Thurmont woman critically injured in Md. 26 Md. 355 crash
Wynelle Fay Gibson 61 was listed in critical but stable condition after her 1976 Ford Pinto failed to stop at the Md. 355 Md. 26 intersection and collided with a lumber truck driven by Charles Edwin Smith 51 of Marlington W V A. Smith was uninjured. Traffic was rerouted as the trailer separated and lumber spilled. Charges pending against Gibson.
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Thurmont
MD. 355
Wynelle Fay Gibson
Tpr
L.D. Martin
Gibson
Walkeraville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Martin
Maryland
B.” Frederick
MD. 26
Charles Edwin Smith
Marlington
W.va
Smith
Burns Motor Freight Inc
Ms. Gibson
Jeff Taylor
County may cut property tax rate in Frederick County
Frederick County commissioners prepared to set the 1966 real estate tax rate, with hopes of at least a three cent cut from 2.25 per 100. Predictions cited a $400000 rise in federal revenue sharing, while a commissioner warned against lowering it and risking an upward adjustment next year.
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Frederick County
Richard L. Grossnickle
Galen R. Clagett
J. Anita Stup
Stup
Montevue
Sterling E. Bollinger
Hospital manager kidnapped in Beirut
American University Hospital manager David Jacobsen, 34, of Huntington Beach California, was abducted at gunpoint while walking to work in west Beirut. He is the sixth American kidnapped in Beirut since March 1984, with no claim of responsibility yet. Islamic Jihad has claimed others.
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Beirut
Lebanon
American University Hospital
David Jacobsen
Huntington Beach
Calif
Islamic Jihad
Iran
Jacobsen
American University of Beirut
Inside The News Quote on Freedom and Imitation
A compact note quotes Erick Hoffer, noting that when people are free to act, they often imitate others. The remark, attributed to the American social philosopher (1902 1983), reflects on behavior under liberty.
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Erick Hoffer
Memorial Day Observances Across County Honor Fallen
Memorial Day events across the county included Francis Scott Key Post 11 of the American Legion in Mount Olivet Cemetery where Betty Carroll led the National Anthem. Speakers recalled MIAs from Vietnam and Cap Gerald Coffey’s seven year captivity, urging memory of the dead and missing while local officials, including Rep Beverly Byron and Lt Col Marsh, stressed duty and remembrance.
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Francis Scott Key
Mount Olivet
Post 11
American Legion
Frederick
Woodsboro
Mount Hope Cemetery
Beverly Byron
Walkersville
Fort Detrick
Col
Mark Hoke
Betty Carroll
Vietnam
Robert W. Marsh
58Th Brigade
Maryland
Marsh
London
Michael Crutchley
Gerald Coffey
U.S. Navy
Coffey
America
Convicted killer Bell's bid for early release denied
Timothy Gene Bell, 36, of Union Bridge, faced a swift rejection from Judge William W. Wenner as he sought an early release. Wenner called Bell unrepentant, declining to modify sentences for concurrent terms or hospitalization at Patuxent Institute, and kept the life plus 30 year structure for two murders committed in January 1984.
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Timothy Gene Bell
William W. Wenner
Bell
State Penitentiary
Union Bridge
Wenner
Patuxent
Ronald Earl Dick Sr
Gordon Chester Stottiemyer
Stottlemyer
Reagan to seek overhaul of federal tax code rewrite
President Reagan will urge a new American revolution to reform the tax system lowering rates and expanding business incentives. He will outline a plan aimed at revenue neutrality while maintaining individual tax relief and business tax adjustments amid political risk and partial detail release.
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Reagan
Washington
Oval Office
Florida
Disney World
Epcot Center
Agers
White House
Larry Speakes
Capitol Hill
Treasury Department
Treasury
Washington Post
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
Senate Finance Committee
Packwood
Tens of thousands feared dead in Bangladesh hurricane
Rescue workers buried thousands of bodies in mass graves and sought clean water medicine and food to prevent epidemics among survivors. Official tolls range from 1 569 to 3 000 with estimates up to 25 000 dead on offshore islands and coastal areas.
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Urirchar
Bangladesh
Bay of Bengal
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Pirbaksh
Noakhali
Sandwip
Dainik Bangla
Sudhram
Companyganj
Charlaxmi
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Jack Andersom
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Orvee
Bryan Denson
Susan C. Nicol
News-Post
Key
Libertytown
Mount Airy
Baltimore
Garle Tressler
Anderson
Charles Weakley
Tressler
Del
George H. Littrell
Frederick City
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U.S
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