Baker asks Soviets to back U.N. force in Iraq
Secretary of State James A. Baker III urged the Soviet Union to support authorizing a U.N. police force to replace American and allied troops in northern Iraq to protect Kurdish refugees. Soviet Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh offered no public commitment, while Baker pressed for a Middle East peace conference and addressed Syria Israel Palestinian delegation issues amid looming veto risks in the Security Council.
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Baker
U.N
Iraq
Cairo
James A. Baker III
Soviet Union
Alexander A. Bessmertnykh
Security Council
Mr. Bessmertnykh
Bessmertnykh
Middle East
Hosni Mubarak
Syria
Israel
Jordan
Edmat Abdel-Meguid
PLO
United States
China
Saddam Hussein
Bush
Perez de Cuellar
Britain
France
Saddam
Mr. Baker
First wave of U S troops join rescue effort in Bangladesh
U S forces began aid operations after the April cyclone devastated Bangladesh. About 170 troops arrived in Dhaka from Army Navy Air Force and Marines to scout water purification sites. A C-5 Galaxy with five helicopters landed, with hovercraft to assist shoreline relief. The mission, involving more than 12 000 troops including Gulf War veterans, aims to deliver supplies and shelter as sickness hunger and exposure threaten millions.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Bay of Bengal
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
U.S
Camp Pendleton
California
Cmdr
Pete Godbey
Cmdr. Godbey
Cincinnati
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Godbey
Soviets Seek Summit in Moscow This Summer
Moscow suggests a late June or early July superpower summit despite arms disputes and the U S Embassy fire. Kremlin deputy spokesman Sergei Grigoriev says Gorbachev wants the meeting to bolster images for both leaders after Bush’s Gulf War victory and Iraqi Kurd attacks. aides are urged to resolve treaty questions while ongoing friction remains.
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Moscow
U.S
Kremlin
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Sergei Grigoriev
Grigoriev
Bush
Flower Power Floral Fashions Bloom This Spring
Floral fashions are the in thing this spring as pages advertise fashion features. See Family on another page while weather notes mention a chance of afternoon storms and warm temperatures.
Sidewalk Repairs Prompted by Sinking Cement Front Church
In Frederick, Donald Harrison Jeff and Gregory Morris remove an old cement slab in front of the Evangelical Reformed Church on West Church Street as crews prepare to pour new cement on Tuesday to restore a level sidewalk.
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Evangelical Reformed Church
Frederick
Donald Harrison
Jeff
Gregory Morris
West Church Street
Kurds reject return to Dohuk amid autonomy hopes
United Nations cargoed nearly 130 tons of wheat and relief to a pro provincial capital under Iraqi control as Kurdish leaders resist repatriation. Refugees fear loss of protection once allies depart while talks on Kurdish autonomy with Baghdad progress slowly.
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Zakho
Iraq
United Nations
U.S
Dohuk
Saddam Hussein Dohuk
Guerrilas
Baghdad
Maryland EMS Week Spotlight The Team That Cares
Maryland promotes National Emergency Medical Services Week with the theme The Team that Cares. Dr. Ameen I. Ramzy calls Maryland's EMS system the most advanced in the United States and emphasizes teamwork across dispatch pre hospital care hospital staff and administration. Frederick volunteers eye incentives cadet program and a May 17 50s and 10s dance at Walkersville Fire Hall. An open house May 18 at Emmitsburg Ambulance Co features an auto extrication demonstration.
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Maryland
Ameen I. Ramzy
United States
EMS
Ramzy
White
Frederick County
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Walkersville Fire Hall
Emmitsburg
Fledgling fire rescue unit trains for rope emergency work
A new Frederick County rescue group of fewer than 20 volunteers trains to use rope equipment for high risk calls. They aim to become a regional resource akin to hazardous materials and ALS teams, with support from Independent Hose Co. and potential county funding in 1993.
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Rodney Masser
Frederick County Firemen’s Association
Henke
Frederick County Commissioners
Independent Hose Co
Frederick
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Kelly Hahn
Mary Beth Sheridan
Associated Press
Clarence “Smiley” White
Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association
Timothy Jacobsen
Fred Maxey
Dewey Foreman
Monocacy River Bridge
Monocacy River
Keith Henke
MD. 144
Chris Kunkle
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