Fire log and museum note from Los Angeles area
Fire log covers two days with calls for gas leaks house fires and vehicle blaze across multiple towns with responders named Urbans Walkersville New Market Carroll Manor Jefferson and Urbana Also LA County Museum of Art published Art of Nepal second volume detailing 71 sculptures 39 paintings and 31 books in the eearts of India Nepal and Southeast departments
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New Market
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Jefferson
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Eearts
India
Cold front lingers into Southern Virginia by Wednesday
A cold front drifts across the area as a Great Lakes high shifts toward New England. Western Maryland sees continued showers and cooler nights with lows 54 to 58, then partial clearing and highs around 70 Wednesday, with a chance of more showers Thursday. Maryland mountains expect cooler today and partly cloudy conditions midweek. Winds become northeast 10 to 15 mph Wednesday and southeast Thursday, sunshine around 20 percent. Yesterday’s temps ranged Frederick 87 to 61, Cumberland 86 to 52, Hagerstown 86 to 57.
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Weather forecast shows showers across Northwest to Montana
The National Weather Service forecasts a broad band of showers and rain sweeping the Northwest from Montana westward and extending northward from Nevada. Additional showers are expected across much of the Atlantic coast and into the Midwest region.
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Hawkins praises support after Herald reports on brother’s case
Sen Paula Hawkins thanks supporters at a Miami fundraiser as her husband condemns the newspaper for printing a story about her brother Llewellen G. Fickes facing trial in Louisiana for alleged sexual abuse of three young girls. The Miami Herald ran both the interview with Fickes and a front page on Hawkins’s career.
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Towson lawyer charged with 17 counts of sex offenses
A Towson lawyer, William R. Mitchell, 43, faces 17 counts of perverted sexual practices involving boys aged 11 to 13. He was released on $10,000 bail. The case began March 3 in Frederick after a youth hiding between two houses in Middletown led police to the investigation.
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Teenager Drowned After Slip From Potomac River Rocks
A 16 year old girl, Kelly A. King, drowned in the Potomac River near Rocky Island just south of Great Falls Park. The accident occurred at about 5 p.m. as she sat on the water edge with friends. Friends and rescue units could not pull her from the water and could not determine her address.
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Great Falls Park
Montgomery County
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Memorial Day Observance at Walkersville Park Honors Fallen
Fort Detrick Commander Col. Mark Hoke led Memorial Day remarks at Walkersville Memorial Park with a Boy Scout color guard. He urged remembrance of those who died serving the country, noting the day’s significance beyond picnics and parades and calling for a moment of reflection on May 27.
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Relief efforts intensify as cholera crisis spreads
A Red Cross officer urged more medicine and emergency wells while two medical teams distributed water purification tablets in relief camps. Local officials said the government increased relief shipments as helicopters over the stricken Noakhali area showed decaying bodies on islands and in Bay of Bengal channels.
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Frederick group protests near South African Embassy
A 14 person Frederick County group marched near the South African Embassy in Washington on Monday to protest apartheid. Yvonne Small and Lord Nickens were arrested and later released after being taken to police headquarters. The demo was co sponsored by Western Maryland Clergy and Laity Concerned and the Frederick NAACP with talks on racism and peace and justice.
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Yvonne Small
Maryland
Peace and Justice
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South Africa
Dawlish musician claims world record with 314 instruments
Rory Blackwell a 51 year old entertainer and former Beach Boys drummer played When the Saints Go Marching In on 314 different instruments in three minutes at a Dawlish holiday camp. He surpassed a Canadian record holder and used a 500 foot speed table with alpine horn trumpets penny whistles and bells. He said he needed more instruments and was briefly out of breath but kept moving to finish ahead of the old mark.
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England
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Blackwell
Devon
Amal to fight until Palestinians disarmed in Beirut
In Beirut a PLO counterattack with rocket fire hit Shiite militia positions around Sabra and encircled camps. At least 389 people have died and 1,755 wounded across nine days. Amal says the offensive will press on until Palestinians in the camps are disarmed.
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