Allies reshape NATO to a leaner, mobile force
NATO defense ministers agreed to a radical restructuring of the alliance. US forces in Europe will be halved by the mid-1990s, allied troops in central Europe expected to fall 25 percent to about 625,000 by 1995, with reduced nuclear area. The plan emphasizes European leadership and crisis management over traditional invasion defense.
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Belgium
NATO
United States
Europe
Germany
Eastern
Middle East
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Pete Williams
Manfred Woerner
Woerner
City unveils detours for N Bentz St bridge closure
Frederick plans a 10 month closure of North Bentz Street from West Church to West Patrick as Phase II of the Carroll Creek Flood Control project proceeds. Detours route southbound traffic east on West Third Street and south on Court Street, with West Fourth Street to U.S. 15 for trucks. Pedestrians stay access, work runs until next March, and Phase III includes Baker Park intake and conduits to move flood waters.
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Frederick
Carroll Creek
West Church Street
West Patrick Street
Baker Park
Bal Menon
West Third Street
Court Street
West Fourth Street
U.S. 15
Mark Scire
Bentz Street
Carroll Parkway
College Avenue
DeGrange Street
South Street
Wither
Menon
Barbara Fritchie
Flippo Construction Co
Forestville
North Court Street
Monocacy River
Bail Denied in Emmitsburg Murder Case
Taneytown man Charles Gordon Wastler, 41, remains jailed after Judge Frederick J. Bower refused bail citing the violent nature of the alleged crime. Prosecutors say Wastler confessed to shooting Michael Eugene Brooks, 32, at a Harney Road home in Emmitsburg. Witness accounts vary as defense counsel notes medical needs and pain management in detention.
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Taneytown
Harney Road
Emmitsburg
Charles Gordon Wastler
George Street
Frederick J. Bower
Bower
Wastler
David Daggett
Michael Eugene Brooks
Daggett
Brooks
Thomas C. Nikirk
Mr. Wastler
Frederick County Detention Center
Mr. Nikirk
Nikirk
Melissa E. Oland
Frederick County
Frederick scientist Dr Sidney J Silverman dies at 75
Dr Sidney J Silverman 75 of 1201 Beechwood Drive Frederick died May 27 at Washington Hospital Center after a short illness. Born August 2 1915 in New York City he came to Frederick in 1949 as a bacteriologist at Fort Detrick and later studied in Milan. He became Hood College biology professor in 1979 retiring in 1989. He authored a college history planned for its 1993 centennial and held multiple scientific society memberships. He served on the Maryland Lyric Opera Board and Frederick YMCA Board.
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Sidney J. Silverman
Beechwood Drive
Frederick
Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C
New York City
Max Silverman
Silverman
Fort Detrick
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Academy of Science
Sigma Xi
Weather Briefing With Humid Thunderstorms Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper tens. Thursday brings partly sunny heat and humidity with a 230 percent chance of afternoon storms. Highs return to the lower 90s. Weather and map on A Page. Refresher driving course targets special needs of eel drivers. see page.
Soatfie Street Food Savings by Gail Cissma
Food editor Gail Cissma shares practical waste-not tips in her Soatfie Street column on C-1, highlighting thrifty ideas to stretch meals, minimize waste, and use leftovers creatively for everyday cooking.
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Gail Cissma
Teachers offer to renegotiate pay hike with commissioners
Frederick County teachers association president Larry Haover urged the county commissioners at a four hour tax hearing to return to the bargaining table and reconsider a 6.35 percent salary increase or delay both raises to better serve residents. The audience applauded as residents spoke against a property tax hike to fund the schools, while commissioners push for up to 16 cents more per $100 of assessed value to cover an 1992 budget exceeding 136 million.
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Frederick County Teachers Association
Larry Haover
Frederick County
Rosenstock Auditorium
Hood College
Taxpayers In Action
Rosemont Avenue
Ronald Sundergill
Gail Bowerman
David Gray
Frederick County Ranks Among Top Maryland School Districts
A Maryland State Board of Education report shows Frederick County spent 1.95 percent of total local wealth on its schools during the 1989 90 year. Baltimore County leads at 2.11 percent with Montgomery Howard and Cecil also high. Worcester is last at 1.03 percent amid statewide 1.68 percent average.
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Maryland State Board of Education
Frederick County
Maryland
Baltimore County
Montgomery
Howard
Cecil
Worcester County
Carroll County
Washington County
Bush unveils Middle East arms control plan at academy speech
President Bush travels from Maine to Colorado Springs to present a long awaited arms control proposal aiming to curb nuclear chemical and biological weapons in the Middle East. He seeks a nuclear free zone, bans on weapons grade material and missiles, and urges a blueprint from the five permanent UN Security Council members amid Gulf War lessons.
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Middle East
Kennebunkport
Maine
Iraq
Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Force Academy
Service
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Fitzwater
Gulf War
Israel
Mr. Bush
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
United States
China
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Israeli Defense Ministry
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George Dorsey
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American Academy of Microbiology
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Inside the News
Seeenven
Revere Seecsers
BH Green
John Ashbury
Frederick County Taxpayers In Action
Christina Barnes
Hauver
Teachers’ Union
Samuel Koski
Christopher Connell
Associated Press
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