06 May 1999
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1999
Page
1
Frederick County Superintendent Jack Dale told a board meeting that no public school students were at risk and that schools will not operate unless deemed safe. The discussion followed a video address on the Littleton tragedy, with residents urging safety measures and dress-code concerns amid the Columbine shadow.
Frederick County hotline staff and volunteers operate around the clock as part of a six program Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline network. They handle information, support, and occasional crisis calls including threats of death by own action among teens 15 to 19.
State troopers and sheriffs deputies investigated two new bomb threats at Windsor Knolls Middle School and Catoctin High School in Thurmont. A boy was questioned and will be charged, becoming the third Windsor Knolls student linked to threats. four students at Catoctin have been suspended since April 9.
GS Communications Inc. says reports of a pending sale to a major West Virginia cable company are unfounded. President George B. Delaplaine Jr. states no sale is contemplated while the firm expands its systems, increases channel capacity, adds digital programming, and grows GS Networks and fiber to serve government, business, and educational users.
The Frederick News Post reports on daily sports highlights with scores from Baltimore Orioles and Frederick Keys games. Readers are urged to see full results and standings in the latest issue.
President Clinton comforted ethnic Albanian refugees in Ingolheim Germany promising they will go home again in safety and freedom as foreign ministers from industrial powers and Russia agreed on an international security force. Madeleine Albright called the move forward and Clinton and Schroeder promised computer terminals at refugee centers to help track lost relatives and provide news in their language.
Charlene Edmonds won an uncontested election as president of the Frederick County NAACP chapter after a prior disputed vote. Denise West was named vice president and Gwendolyn Smothers named secretary as about 35 members voted, with Willie Mahone absent and silent on the outcome.
A new engineering study unveils a $56 million plan to rehabilitate the 166 year old Monocacy Aqueduct in the C&O Canal National Historical Park. Internal braces would replace external steel supports to restore appearance while adding hidden reinforcement, avoiding rewatering the structure.
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