Detrick doctors to battle virus in Yugoslavia
A Fort Detrick team will help treat an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Yugoslavia using tibvirin. Col. Clarence Peters of USAMRIID cited FDA approval for trials and noted the drug’s prior use against similar viruses in China. The virus, carried by field mice, causes high fever, back pain, shock, internal bleeding, and rapid kidney failure requiring dialysis.
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Col. Peters
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China
Food and Drug Administration
Col Peters
Sarajevo
Olympic
Cpl. Peters
City audit in Hagerstown seeks missing funds
The Hagerstown City Council hired Smith Eliot Kearns and Co to assist an audit begun after a billing department employee was fired for allegedly forging supervisor documents and stealing city funds. Councilman Schnebly says theft spans at least two years from light bill cash payments. No charges filed yet.
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Hagerstown
Smith, Eliot, Kearns and Co
John Schnebly
Stephen Feller
William Breichner
Former Maryland guard seeks job reinstatement
Jesse E. Miles, a former correctional officer at the Maryland Correctional Training Center, filed a Washington County Circuit Court appeal seeking reinstatement with back pay after being fired for allowing inmate William Henry Thomas to escape on December 4, 1988. Miles claimed the firing was based on hearsay and cites investigative testimony from Thomas's April hearing after his January Baltimore capture.
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Miles
Burkittsville rezoning defeat sparks parental protest
Burkittsville area parents persuaded the Frederick County Board of Zoning Appeals to oppose Patricia Hopkinson and John Hopkinson's plan to open an antique shop in an agricultural zone. They argued the alley known as Weiner Lane near their homes is unsafe for children including two deaf kids and a handicapped child.
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Weiner Lane
Bill Hopwood
East Main Street
Frederick County Board of Zoning Appeals
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John Hopkinson
Sam Brown
Somely
Bruce Dean
Hopkinsons
Patricia Hopkinson
William Baker
Hopkinson
Antique Station
Frederick City
Appeals Board
Maryland dealers ordered to pay 532500 for odometer tampering
Two Maryland used car dealers must compensate 355 buyers for odometers rolled back, a $532,500 civil award the state says is the largest consumer victory. Judge Niemeyer linked Dickson and Locklear to a Tollpack scheme. Dickson faces a $10200 fine and criminal restitution, while Locklear pays $51000. Buyers receive up to $1500 each as proceeds are collected over years.
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Maryland
Peter Y. Berns
U.S
Paul v. Niemeyer
Berns
Niemeyer
Walter R. Dickson
Silver Spring
Haynes L. Locklear
Chillum
Dickson
Locklear
Riggs Motors
Free concerts announced for Damascus and Boyds parks
The Federal Jazz Commission a New Orleans style band performs at Damascus Regional Park July 9 at 7 p.m. The bluegrass group Rockcreek plays Black Hill Regional Park July 12 at 7:40 p.m. Both concerts are free and open to the public sponsored by the Montgomery County Recreation Department.
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