First blush of spring brings warm welcome in Frederick
Frederick County welcomed spring as temperatures rose to 84 degrees. Residents enjoyed sunlit porches and Baker Park, with people fishing, strolling, playing, and sunbathing. Betty Spangler praised the day as not too hot, not too cold, while Amy Miller compared it favorably to Pittsburgh.
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Rob Love
Dogs Enjoy Pleasant Baker Park Afternoon
A Baker Park scene features people and their dogs on a sunny Friday. Roe Gordon with Casey and Krista Manley with Nikki are seen, while Heather Creasy attempts to coax her dog Patches to share pizza, though Patches only sniffs the slice.
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Clinton honors South Africa's children in Soweto visit
President Clinton and Hillary Clinton met with about three dozen schoolchildren at R P Mathanzela Primary School near Johannesburg to hear ideas for aiding South African youth and to honor victims of apartheid. They later visited Soweto and laid a wreath at Hector Peterson Memorial, recalling the 1976 student uprising that sparked wider anti apartheid movement.
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Student at Jefferson School arrested for sex assaults
A 16 year old resident at Jefferson School a facility for emotionally disturbed children was arrested Friday afternoon after staff learned he had sexually assaulted two other male residents since August 1997. The three boys lived in the same unit and no injuries were reported.
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TJ students advance to national forensics tournament in Detroit
Nine Gov. Thomas Johnson High School students qualified for the 1998 National Catholic Forensics League Grand National Tournament in Detroit over Memorial Day weekend after placing third at the Baltimore Catholic Forensics League event at Loyola Blakefield. The team, coached by Bob Dacey, includes competitors in congress, policy debate, oral interpretation of literature, and dramatic performance among others.
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Senate Grants Frederick County About Half of Funding Requests
The Maryland Senate tentatively approved 550000 in grants for three Frederick County projects, about half of requested: 250000 for Middletown town hall, 225000 for Federated Charities renovations, and 75000 to buy the old McCrory’s for a community theater. House action pending compromise before April 13, with a note that town halls and police stations are limited by policy.
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Stocks end week lower as Dow falls third straight
New York AP reports stocks erased early gains and closed lower on Friday as the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 50.41 points to 8,796.08. The decline capped a losing week and marked the first three straight losses since late January, amid investor worry over complacency about corporate profits.
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