Fedders tells of abuse and finding strength to leave
The survivor recounts years of domestic violence by her husband, the impact on their children, and a long court battle. She describes seeking help from psychiatrists, a 1982 realization, and a 1983 divorce pursued amid financial and legal struggles. She later wrote Shattered Dreams and appeared on national talk shows while rebuilding her life.
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Wall Street Journal
Fedders
Potomac
Phil Donahue
Sally Raphael
Oprah Winfrey
Gale House plans women only recovery center with child care
Community leaders discuss expanding treatment for female addicts at Gale House on North Market Street. The center now serves three women and nine men with a typical stay of six months, and nine of ten referrals are turned away for lack of space.
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East Frederick
Gale House
North Market Street
Mori
Gale
Splitting of offices stalls Hayward Road move
Sterling E. Bollinger said city zoning may block moving administrative offices to the Hayward Road property. He doubted four of five county commissioners would overturn zoning. A joint meeting is set Friday at 4 p.m. to decide use, with county funding to buy the building expected next week and a plan to settle on the Plantronics building March 30.
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Hayward Road
Sterling E. Bollinger
Bollinger
Board of County Commissioners
Plantronics
Debates Over Post Viability Abortions And Parental Notice
Antagonists bar abortions after viability unless to save a mother’s life or protect health, while rights activists seek broader exceptions. Negotiators view post viability as a major hurdle. Abortion foes seek swift parental notice for unmarried teens, with waivers possible for doctors. Pro choice senators favor notification but allow waivers when in the teen’s best interests.
Compromise discussed on county and school office space
The Frederick area debates shifting county and school board offices between East Church Street headquarters and Hayward Road buildings to ease overcrowding while preserving the main administrative center. A nearby fire destroyed a vacant East Patrick Street gas station, believed arson, with 40 firefighters responding and no injuries.
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Hayward Road
East Church Street
Noel Farmer
Frederick
Pauli Gordon
Farmer
School Board
East Patrick Street
Bob Thomas
State Fire Marshal
City of
James Woods
Thomas
Uniteds
Citizens Companies
Mob ties loom over New York garment trucking industry
Investigators say organized crime controls trucking for Chinatown garment firms. Undercover operation recorded threats and extortion by mob linked truckers, with 10 garment district trucks seized and seven tied to Gambino and Lucchese factions. District Attorney says evidence to grand jury. no charges yet.
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New York
District Attorney’s
Chinatown
Organized Crime
New York Times
Manhattan
Robert Morgenthau
The
Times
the Times
Garment District
Thomas Gambino
Kremlin warning deepens Lithuania crisis as talks drift
Lithuanian leaders described Gorbachev's warning as a difficult start to talks. Moscow accused Lithuania of undermining the union and ordered security and customs to resist any shift in Lithuania's regime. The Kremlin signaled no blockade or troop deployment, while Lithuanians reported troop movements and Soviet media blocks amid fears of tighter control.
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Lament
Moscow
Lithuania
Landsbergis
Egidius Bickauskas
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Bickauskas
Vlaidotas Antanaitis
Kremlin
Soviet Union
KGB
Sajudis
Lionginas Vasiliauskas
Kaunas
Vilnius
Radio Vilnius
Radio
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Cherkasky
Maidstone
Hancock and
Moore
Sale
Daly
Atdisone Atditone
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
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