T-shirts clash with campus over sexual content ruling
Morris, a blind business owner, seeks a federal temporary restraining order to define what counts as sexually offensive in T-shirt sales at a federally funded academy. FEMA concerns persist, while campus opinions vary and Morris cites limited finances for his possible appeal.
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Morris
FEMA
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Re Academy
Steve Barnette
Mike Mansfield
Fire forces road closure as hydrants supply engine
Fire hoses from hydrants on Highland Street fed the engine as traffic halted for over an hour. About three dozen spectators watched from flood control gravel piles while Deputy Fire Marshal Tim Warner investigates and requests information to contact the fire marshal's office.
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Highland Street
Tim Warner
Frederick City police investigate multiple burglaries
Frederick City Police are investigating several recent burglaries with entries through unlocked doors and broken windows. A purse was stolen on Mobley Court May 6, jewelry on S Jefferson Street May 10, money and jewelry from John Hanson Apartments May 10, a VCR and remote from 1 South Bentz Street. Contact 694 2100 with tips.
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Frederick City
Mobley Court
S. Jefferson St
John Hanson
South Bentz Street
Frederick
Candidate Koontz Plans 'Holy Union' With Partner in Frederick Home
David P. Koontz, 31, a congressional candidate and gay rights activist, will marry his lifetime partner J D Hulse, 28, in a home ceremony in Frederick on June 3. Their pastor Rev Patrick D Cronk will officiate, with the couple registering a domestic partnership. They say area churches would not host the ceremony and note ongoing opposition to same sex marriage.
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David P. Koontz
Frederick
Koontz
J.D. Hulse
Patrick D. Cronk
Boyds
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Unitarian
Motter Avenue
Mr. Koontz
Congress
Mr. Hulse
Maryland
Apostolic Catholic Church
National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Hawaii
Roscoe Bartlett
Tax cuts split GOP as Senate weighs budget balance by 2002
Republicans rally behind the Contract With America while Democrats push amendments to curb tax cuts and Medicare spending. The Senate budget would permit a tax cut only after a balance by 2002, estimated at 170 billion dollars in savings from lower rates and growth. Domenici defends party on behalf of Americans as Lautenberg and Rockefeller seek reallocations to ease Medicare savings.
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GOP
America
Senate
Congress
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Frank Lautenberg
D-N.j
Jay Rockefeller
D-W.va
County shifts vehicle inspection duties to Fire and Rescue Association
Commissioners revise vehicle sales process placing inspection and repair duties with the Fire and Rescue Association. Previously the county performed inspections and repairs and billed the association for the work. Association members argued they could inspect and fix the vehicles at lower cost.
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Fire and Rescue Association
Bombing toll climbs as search resumes for victims
Authorities say two credit union workers 22 year old Christy Rosas and 56 year old Virginia Thompson are buried in rubble and a third person Alvin Justes 54 may be missing. If confirmed the death toll would reach 168 and rubble clearing will continue over the coming days. The site may become a memorial park. Governor Keating described firefighters' tears and shifting mood as demolition proceeded. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols face death if convicted. Nichols' brother James Nichols was released on bail.
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Christy Rosas
Virginia Thompson
Alvin Justes
Frank Keating
Mr. Keating
Timothy McVeigh
Terry Nichols
Nichols
James Nichols
Michigan
U.S
Paul Borman
Detroit
Borman
Decker
Robert Cates
Mr. McVeigh
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oleta Biddy
Gay activist plans fund raiser with Gingrich in Hagerstown
Gay activist and Frederick Cablevision advertiser Koontz chairs the Western Maryland Gay and Lesbian Justice Campaign and promotes a gay rights bill in Maryland. He sits on the Frederick County Human Relations Commission and ran sixth in a 1990 Washington County Commission primary. He moved to Frederick in 1993 and aims to raise $300,000 before the March Democratic primary.
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Hagerstown
Newt Gingrich
R-Ga
Koontz
Frederick Cablevision
Maryland
Gay and Lesbian Justice Campaign
Maryland General Assembly
Frederick County
Frederick
NASA launches hurricane tornado tracking satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP NASA today launched the second in a series of advanced weather satellites to improve forecasting of hurricanes tornadoes and flash events An Atlas rocket lifted off at 1 52 a m placing the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite into orbit After failed attempts last week due to a bad rocket battery and high winds forecasters expect to receive storm images from the GOES satellite this year and NASA will spend four to five months testing before handing control to NOAA
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
NASA
Atlas
GOES
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
McBride Pursues Mantack Then Surrenders at South Street Home
McBride chased Mantack for over 400 feet before cornering him at 136 West South Street. He slashed Mantack's throat twice as residents watched in fear. Police Officer Donald Putman entered the residence with a drawn pistol and McBride surrendered, tossing the knife away.
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McBride
Mr. Mantack
W. South St
Donald Putman
Putman
Two Injured In Early Morning U S 40 Crash
Frederick police report two people injured in a crash on U S 40 Tuesday morning. Valerie Perrin 27 of Frederick drove west and struck a BFI Waste Systems refuse truck, flipping her car onto its roof. Perrin and truck driver Franklin Abrecht 60 were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with treatment ongoing.
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Frederick
Valerie Perrin
U.S. 40
BFI Waste Systems
Ms. Perrin
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Franklin Abrecht
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