Frederick 350th events parade and fair kickoff details
Birthday fund drive at Winchester Hall fuels county celebration with donated cake and ice cream. Parade routes shift from Market Street to Bentz Street and Patrick Street ending at the fairgrounds. The Frederick Fairgrounds open with dignitaries including Gen Orwin Talbott and Louis Goldstein, plus the Frederick High School band. Admission free for walkers, $1 per carload. rain or shine schedule outlines parking and exhibits across three themed pavilions.
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Jaycyes
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Maryland Heritage Committee
Maryland
Louis Goldstein
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General Assembly
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White House
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Baltimore
William Donald Schacter
Frederick County 350th Celebration at Fairgrounds Planned
The weekend event features farm and garden exhibits, history books and Maryland souvenirs. Local groups will showcase Frederick County heritage with musical performances, a one room schoolhouse reconstruction, a jousting tournament, mule pulling, and a 350th anniversary hot air balloon launch. A religious ceremony and talks on religious tolerance close the program, with organizers led by Emmitsburg Mayor Robert Preston. Admissions list several local residents. births and discharges accompany the notices.
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Catch Meows
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United States
Emmitsburg
Robert Preston
Preston
Coffey
Reagan presses unity as NATO cites talks on arms control
President Reagan urged allied unity at a three day foreign ministers meeting as NATO says no concessions to lure Moscow back to negotiations. He awarded former Dutch minister Joseph uns the Medal of Freedom while ministers prepared a Washington Statement on East West relations. Dutch defense minister Hans Van Den Broek said the Netherlands will deploy missiles only if US and Soviet gains on reductions are agreed.
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Joseph Uns
Maryland
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Switzerland
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Hans Van Den @roek
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van den Broek
Four dead as plane disintegrates over Laurel Mountains
National Transportation Safety Board investigators probe the crash of a four engine turboprop cargo plane that disintegrated near Chalk Hill, killing pilot John Bolton and three others. The Lockheed Electra L 184, owned by a Michigan firm, vanished after departing Baltimore for Detroit.
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National Transportation Safety Board Today
Laurel Mountains
Fayette County
Chalk Hill
John J Bolton
Pawtucket
John D Figarra
Folcroft
Charles Ro Embry
Belleville
Mich
Bruce G Whitesell
Ormond Beach
Fla Whitesell
Trans Air Airlines
Zantup International Airlines
Yyo Iilanti
Baltimore
Washington International
Detroit
Willow Run
Jim Rantop
Cleveland Control Center
Zantop
FAA
Northeast Floods Peak Across Six States Amid Record Rain
Hundreds homeless as floods surge from Maryland to New Hampshire force evacuations and sheltering. Up to 8 inches of rain since Monday swells rivers, floods highways, and wrecks homes while Connecticut and other states brace for worst flood levels since 1955. Authorities warn residents to evacuate as National Guard aids evacuations and forecasts call for continued rises through Friday.
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Rockies
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New York
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National Guard
John F Gore
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Collyang Contecheat
Bruce A Whyte
Bloomfield
Whyte
Housatonic
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Fred J Archibald
Myron W. Randall
Edward F. Mull
Philip W Hammond
Willige H Mein Jr
Marlena B Young
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
Manmiqnmary Caine, & Ran Press Room
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Rockville
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Gad
Mikitag Ag
Carer Org
Gettysburg
Hopsital
Timothy Bringardner
Mary C Campbell
Darryl Weaver
James Bartlett
Littlestown
John Keyser
Thurston Road
Mathew Seth
Frederick Memoral Hospital
Keyser
Coral Rhoderick
H Wilson Rhoderick
Urbana
Kenneth E Mcintosh
Daniel Edward
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Soviets
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Peking
Herbert L. Rollins
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Paralann
Court Square
West Church Street
Court House
Hartz & CO
Pennsylvania
Fort Necessity
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TETE
Dredesnek
Vincent Lapera
Federal Aviation Administration
Nish Laboratories
John Flirschbeck
Hirschbeck
Miami
Ohio
Coneae
Frederick Towne Mall
Frederick, Md
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