Gas worries don't deter Ocean City visitors
Gas worries linger as Eastern Shore travelers head to beaches with Big Daddy and other stations open overnight. Maryland police report a fatal highway crash as summer crowds gather. Ocean City authorities promise fuel for trips home with buses reinforced and gas signs urging riders to use public transport. Station owners in Stevensville and Rehoboth Beach stress ample gas but warn Sunday demand remains high while Atlantic City notes seasonal gas allotments rising.
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Big Daddy
Texaco
Stevensville
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Delaware
Maryland
Connie Sue Cottongin
Millersville
Severn Chapel Road
Anne Arundel County Bay Bridge
Phyllis Jones
Big Daddy's
Ms. Jones
Ocean City
Doris Makowski
Jon Warstinnars
Harry Kelley
Kelley
Ed Ellis
Exxon
Carlos Sardello
Atlantic City
Memorial Day observances and weather outlook local to Frederick
Memorial Day activities planned across Frederick area include fishing contests at Culler Lake, a Great Bathtub Race, a charity dance by the Frederick Civitan Club, and public services at Resthaven Memorial Gardens and Thurmont Memorial Park. A parade in Woodsboro features Del Charles E. Smith as guest speaker, with other ceremonies at Hessian Barracks and Mount Olivet Cemetery. Banks and government offices observe the holiday Monday with partial closures. rain chances peak at 60 percent today, then 10 percent tonight, and temperatures in the 60s to 70s.
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Frederick
Howard Johnson
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Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Thurmont Memorial Park
Woodsboro
Del
Charles E. Smith
Frederick County Joint Veterans Council
Hessian Barracks
Maryland School
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Francis Scott Key American Legion Post
New York Stock Exchange
Frederick News to not publish on Memorial Day
No paper Monday May 28 to allow staff to celebrate Memorial Day. Editorial offices reopen 4 p.m. Monday for Tuesday edition. Business offices reopen 8 a.m. Tuesday May 29. Have a safe holiday.
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Frederick News
Gas shortage prompts early station hours Memorial weekend
With allocations and panic buying, Frederick County faces a gas shortage over the Memorial Day weekend. Many stations abrir only in the morning or not at all, urging early searches for fuel. A “tankful” plan could ease travel to Philadelphia Richmond Dover Ocean City Pittsburgh and back. Stations listing hours include Catoctin Union Thurmont Cornell's Exxon Woodsboro Fairlane Exxon Middletown Cityo Frederick Interstate Exxon Jangle Shell Crain's Mahila etc with variable Saturday Sunday Monday schedules and limits.
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Philadelphia
Richmond
Dover
Ocean City
Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
Catoctin Union
Church St
Thurmont
Cornell
Exxon
Woodsboro Pike
Woodsboro
Fairlane
Middletown Cityo
E. Main St
Middletown
Frederick
Weather sketch and old quote from Disraeli
A short forecast notes tonight lows in the mid 40s to around 50 with a 10 percent precipitation chance and westerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Sunday will be sunny and pleasant with highs in the 70s and near zero precipitation. The piece ends with a quote from Benjamin Disraeli on constancy of purpose.
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Nation's worst air disaster takes 271 lives
CHICAGO AP An engine fell off then the DC 10 crashed and exploded killing 271 aboard Flight 191 from Chicago to Los Angeles. Witnesses described a ball of flame and many bodies removed by nightfall. Investigators will focus on the dropped engine as crews recover cockpit recorders and assess how the jet behaved after takeoff from O’Hare.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Los Angeles
O’hare International
Ptt Amd
Rich Dusek
Richard Albrecht
Douglas Dreifus
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
FBI
Elwood T. Driver
Federal Aviation Administration
Neal Callahan
Callahan
Flight 191
Wewland Inn Barthan
Michael Laughlin
Toronto
O'Hare
Oasis
Charles Pepp
Pepp
U.S
Pacific Southwest Airlines
San Diego
Witness account of Spenkelink execution in Florida death chamber
Stark Florida AP witness describes the 10 a.m. execution of John Arthur Spenkelink at Florida State Prison. He details the high voltage, the leather restraints, the raised blinds, smoke from the calf, and the tense, silent witness room as the procedure unfolds and a doctor confirms death.
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John Arthur Spenkelink
Florida State Prison
de Zved
Juha Spenkeluk
Ped
John Spenkelink
Spenkelink
Atle
Speakelick
Urbon
David Brierton
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Frederick Association of Life Underwriters
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Never More
Glen Burnie
Frederick Civitan Club
Stedman- Keenan American Legion
Bunswick
Routzehn
Emmitsburg
Unionville
Westminster
Braddock Heights
Damascus
Crain
Four County
Mount Airy
Marvin's Sunoco
Myersville Road
Myersville
Green
New Market
Antietam Exxon
Opposumtown Pike
Brunswick Area
Petersville Road
Dave's
Walkersville
Miller’s
Inside the News
Benjamin Disraeli
Sadat
Israel
Ad Hughes
Abby
Bi4
Sean Ebetis
Thomas E. Slaughter
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