business the Seering committee reported on the Western Maryland Health Systems Agency HEW membership pending for elected officials and the council approved the HICATT Satellite Day Care and Frederck Memorial Hospital Ambulatory Surgical Unit applications.
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Gerald Schupper
Fredenck County
Schipper
goa
HEW
council
Frederck Memoral Hospital
R L Grove Dies Former Frederick Official and Promoter
R L Grove known Frederick businessman and sports promoter died Monday evening June 26 at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Born April 4 1902 in Confluence Pa he owned Grove Grocery and Grove Liquor Store and served on Frederick City Board of Aldermen and Maryland House of Delegates. Survived by wife Elizabeth Falk Grove brother James A Grove sister Betty G Baer and several nieces. Funeral 7 July 9 7 pm at Robert E Daily and Son Funeral Home with interment Mt Oliver Cemetery. Contributions to Evangelical Lutheran Church Building Fund requested.
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Robert Lee
Nig) Grove
Frederick
Elizabeth Falk Grove
Mountaindale
Frederck Memorial Hospital
Confluence
William C
Cora Z. Grove
Grove
Lutheran Church
North Market Street
Frederick City
Lloyd Culler
Maryland
House of Delegates
James A Grove
Betty G Baer
Robert E Daily and Son Funeral Home
Market St
Wo oam
Francis Reinberger
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mt Oliver Cemetery
Evangelical Lutheran Church Building Fund
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Killingsworth
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Norma
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Inside The News
LIBYA
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Heathrow Airport
CARTER
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Idi Amin
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