Afghan coup attempt crushed as defense minister implicated
Reports from Kabul and Islamabad say the Kremlin backed government faced an attempted takeover led by Defense Minister Shah Nawaz Tanai. Unconfirmed reports of heavy fighting surfaced in Kabul with claims the palace and Defense Ministry were struck. Tanai reportedly escaped as security forces contained the uprising.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Kremlin
Kabul
Moscow
Najib
Defense Ministry
Kabul Radio
Defense
Shah Nawaz Tanai
Tanai
Mr. Tanai
Mr. Najib
Afghanistan
Mujahedeen
Islamic Holy Warriors
Marxist
Peshawar
City to pay 83500 for Carroll Creek parcel in Frederick
Frederick officials announced a settlement after filing suit to condemn property behind 2245 East Patrick Street for Carroll Creek Flood Control. The city will pay 83500 for about 6324 square feet, roughly 13.20 per square foot, with the case withdrawn and settlement expected within 7 to 10 days.
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Frederick
East Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
Patrick
Glenn Nikirk
Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation
Nikirk
Frederick County
Thomas Keller
Karen Keller
Joseph Dean Zeiler
E. Patrick St
Phoenix Inc
Hedaba Corp
JP. Delphey Limited Partnership
West Patrick Street
McCutcheon Apple Products
Water St
Frederick News-Post
South Carroll Street
Delaplaine Arts Center renovation plan filed in Frederick
The Frederick City Historic District Commission will consider a first stage renovation for the Mountain City Mill at 30 S. Carroll St. into the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center. The project aims to replace exterior windows and doors, repair brick and mortar, and includes a design competition. Total cost for first phase about 450000 with 200000 state funds and private donations.
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Old Mountain City
Frederick
S. Carroll St
Delaplaine Visual Arts Center
Frederick City Historic District
Charles Crum
Frederick Arts Center Foundation
Delaplaine
Randall
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
Frederick News-Post
Crum
Historic District Commission
Bakley, Maginniss & King
Mountain City
Visual Arts Center
E. Patrick St
Creekside Antiques
Maryland State Arts Council
MSD Gazebo Recalls Old Main Cupolas on Campus
Maryland School for the Deaf on South Market Street unveils an eight sided gazebo built by 15 students under woodworking instructor Denis Reen. The shelter mirrors the Old Main cupolas once on the demolished building from which a $1,000 MSD 1985 class gift funded materials. construction began late January and should finish next week with cedar shakes and a roof cupola incorporating a piece of the original cupola.
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Maryland School For the Deaf
South Market Street
Frederick
Clarke Place
Denis 5. Reen
MSD
Mr. Reen
County debates drug testing policy for county employees
Frederick County commissioners discussed a new drug testing policy at a public meeting. The plan covers random testing for sensitive positions and probable-cause testing for others, with start up aimed for January 1991. 24 hour testing facilities and alcohol testing were raised as issues.
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Frederick County
Mitchell Hose
Hose
Sheriff's Department
State’s Attorney’s Office
John Mathias
Sterling Bollidger
Robert Snyder
Bollinger
Carroll woman wounded in city shooting dies in Baltimore
A Carroll County woman identified as M. Nancy Armiger died at the R Adams Cowley Trauma Center after being shot outside the Silver Dollar Lounge in Frederick. Three others suffered gunshot wounds in a domestic dispute, with Dell E. Driggers later found dead in Leesburg, and a suspect who killed himself in a Leesburg motel.
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Carroll County
Frederick
R Adams Cowley
Baltimore
Nancy Armiger
Baltimore St
Taneytown
Truck City
Ms. Armiger
Frederick City
Susan M_. Miller
Piney Creek Road
Joseph L. Finchail
Mount Airy
Leesburg
Dell E. Driggers
Best Western
Driggers
Dale
Ms. Miller
Silver Dollar
Daggers
Weather forecast and farm program note for Frederick County
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows in the lower 20s. Wednesday will be sunny but chilly with highs around 40. Western Maryland weather and map on page A-2 Agriculture notes twenty farms in Frederick County to be selected for a new program.
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Maryland
Frederick County
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Mark Crommell
Denis Reen
Mike Jobes
John Ulrich
BI Green
John Hanson
David Head
Spectrum Water Blasting
Everedy Square-in-Frederick
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