Point of Rocks Floods Rise Over Town After Agnes Echoes
Damp, chilly weather kept crowds thin as river crested near 42 feet at Hancock with widespread flooding. Arrests followed a motorboater causing danger and two men in a late drive through floodwater. Public works spent 2.5 million on utilities. 500 residents evacuated. Authorities seek disaster designation for relief funds.
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Point of Rocks
Irving
Frederick County
West Main Street
Joseph Miller
Harry Hughes
Hancock
Washington County
Hughes
Barry Teach
Charlotte Bartles
Miller
Funerals for Local Residents Held November Services
Funeral services for Frank W. Higinbotham at Evangelical Reformed Church Frederick with bearers from Blue Ridge Oil Co Frederick Lions Club and Farmers & Mechanics Bank board. Interment New Oxford Cemetery. Also services for Mary Edna Myers Libertytown and Leslie Elmer Frye Knoxville with lodge and legion bearers, interments at local cemeteries.
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Frank W. Higinbotham
W. College Terrace
Frederick
Evangelical Reformed Church
Frederick A. Wenner
Blue Ridge Oil Co
Frederick Lions Club
Walkersville
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
N.T. Washburn
Alvie N. Cowell
R.W. Wolfe
Edward L. Pease
George C. Stauffer
David M. Denton
Charles V. Main
Sam W. Maples
New Oxford Cemetery
New Oxford
Higinbotham
Dorothy Gable Higinbotham
Mary Edna Myers
Main Street
Libertytown
Hartzler
Patrick Malone
Leslie Elmer Frye
Knoxville
John T Williams
Brunswick
Thomas Staup
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Jefferson
Jesse L. Thompson
Frederick More
Moose Lodge
Jack Embry
J. Sheppard
Eagles Aerie
Leo Myers
Jim Roby
Steadman-Keenan
American Legion
Gunmen Hold Judges as Bogota Palace Battle Rages
Colombian army and armored units clash with guerrillas inside the burned Palace of Justice in Bogota. At least 17 dead and 34 wounded as fires destroy most of the five story building. About 150 people were inside, including Supreme Court judges, with several captives freed while ten judges remain held.
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Bogota
Colombia
Palace of Justice
Guerrilas
Supreme Court
Alfonso Reyes
High Court
MontCo school closings hearings rescheduled in county
Public hearings on proposed MontCo school consolidations have been delayed by a Maryland State Board ruling on longer notice. Final action moved to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2, with hearings on Nov. 13 and Nov. 23 at Kennedy High School. Proposals could close Woodward High Cabin John Junior High and Luxmanor Elementary, though buildings would stay with the system.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Maryland
Pyle
Kennedy High School
Woodward
Walter Johnson and Churchill
Kennedy
PTA
Woodward High
Cabin John
Luxmanor
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Sam Yu
Atlanta
The
Arthritis Foundation
Frederick Refrigeration
Paris
Searce
Fimmernman
College Avenue Florist
MontCo
Montgomery
the News
Frederick, Md
Thureday
Anio
Tom Meacham
HONDA
Triangle Motors
Modernes
Alu
Matic
BOK
Ed Jpley
Viast
Waynesboro
Walnut St
Wame
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