Brady bill clears House as crime bills loom
House passage of the Brady bill with a five day waiting period and background checks boosts proponents as Senate action looms on a broader crime control package. Leaders say the accord on the crime bill could clear next week, while debate on amendments narrows, and President Clinton urges passage of tighter gun safeguards.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Senate Judiciary Committee
George Mitchell
Maine
Clinton
White House
New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
James Brady
Reagan
National Rifle Association
George Gekas
R-Pa
Wayne LaPierre
NRA
Gekas
Brady
Lucien Blackwell
D-Pa
West Philadelphia
Mr. Blackwell
Hecht's department store opens with festive fanfare
The grand opening drew eager shoppers and officials as Hecht's unveiled Christmas displays and a fashion show. Models wore Carole Little Liz Claiborne and Jones New York outfits while a band played in the shoe department. Nurses Doris Basey and Stephanie West praised the event after long shifts.
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Sam Yu
Hecht’s
Debbie Day
Francis Scott Key Mall
Deb Perry
Carole Little
Liz Claiborne
Jones New York
Ms. Basey
Stephanie West
Hect’s
Bentley kicks off campaign for governor
U S Representative Helen Delich Bentley launched her bid for Maryland governor pledging to fight tax increases and improve the economy. She touted voting against all tax hikes in Congress, supported the death penalty, and opposed NAFTA while promising specific reforms to state education, criminal justice, and business climate.
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Rockville
Helen Delich Bentley
Congress
Maryland
Annapolis
Sinlie
Bentley
Weather notes and features in The Frederick News Post
Inside The News Fair tonight with lows in the mid 90s. Partly sunny on Friday with highs in the 60s. See Western Maryland weather and map on page. Wildflowers being used to beautify and educate. See Page C 1. Jones Sports. See John Cannon's Prep Notebook. Portions of The Frederick News Post are printed on recycled paper and are recyclable.
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Maryland
C l Page
John Cannon
Frederick News
Post
Two killed in plane crash near Walkersville
Maryland State Police identified two victims of a plane crash off Daysville Road near Walkersville. Eugene Martin Livermore Jr., 30, of Mount Airy and John Francis Joyce, 54, of Rockville died when a Cessna 152 owned by Control Aero crashed at about 7:45 p.m. on the Ted Albaugh farm. Livermore was a flight instructor for the Frederick firm.
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Walkersville
Daysville Road
Here
Eugene Martin Livermore Jr
Ridge Avenue
Mount Airy
John Francis Joyce
Templeton Place
Rockville
Maryland
Livermore
Control Aero Corp
Frederick
Control Aero
Ted Albaugh
Kathy Albaugh
Albaugh
Ted
Defense opens testimony in Fagan murder trial
Defense testimony began on Wednesday in the 26th day of the William Robert Fagan Sr. murder trial. Four witnesses testified including his son William Fagan Jr. and private detective Donald C. Harper. The defense aims to challenge statements by Allan Phillips, an alleged co conspirator, while scrutinizing the timing and routes of key witnesses.
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William Robert Fagan Sr
William Fagan Jr
Barbara Bartgis
State’s Attorney’s Office
Robert Brice
Wolfsville
Donald C. Harper
Mount Airy
Mary Ann Stepler
Allan Phillips
Woolly bears see mild wet winter and prize winner named
Woolly bear submissions near 278 arrived as Hagers Town Almanack editors asked children to predict winter. Jonathan Snyder of Myersville won with the biggest woolly, earning 100 dollars, while weather prognosticator William O Toole questioned the method.
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Hagers-Town
Jonathan Snyder
Myersville
Wolfsville
William O'Toole
Almanac
Fatal plane crash in Frederick County recalls 1992 incident
The article notes a fatal aviation crash in Frederick County occurring on a recent Wednesday night, the first fatal crash there since May 1992. It recalls earlier fatal aviation accidents including a May 1 1992 Sugarloaf Mountain crash from Montgomery County Airpark and other distant crashes with limited details.
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Frederick County
Sugarloaf Mountain
Montgomery County
Gas House Pike
Frederick Municipal Airport
Myersville
Frederick Municipal
Ronald Reagan
Camp David
Tistwn
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Associated Press
Hecht
Jans Thommallearant
Doris
Basey
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Bysonia Boin
Montgomery County Bureau
Inside the News
Green- House
Susan C. Nicol
News-Post
Fagan
George Dorsey
Phillips
Kelly Appicello
Ashcroft Terrace
Mrs. Fagan
Mr. Fagan
O'Toole
Mount St. Mary's College
Tim Miller
Sars Page
Ine
Bil Green
Carl Marshall
Fire and Rescue Company
Marshall
Mount Ary
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