Frederick News Briefs March 25 1991
Local brief from Frederick Maryland recaps notable city happenings including civic updates, community events, and brief notices from March 25 1991. Compact items emphasize neighborhood concerns and public affairs in the Frederick area.
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AT the News
Frederick, MD
Iraq unrest grows as factions clash across cities
Reports from Baghdad describe large weekend demonstrations ringed by loyalist troops with claims of killings, napalm, phosphorus and poison gas. Rebels push in the north while Shiite areas including Karbala show unrest. Saddam reshuffles cabinet naming Saadoun Hammadi prime minister amid Shiite tensions. Iran protests U S operations against Iranian recon planes in the Persian Gulf.
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Tammeh
Saddam
Saadoun Hammadi
Iraq
Iran
United States
Persian Gulf
Islamic Republic
Nicosia
Plane crashes near Bangalore killing 28 on board
An air force Avro transport plane with a three man crew and 25 airmen on a training flight crashed shortly after takeoff at Yeshanka base, 12 miles north of Bangalore. The craft hit a wall and burned, 28 deaths reported with cause undetermined. Bangalore is 900 miles south of New Delhi.
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New Delhi
India
Bangalore
Defense Ministry
Yeshanka Air Force Base
Karnataka State
PTA Leader Highlights Five Year Fundraising Impact
Jean Smith, president of the county PTA, notes more than 500000 dollars raised in five years. She promotes student oriented purchases like playground equipment and library books funding by PTAs. She cites 5013 volunteers contributing 169949 hours and emphasizes parent school communication and superintendent roundtables.
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Ptas
PTA
Bests' Carolina Welcomes Pvt Best Back Home
CW 2 Best, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Best of Ijamsville, returns to the United States after months away. The experience was an eye opener she says showing her strength and resilience in facing challenges.
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Dr. Farmer
Jeff
Singanore High School
Carolina
Pvt. Best
States
CW 2
Best
Louis Best
Ijamsville
Saddam linked to billions skimmed from Iraq to fund Kuwait crisis
CBS cites Kroll findings that Iraq moved funds to evade overseas freezes and diverted money via Jordanian banks in early August. He notes Iraqi assets include an 84 percent stake in Paris publisher Hachette SA and that Iraqi directors control Montana Corp. Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother, is cited as setting up holdings and overseeing the international financial network.
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Iraq
Kuwait
CBS
Kroll
Europe
Royal Jordanian Airlines
Geneva
U.S. Treasury
Traq
Kroll Associates
Paris
Hachette SA
Elle
Car and Driver
Road & Track
Financial Times
Hachette
Montana Corp
Montana
Barzan Ibrahim
Saddam
Ibrahim
U.N. Conference On Human Rights
Old schoolhouse to be rebuilt as local museum
Mr McCormack recalls the 1911 one room school on Sugarloaf Mountain built by Albert M Thomas and Gordon Strong with eight or nine Chicago trainees. The school later joined Frederick County system. restoration funded by Strong trust. Access for handicapped and potential admission are undecided by the trustees.
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McCormack
Donald
Gordon Strong
Albert M. Thomas
Chicago
Frederick County
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