NCI Announces Closure of Cancer Therapy Center
Fliers in the center list congressional committee members who fund NIH. NCI officials in Frederick and Bethesda decline comment. Acting director Philip Pizzo says consolidation aims to reduce duplication and speed clinical trials. The move affects about 83 staff plus technicians, with some positions to be reassigned within SAIC or elsewhere. Radiation and IV therapy will continue. private oncology partners say the hospital’s cancer program can expand.
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National Institutes of Health
Frederick
Bethesda
Philip Pizzo
Clinical Sciences
Pizgo
Associated Press
SAIC
Kenneth Coffey
FMH
Coffey
P. Greery Rausch
Brian O’connor
Comprehensive Cancer Committee
Gangs and Dress Code Debates Roil Frederick
Community leaders warn gangs are present in pockets as police explore face covering bans and dress code changes. Officials discuss bandannas hoodies and jewelry while schools report graffiti tied to gang activity and seek swift responses. Up With People seeks Frederick host families for May events with international cast touring the area.
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Vance
Burdette
Frederick
Gov. Thomas Johnson
Singapore
Frederick City
Sgt
Up With People
Up With
Washington, D.C
Johnstown
Police July 33 contract study and final presentation
At July to accept a contract and by November to complete the study officials plan to present the final study in December. Thursday’s meeting included results of a Family Preservation and Support Services plan to strengthen provider resident relationships increase male participation foster community ownership and improve resource use.
Saving one of our own Emmitsburg rescue story unfolds
Rescuers said the driver, Mr. Davis, regained heartbeat after CPR by Deputy Thomas Henry and Fairfax County technician Mark Nash. He survived a fractured neck and crushed ankle after a Maryland State Police helicopter flew him to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. He spent weeks in recovery, to wear a halo for months, and expressed gratitude for the EMS team and Vigilant Hose Co. responders.
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Thomas Henry
Frederick County
Mr. Davis
Robin Glass
Davis
Maryland
R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Ken Bittner
Glass
Catocia High School
Rick Sharer
Vigilant Hose Co
Helicopter collision ends Sea Knight exercise flight
During Operation Purple Star off North Carolina, a Cobra and a Sea Knight collided while simulating a landing ahead of a troop carrier. No British troops were harmed, but the crash halted air operations as recovery teams battled thick pines and swamp to reach the site.
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Sea Knight
North Carolina
Maj. Little
Lejeune Forestry
Jacksonville
WINC
Korena
Kartuna
Persian Gulf
Michael Portillo
U.S
Marine Corps
Sikorsky Aircraft
Stratford
Conn
White House
Roadwork zone caution urged by State Highways Authority
SHA Administrator Hal Kassoff warned motorists to slow through work zones amid rising construction activity. Last year Maryland recorded 10 fatal accidents in construction zones, up from seven. The agency runs about 150 work zones statewide in peak season and lists numerous projects including Woodsboro Pass completion, new bridges over the Potomac and Monocacy rivers, and repaving and widening several routes.
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SHA
Hal Kassoff
Maryland
Woodsboro
U.S. 15
Potomac Rivers
Monocacy River
Norwegians Say Amundsen Beat Byrd To North Pole
Oslo based report notes Norwegian support for Roald Amundsen as the first to fly over the North Pole, countering American Richard Byrd based on diary exams and claimed admissions. The piece cites experts and officials in Oslo and mentions Byrd’s 1926 flight and Norge airship.
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Byrd
Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Richard Byrd
North Pole
Hans Christian Erlandsen
South Pole
North Poles
U.S
Lincoln Ellsworth
Umberto Nobile
Norge
Floyd Bennett
Pole
Bennett
Susan Barr
Norwegian Polar Institute
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