Shotgun Welcome for Bank Robbery Suspects at Maryland Line
Drivers encountered a makeshift roadblock on U.S. 340 as Troopers Lonnie Barnhart and Norman Potter halted motorists while pursuing two bank robbery suspects from Lovettsville Virginia. The chase ended with the suspects still at large after a dramatic scene near Martinsburg West Virginia, with shots fired and the pair fleeing onto the Appalachian Trail. West Virginia State Police continued the hunt Tuesday.
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Maryland
U.S. 340
Tc. Lonnie Barnhart
Norman Potter
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Lovettsville
West Virginia
Martinsburg
W.va
Montgomery County approves school budget near $281.2 million
The Montgomery County Council restored 181000 of earlier cuts to the school board budget but trimmed 100000 for Senior High Study recommendations. The final county budget totals 281.2 million, about 3 million below the board request and 6.3 million under the original proposal. The panel also restored most non instructional items, six of seven and a half library aide posts, a librarian, social workers, and a human relations position, while keeping major cuts to new hire rates and positions tied to student population estimates.
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Rockville
Montgomery County Council
Millon
Charles M. Bernardo
Charles W. Gilchrist
Frederick fishing contest at Culler Lake May 19
The 1979 Frederick association of Life Underwriters Family Festival features the Mack Finn Becky Thatcher Fishing contest for children. Over 100 children participated last year. Categories include longest and heaviest fish and meat fish with prizes for Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher look closeness. The event runs 7:34 to 1:30 a.m. at Culler Lake in Frederick.
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Frederick
Carroll bus drivers threaten strike over funding
Carroll County bus contractors demand 69,000 by tomorrow to cover a five-cent per mile raise, or 19,000 students miss buses Wednesday morning. Irene Johnson, president, warns sit‑down unless funding is definite. officials discuss state loan to fund the increase. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock celebrated Thanksgiving earlier, in September or October.
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Westminster
Carroll County
County Contractors Association
Irene B. Johnson
Association
J. Norman Graham
Plymouth Rock
Delaware Man Detained After Ice Pick Stabbing on U S 340
Edwin Porter a 26 year old from Magnolia Delaware is held at Washington County Detention Center after a 1 p.m incident near Sandy Hook in which multiple vehicles were damaged by an ice pick. Porter reportedly swam in the Potomac river before approaching motorists on the highway wearing only wet briefs and then locked himself in his car before police captured him with assistance from K9 units.
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Sandy Hook
Delaware
Washington County
Here
Hagerstown
Edwin Porter
Magnolia
Del
Porter
Potomac River Bridge
Tfe
Dong Cronise
Robert C. Stotlemyer
Tfc
Lonnie Barnhart
Susan C. Nicol
Kennedy health plan faces warning from administration
The Kennedy national health insurance proposal draws fire from HEW Secretary Califano who cites differences in approach but notes shared goals. AMA warns of rationing costs and new regulations while backers include labor, retiree, and minority groups. Public plans differ in coverage scope and funding methods with both sides leaning on private insurance foundations and Medicare expansions.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Joseph A. Califano Jr
American Medical Association
Massachusett Democrat
Kennedy
Carter
Congress
Kenney
HEW
Califano
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Jefferson County
Loudon County
Gee
Charles Town
FBI
State Farm
Dale Ganley Clakaugh
Frederick Ave
Walkersville
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Illinois
Carroll Bus
Ellyn Hess
U.S
Kennedy Health Plan
Cruise
Baltimore
Bermuda
Boyer Travel Agency, Inc
Church
Electrolux
Sterling Optical
Sterling
Bausch & Lamb
Walance
Esaster Rge
Viea Credit Carde
IPCO
Frederick Towne Mall
John Coker
Atoz Rental Center
Route 8
Highway 40
Haspel
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