Polish Communist Party holds major meet in Warsaw
Warsaw AP report says the policy making central committee of Poland's Communist Party met for the first time in eight months as leadership strength is questioned. Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski opened the session while reform plans may wait until after Pope John Paul II's mid June visit.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Warsaw Radio
Wojciech Jaruzelski
John Paul II
Kremlin
Moscow
Jaruzelski
Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 350 Dead
AP reports at least 357 people died on U S highways over the Memorial Day weekend. The National Safety Council estimated 350 to 450 deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, with 341 last year and 253 in 1949 the prior low. The council noted 597 as the peak three day toll in 1969 and projects 380 deaths for a non holiday period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Reenactment Conveys Slain Adviser's Killing in El Salvador
Consuelo Escalante, 32, girlfriend of Lt Cmdr Albert Schaufelberger, described the moment a gunman ordered her away while another shot Schaufelberger in the head. Investigators staged a re-enactment at the University of Central America with the ambassador's Ford Maverick for the judge. The shooting on May 23 marked the first U.S. adviser killed in El Salvador's civil war.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Cmdr
Albert Schaufelberger
U.S
Consuelo Escalante
University of Central America
Schaufelberger
Francisco Rafael Guerrero
Miss Escalante
Arson fears rise as fires hit Columbia businesses
In Columbia Missouri extra police patrolled the town after a rash of seven arson blazes in five weeks. Five fires in four days, many downtown, caused nearly 900000 in damage to buildings and homes with no injuries. Merchants consider hiring guards as owners express growing concern.
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Columbia, Mo
Dan Viets
Arrdvarx
Moon and planets source for some meteorites
At the American Geophysical Union meeting in Baltimore Dr Carle M. Pieters of Brown University said meteorites may originate from the moon and planets rather than just comets and the asteroid belt. The convention began Monday at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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Baltimore
Planets
Mars
Jupiter
American Geophysical Union
Baltimore Convention Center
Carle M. Pieters
Brown University
Society
Frederick Vo-Tech Center tops FFA competition honors
Frederick County Vo-Tech Center wins top honors at a recent FFA competition. Investigative columnist Jack Anderson reports on government spending and a disclosed tax dollar waste by a lesser-known U.S. corporation. Karen Gardner profiles a unique restaurant excavation project.
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Washington
U.S
Jack Anderson
Frederick County
Vo-Tech Center
Karen Gardner
Weather outlook for Western Maryland regions today through Wednesday
The front bringing weekend showers lingers along the coast with possible showers tonight and Wednesday. Today highs in the upper 70s. tonight cloudy with showers likely. Wednesday partly cloudy to cloudy with showers and highs in the 70s. Maryland mountains partly cloudy today with showers likely Wednesday. highs near 70 today and in the 60s Wednesday. Farm forecast shows winds NW around 10 mph turning northerly. drying conditions good today then poor on Wednesday.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
David Les
Memorial Day observance honors veterans at Mount Olivet Cemetery
About 200 people attended the Francis Scott Key Post No. 11 Memorial Day service in Frederick County. Brig. Gen. James F. Fretterd spoke on war, peace and deterrence as veterans and officials honored the dead at Mount Olivet, including Francis Scott Key, Thomas Johnson and Barbara Fritchie.
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Beadastal
Thane
American Legion
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Legion
Frederick County
George T. Horman
Browningsville Coronet
James F. Fretterd
Maryland Army National Guard
Fretterd
Columbus
Miss
Vassey
Ross Kirk
Locust Grove
Church of the Brethren
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Kirk
Francis Scott Key
Korea
Vietnam
Key
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Barbara Fritchie
Two Dead In Mudslides And Floods In Nevada Utah
Mudslides and floods across Nevada and Utah left at least two people dead and six injured. About 1,300 residents were evacuated or cut off as slides blocked roads near Carson City and in Fairview Canyon. A 2 year old drowned in a Utah creek amid rising waters, while authorities feared further floods from breaking debris dams. Ongoing rescues and evacuations continued as winds up to 75 mph battered the Wasatch front and surrounding areas.
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Utah
Carson City
Nev
Washoe Valley
Washoe County
Mike Jack
Salt Lake City
Wasatch Range
Salt Lake County
Odgen
Fairview Canyon
Cottonwood Creek
Fairview
Mount Pleasant
Sanpete County
David Edwards
Farmington
Salt Lake
Davis County
Mel Miles
Reagan hails summit as fruitful gathering of world leaders
President Reagan wrapped up the ninth annual economic summit in Williamsburg praising the talks as fruitful and useful. He joined leaders including Mitterrand Kohl Trudeau Nakasone Fanfani Thorn and Thatcher in pledging to cut high interest rates and deficits while urging monetary stability and lower inflation. Trudeau praised Reagan’s unstructured approach, and the summit text urged curbing expenditure growth and monetary stability.
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Williamsburg
Reagan
White House
U.S
Heagan
Francois Mitterand
Helmut Kohl
Pierre Trudeau
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Amintore Fanfani
Gaston Thorn
Margaret Thatcher
Trudeau
We Guirel
le Miesmuent Buu
Juveniles charged in theft and destruction at Waverley School
Four youths aged 9 to 12 were charged with breaking and entering and destruction of property after police, summoned by a citizen, found 50 broken windows and a minor fire at Waverley Elementary. Three of them faced additional theft charges. they were held for custody of parents.
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Frederick City
Waverley
Richard J. Ashton
Ashton
Svaoai
Geoffrey D. Bartlett
Bartlett
Richard W. Eyler
Gerald W. Koogle
Garry E. Hoyle
Pfe
Kenneth W. Oldand
Darlene Wiles Burail
Quiet Memorial Day weekend in Frederick County police report
Maryland state and Frederick City police described a quiet holiday period with few city accidents and no fatalities in Frederick Carroll Montgomery or Washington counties. Six people died on Maryland highways. two in St. Marys and one in Pasadena. A 16-year-old pedestrian was killed on Md 2 in Anne Arundel County.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick City
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick
Carroll
Montgomery
Washington
Curtis Foster
Baltimore
William Steiger
Hollywood
St. Mary’s County
James Whitecomb
Pasadena
John Thornhill
Mount Airy
Whitecomb
Rockville
Capital Beltway
Montgomery County
Carroll County
REACT
Midway
Exxon
Thurmont
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