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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1984
Page
1
Wreckage and cargo from a large airliner littered a wide area east of Uniontown Pennsylvania after a midair explosion. Two bodies recovered. Debris and fuselage segments, including a wing, scattered near Chalk Hill and Wharton Township.
Baltimore state police sergeant paralyzed after being shot during a mall robbery says he is elated two inmates at Maryland Penitentiary have been charged in the 1982 case. The arrests follow information from Baltimore County police. In Washington NATO foreign ministers meet informally at a Chesapeake Bay mansion amid U S and Western concerns over Soviet military moves.
Gary Hart is praised by Walter Mondale as a brilliant senator in new commercials as Hart and Jackson shift focus to California. Mondale ends his New Jersey campaign and returns to San Francisco while Jackson heads toward California after stops in New Mexico.
Brief feature quotes John Ruskin, the 19th century English writer, offering a view on duties. The item appears in the TV listings and weather map section as a literary aside.
Nanci Bross shares steps to turn a picnic into a gastronomy adventure while Extension agent Kathryn Jenkins notes that covered-dish luncheons remain popular for entertaining. The items spotlight practical tips and social hosting ideas.
The slow moving front that brought rain has moved out to sea and forecast calls for partly sunny skies across Western Maryland with cooler tonight and highs near 70 in the Maryland mountains. Yesterday’s readings showed temperatures in the low to mid seventies across Frederick, Cumberland, Hagerstown and surrounding areas.
Frederick County approves a 647 million education budget for next year including a 9 percent salary increase for teachers. The raise is funded by a 3 percent boost aimed at classrooms from the education aid package, while administrators face the same base increase negotiated with the Board of Education. The plan prompts mixed reactions from educators and district officials as negotiations continue.
A Frederick County school bus was broadsided at the West Seventh Street and Fairview Avenue intersection Wednesday morning, injuring two people. The bus, northbound on Fairview, had stopped at a light and began through the intersection when struck by a westbound vehicle driven by 19 year old VEcharthle Adler of Appleton, Wisconsin, who ran a red light according to police.
The Frederick County Commissioners approve a 700 million operating budget for 1985 and keep the constant yield tax rate at 2.25 per 100 assessed value, expected to raise 32.6 million. The plan includes a 6 percent pay raise for county employees, 3 percent state aid for teachers, and funding for 30 new detention center positions, more teachers, and library staffing at C. Burr Artz.
Frederick County Heritage Committee plans a 350th anniversary parade in downtown Frederick on Saturday June 2 at 10 30 a m with related activities June 2 and 3 at the fairgrounds The parade starts 100 block North Bentz Street proceeds south along Bentz then east on West Patrick to the fairgrounds west gate where it ends Police erect No Parking signs at multiple streets and set barricades from North Bentz to East Patrick Streets and near the county court house continuing on Page A Br
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens protests the delivery of 400 US antiaircraft missiles to Saudi Arabia amid US assurances of safeguards. Reagan’s approval lets Saudis deploy missiles anywhere in the region. Arens fears potential use against Israel if regimes fall or terrorists seize control. Officials note strong US-Israel cooperation despite the issue.
Damp clouds broke up over the Southeast and Atlanta residents and visitors prepared for the annular eclipse. Weather officials forecast near total shade along a line from New Orleans to Richmond with 99.7 percent sun obscured at peak. Events included Orion themed concerts and a warning to avoid direct viewing while offering safe pinhole projections as scientists noted past eye injuries from solar exposure.
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