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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1983
Page
1
Frederick County hosts Family Festival in Baker Park with Huck Finn contest and Great Tug O War. Police plan extensive patrols for safety as forecasts call for a cool weekend with rain later today and clear but cool Monday.
Reports say Israeli and Syrian armies are at maximum alert in east Lebanon while Christian and Druse militias exchange long range fire near Beirut. PLO forces in Lebanon also placed on alert with reinforcements from Syria as a Syrian tank battalion positions near Baalbek. No official confirmation.
Moscow warns NATO of deploying Pershing 2 and Tomahawk missiles in Western Europe and expands SS-20 deployments in the European Soviet Union. It vows to reassess the arms moratorium if NATO proceeds with 572 new missiles by December, while signaling openness to Geneva talks. The Warsaw Pact views NATO moves as destabilizing and seeks countermeasures to maintain parity.
Government scientist Dr. H Clifford Lane of NIAID told Frederick doctors that finding the roots of AIDS will not happen soon. He discussed HTLV as an attractive but unproven lead, noting the disease’s impact on helper T-cells and the absence of a clear, single cause. The talk honored Walter Prior, benefactor to Frederick Memorial Hospital.
A compact item notes a quotation attributed to Alfred Lord Tennyson, the English poet of the 19th century, highlighting a reflection on knowledge and wisdom. No additional context or date is provided.
No paper Monday The News will not publish Memorial Day. Editorial offices reopen 4 p.m. Monday May 30 to prepare for Tuesday issues of The Post and The News. Classified and display advertising offices open 8 a.m. Tuesday May 31. Management and staff wish everyone a safe holiday weekend.
Argon gas seeped into Noble Army Hospital as a replacement for oxygen, causing two deaths and a coma. Col Edward M. Johnson said tests found an argon tank in the oxygen system. Dixie Welding of Attalla supplied the oxygen and has been dropped from future orders.
Preservation groups won a battle to keep the Apollo program gantry at Cape Canaveral as a display piece. NASA will disassemble it into 20 foot sections and store the tower while seeking funds to reassemble it later. The gantry supported Apollo 11 in 1969 and is the last survivor of the pre shuttle era.
Joy Pittman surveys the rise in children who must fend for themselves as families split or face other pressures, highlighting social strain and potential long-term effects. Col. David L. Huxsell assumes command of the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick.
A low pressure system from the Ohio Valley raises a chance of showers tonight through Sunday across Western Maryland counties Carroll Frederick Howard Montgomery and Washington with partly sunny milder today highs around 70s scattered showers tonight and Sunday showers ending early Monday then cooler conditions. Maryland mountains see showers today through Sunday near 70, Ocean City coastal areas partly sunny today then showers Sunday clearing Monday with highs 70s and ocean water 58. Farm forecast winds SW around 10 mph today and Sunday shifting to W Monday with drying conditions improving. Daily temps shown for several cities.
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