City youth struck and killed on Madison Street
A Frederick City youth, Travis Birks, 7, was struck by a vehicle on Madison Street while crossing to South Frederick Elementary School and died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The driver, Betty Jane Dorney, 40, was not charged. Birks crossed 100 feet east of a school crossing guard. guards are stationed at Building A and Building B. This is Frederick City’s first fatality this year and the county’s fourth.
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Frederick City
Madison Street
South Frederick Elementary
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Travis Birks
Burck St
Frederick
Richard J. Ashton
Birks
Betty Jane Dorney
Pennsylvania Ave
FMH
United Ambulance
Ashton
South Frederick
Madison and
Center Streets
Frederick County
Canine rescue warms hearts after I-70 crash
Firefighters from Middletown and Myersville rescue a German shepherd trapped in wreckage after a single vehicle crash on eastbound I-70 near Myersville. The dog was freed with a wheel from the vehicle and handed to Frederick County Animal Control for examination. Daniel J. Frederick, 26, of Middleburg Indiana, faces pending charges.
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Middletown
Myersville
Tie
Bruce Whitaker
Maryland State Police
Daniel J. Frederick
Middleburg
Ind
Whitaker
Michael Woods
Cleveland
Maryland Motors
Nhickerenvilene
Saemiy County Hospital
Frederick
Sretey
Reecee Persensel
Frederick County Animal Control Vester
C. Kart Hotter
Housing scandal hits HUD money for poor
Investigative columnist Jack Annetace targets Housing and Urban Development for diverting funds to the rich instead of the poor. Julian Bond humorously lampoons a day care center turned academy producing "Reagan Negroes" in Other Views. David Lasher forecasts fair weather with possible rain by Thursday in Western Maryland.
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Washington
Jack Annetace
Cece Ceen
Julian Bond
Western
Maryland
News-Post
David Lasher
Space shuttle Columbia launches on long test flight
Cape Canaveral reports Columbia lifting off at 12 a.m. EST on its third and longest test mission. Commander Jack R. Lousma and pilot C. Gordon Fullerton carry out a week long flight to test the shuttle as an orbiting laboratory with the mechanical arm and payload operations.
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Columbia
Jack R. Lousma
C. Gordon Fullerton
Atlantic Ocean
Banana
Atlantic
Globe
Lousma
Fullerton
Space
Snips Dicot
Raicha
Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Eastman elected Maryland's next Episcopal bishop
The Rev. A Theodore Eastman of St. Alban's Washington was chosen on the third ballot to be Maryland's new bishop succeeding Rt. Rev. David E. Leighton. Eastman, 53, native of California, received 210 of 357 votes at Towson Trinity Church. Leighton plans retirement within a year. Eastman expects to accept soon amid diocesan unity.
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A. Theodore Eastman
St. Alban's Church
Washington
Engrater
Fr. Eastman
California
David E. Leighton
Leighton
Braddock Heights
Towson
Trinity Church
Sunday Sun
Baltimore
Eastman
Diocese of
A. Dickerson Salmon Jr
All Saints Church
Frederick
Mae RR Rawamamnott
Charles L. Longest
Cumberland
Hays H. Rockwell
St. James Church
New York City
New York
Fr. Rockwell
Home Show draws crowds despite rain at Frederick Fairgrounds
Crowds were described as exceptional at the sixth annual Home Show or82 despite cold damp weather. More than a hundred exhibitors including builders, realtors and garden centers showcased products while questions on financing, baths and carpeting filled the aisles. Congresswoman Beverly Byron joined officials to honor local high school teams in Builders Olympics with Gov Thomas Johnson High School winning masonry, Frederick County Vocational-Technical Center third, and Maryland School for the Deaf second. Jury details noted: carpentry teams built eight by eight foot barns sold for 350 dollars. Singapore teams placed in electrical awards.
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Vernon Yingling
Frederick County Home Builders Association
Galen Martin
The
Home Builders Association
Long
Foster Realtors
Smiths
Walkersville
Beverly Byron
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Maryland School For the Deaf
Frederick County Vocational-Technical Center
Mike O'Neil
Byron
Middletown
Singapore
Weather Outlook For Western Maryland And Maryland Mountains
A large high will spread into the region bringing fair weather through Tuesday. Western Maryland counties feature partly sunny breezy conditions with highs in the 50s to near 60 and mainly clear nights with lows around 40. Tuesday turns sunny and a bit cooler with highs near 54. Weekend rain raises the Potomac crest to about 14 feet around 7 p.m. at Point of Rocks, two feet below flood stage. Maryland Mountains: Partly sunny today and Tuesday with highs around 50 and nights near 30.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Potomac
Point of Rocks
Hagerstown
Westminster
Gaithersburg
Leesburg
Daria Lesher
Fourth day of West Bank riots blocks roads and paralyzes areas
Israeli forces report stone throwing by Palestinians as protests widen across the West Bank and Gaza. Rioters burn tires and block roads. Jenin demonstrators firebomb attempts injure none, while Nablus Ramallah and El Bireh are sealed. One Palestinian dead and about a dozen wounded. three Israeli soldiers injured as tourists are also hurt in stone throwing incidents.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Israel Military Command
Jenin
Walesa barred from his daughter's christening in Poland
Martial law authorities prevented Lech Walesa from attending the baptism of his daughter in Gdansk as government media branded him a scheming politician. The event drew thousands invited by Walesa's wife while state TV aired a sharply critical Solidarity profile. In Paris, Mitterrand allies face a rightward swing after provincial elections.
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Poland
Lech Walesa
Walesa
Danuta
Gdansk
Associated Press
Munist Authority
Solidarity Union
Solidarity
Independent Union
Gdanski Lenin Shipyards
Paris
Francois Mitterrand
Team to observe Salvadoran election in Washington
Senator Nancy Kassebaum heads the U S observer team for El Salvador's upcoming election. A Duarte victory could influence talks with leftist guerrillas but observers see no quick resolution to the civil war. Kassebaum says guerrillas likely have external support but are not controlled by Nicaragua or Cuba as claimed.
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Washington
Nancy Kassebaum
U.S
el Salvador
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Kassebaum
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicaragua
Cuba
Reagan
Inside The News A man's true wealth is in the good he does
A concise aphorism attributed to Mohammed urges that a person’s wealth lies in acts of charity and kindness performed during life, underscoring moral value over material riches.
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Mohammed
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