Family Fan Festival draws children to fishing contest
Busy weekend in Frederick as Baker Park hosted the seventh annual Family Fan Festival by the Frederick County Association of Life Underwriters. Nearly 100 children joined the Huck Finn Becky Thatcher Fishing Contest that began at 7 AM Saturday, with participants including Christopher Main, 2, shown in the top photo.
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British seize Darwin settlement and Goose Green airstrip
British troops captured the Darwin settlement and Goose Green airstrip in the Falklands, paving a pincer toward Stanley. Defence Ministry reported light British casualties, with Argentine losses and prisoners unclear. marines led the northern assault while paratroopers struck Darwin and Goose Green, using helicopter support across challenging terrain.
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Man charged with first degree murder after IBM Bethesda shooting
A Mitchellville man, Edward Thomas Mann, 28, is charged with first degree murder after a gunman injured nine and killed two at the IBM building in Bethesda. Mann, wearing Army fatigues and a ski mask, drove a bronze Lincoln Continental through glass doors, held hostages for hours, and surrendered after a phone negotiation with his wife and a police negotiator. The victims were Hung Phi Nguyen, 40, of Rockville, and Larry L. Thompson, of Vienna. Jessie Robert Lewis was critically injured. Police say Mann left IBM two years ago amid a workmen compensation dispute and used four weapons including an automatic rifle. The story notes the gunman was held without bond.
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News highlights and staff interviews prompt varied views
Joy Pittman interviews T Meade Petton an assistant to planting and communications for the Board of Education. Dottie Lambdin visits a Taneytown firm making unusual stairways. Donald Lambro weighs why Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan may resign. Marely Olderman answers readers sports questions.
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Weekend rain dampens festival plans in Frederick County
Memorial Day weekend opens with the Family Festival Day delayed by wet grounds. The Huck Fin Becky Thatcher look alike contest and fishing contest proceed as crowds pack the Huck Fin park and Culler Lake prepares for The Great Bath Tub Race. The Samboree at Feaderhobk Fairground runs through Monday as weather calls for scattered afternoon thundershowers through Monday. Police report localized street flooding, with highs in the 70s and overnight in the 60s. forecasts favor hazy sun and warm humid conditions ahead.
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Memorial Day Veterans Services Across Frederick County
Observances are planned Saturday and Sunday May 230 across Frederick County to honor Memorial Day. In Thurmont at 1 p.m. Edwin C. Creeger Post 168 leads Memorial Park service with Maj. Joseph Lizer as guest speaker and Catoctin High School Band music. Sunday services in Frederick mark Hessian Barracks and Mount Olivet Cemetery with the Frederick County Joint Veterans Council coordinating.
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Warsaw crowd defies martial law at Wyszynski memorial
Thousands gathered in Victory Square Warsaw to pray and sing the hymn God Who Watches Over Poland on Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski’s anniversary. Police deployed riot units but mostly ferried in with checks. nuns and priests fled as rain fell, leaving a few hundred protesters by night.
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Storms and floods sweep Midwest and East in Memorial Day weather
Storms and tornadoes battered the Midwest with casualties including an elderly woman killed and another person injured. Heavy rain and flooding pushed into the East and Rockies, with 4 plus inches of rain, hail, and high winds pounding Kansas and western Missouri. Floodwaters in Charlottesville and surrounding areas forced families to evacuate as rain moved east across North Carolina and Virginia.
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Pope visits Canterbury in landmark Anglican dialogue
Pope John Paul II entered Canterbury Cathedral to meet Archbishop Robert Runcie as a symbol of Christian unity. He called Anglicans "beloved brothers in Christ" and spoke of centuries of shared history, marking his first papal visit to Canterbury and a bid to bridge divides between Roman Catholics and Anglicans.
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Weather map brief for Western Maryland and coast
Western Maryland regions including Carroll Frederick Howard Montgomery and Washington counties show hazy sun with warm humid air and scattered thundershowers today through Monday. Maryland mountains expect low 80s, while ocean beaches stay in the 80s with a chance of afternoon storms. South winds around 10 mph, dry conditions listed as fair to good across the period. Temperature excerpts report Frederick 78 66 Hagerstown 82 42 Westminster 76 41 Gaithersburg 8 43 Leesburg 81 62.
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