Mass Said for Slain Priest in Warsaw
Thousands gather for funeral of Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko in Warsaw with Solidarity leader Lech Walesa in attendance. The Mass marks a public show of support for the outlawed union and follows his October 19 abduction and recent discovery of his body. Leaders call for unity as government suspends a general amid the case.
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Frederick N waste site eyed in nuclear plan debate
Del. Thomas H. Hattery says Frederick County is among 250 sites considered for a high level nuclear waste repository. DOE officials warn plans are preliminary and a first plant could begin after 2004 with a second site five years later. The region's granite formations and regional characterization work are central to the screening process.
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Space drug contaminated, unfit for testing in shift to parity
A hormone made aboard the space shuttle Discovery by Charles D. Walker was found contaminated with endotoxins from bacterial growth and cannot be used for testing. The firm plans new sterilization procedures before future flights and hopes to market the drug for disease treatment someday.
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Washington
America
Charles D. Walker
McDonnell Douglas Corp
St. Louis
Susan Flowers
Dollar slides further as Fed data spurs rate-cut hopes
The dollar declined broadly against major currencies extending a 5 percent drop over 24 weeks. The Fed's trade-weighted index fell 1.2 percent from Thursday as currency dealers cited expectations of further U.S. rate cuts making dollar investments less attractive.
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Radiation therapy may damage sperm chromosomes study finds
A five year study of 13 cancer patients shows radiation can raise chromosome abnormalities in sperm, about 20 percent of chromosomes three years after exposure, higher than the 8.5 percent rate in normal men. Findings were presented at the American Society of Human Genetics meeting by Renee Martin of the University of Calgary.
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Gandhi's family at cremation in New Delhi
Indira Gandhi's body was cremated in a Hindu ceremony in New Delhi after a three hour procession. Rajiv Gandhi lit the funeral pyre as about one million mourners lined a seven mile route amid violence that killed nearly 1,000 people in the region.
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Priyana
Beaux Arts Ball photo and a northern Frederick County home feature
Scenes from the Beaux Arts Ball captured by News-Post photographer Jeff Taylor and a photo essay on Ed Waters exploring a northern Frederick County home that blends with its wooded surroundings. Also notes on business real estate and TV listings.
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Ed Waters
Frederick County
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Hennes Sports
Maryland
Reagan Mondale surge to last weekend of campaign
Reagan scours Democratic strongholds to win votes as Mondale maintains optimism and brushes off polls. Mondale rallies in Lorain Ohio and Detroit Illinois and Tennessee while Ferraro hits Ohio Wisconsin and Illinois. Bush travels to Maryland as Jepsen fights Harkin in Iowa. Mondale urges workers to exact revenge on election day.
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November cools region with showers and weekend contrast
News-Post meteorologist David Lesher says daytime highs will be in the low 30s today and tomorrow as November air returns. Winds bring a chance of showers late tonight and tomorrow, while last weekend’s heat spell is cited as a sharp contrast. Terrestrial events include Tilghman Island’s Tughmas Island Day with demonstrations and seafood, a Shepherdstown performance by Maresy Lewis Dante Co and Dave Brubeck Quartet, and the Smithsonian festival celebrating 6,000 years of Chinese art at the National Museum of Natural History.
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