Mount alumni's Civil War letters reveal Bernie McNeil tale
Six Mount students who joined the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry left school to fight near Fredericksburg and Antietam. Dr Bernie McNeil, from Philadelphia, wrote vivid front line letters, witnessed battles, endured Libby Prison, and died in 1965 after years of war scar.
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McNeil
Philadelphia
Mount
Emmisburg
Rob McCafirey
69Th Pennsylvania Infantry
John
McCaffrey
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Seven Pines
Richmond
Bernie
Libby
J. McNeil
Dr McNeil
Mr. Courtney
Dr. McNeil
Bertie
Regina
Father Barhelin
Pet
69Th Pennsylvania
Dunker Church
Mo Courtney
Prederick
Frederick
Eld
Funeral set Tuesday for Baltimore police pilot Barry Wood
A section of Harford Road will close Tuesday from 7 am to 1 pm for the funeral of Barry Wood, a Baltimore police helicopter pilot who died in a crash. Services are at Leonard Huck Funeral Home at 10 am with burial planned at Dylaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium. Officer Mark Keller, Wood's partner, was injured in the crash.
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Baltimore
Harford Road
Barry Wood
Wood
Leonard Huck
Angelique Cook-Hayes
Dylaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Timonium
Mark Keller
Pipe bomb incidents prompt multiple company responses
No injuries or property damage occurred in either incident. Responding companies included Lewistown, Woltsville, Thurmont and Myersville as authorities investigated the events and ensured public safety.
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Lewistown
Woltsville
Thurmont
Myersville
Monrovia Farmer Describes Dry Spell Threatening Crops
Monrovia area farmer Jesse Burall warns of a severe dry spell that may ruin this spring. He says the lack of rain erodes soil health and risks water scarcity while noting summer crops survived only because rain arrived when needed. Burall stresses rain is necessary to sustain field grass and prevent runoff.
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Monrovia-area
Jesse Burall
Mc. Burall
Takoma Park lawyer charged with kidnapping
Takoma Park attorney James Aaron Shrybman, 47, was arrested by FBI Baltimore on a West Virginia kidnapping warrant. The 2‑month‑old Ryan Zachary Stull, missing since Oct. (sic) 32, was found unharmed with a foster family in Silver Spring. Parents Candace and Mark Stull of Parkersburg say the abduction occurred at gunpoint during a meeting about adoption. The suspect faces extradition proceedings and the child remains in social services care.
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Takoma Park
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Baltimore
James Aaron Shrybman
West Virginia
Shrubman
Ryan Zachary Stull
Silver Spring
Candace and
Mark Stull
Parkersburg
Country Fixing
Bruceton Mills
Wva
Stulls
Shrybman
Maryland
Social Services
Bint
Republicans Mull Next Speaker as Leadership Fight Intensifies
The article details a split within the GOP over successors to Newt Gingrich as speaker. Dick Armey faces contenders including Steve Largent and Dennis Hastert while others like Jennifer Dunn and Jim Talent weigh runs. Networked pressure through media and behind the scenes show a broader struggle about party direction and cross party cooperation in a narrowly divided House.
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Gingrich
Dick Armey
Texas
Steve Largent
Oklahoma
Armey
Sth
House
Sargent
Jennifer Dunn
Washington
Dennis Hastert
Illinois
GOP
Hastert
DeLay
Livingston
Cox
Congress
Livingston Holds Off On Impeachment Support
In his first remarks on President Clinton's troubles Rep. Bob Livingston said Congress should consider public view that the affair does not warrant impeachment. He warned impeachment would depend on evidence and noted other cases of misconduct. Republicans rely on Judiciary Committee guidance as hearings begin.
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Washington
Clinton
Newt Gingrich
House
Congress
Bob Livingston
R-La
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Livingston
Bfy
Lewinsky
ABC
Sam Donaldson
Cokie Roberts
House Appropriations Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Chris Cox
Judiciary Committee
Kenneth Starr
Cox
Dick Gephardt
Gephardt
CBS
Face the Nation
White House
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Graham
Charles Schumer
D-Ny
Alfonso D'Amato
Senate Whitewater
House Judiciary Committee
Man Charged After Station Drug Raid and Shooting
Police report that Harmon was arrested without incident after shots were fired. He faces multiple counts including three counts of attempted murder and three counts of first degree assault, with additional charges for reckless endangerment resisting arrest and drug offenses. He is held at the county detention center.
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Harmon
Para- Phernalla
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Meet the Press
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