Bush pursues diplomatic path amid hostage crisis
President Bush presses for peace as Gorbachev pledges ideas to avoid war and Kohl urges all options short of conflict. Marines cancel a second amphibious landing due to high winds and rough seas while Atlantis crews send a holiday message to troops. Iraq says it will free about 2,000 Westerners unless peace talks derail. Bush labels the release timing cynical and analysts foresee a winter strike possible if UN embargo fails.
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Mikhail St. Gorbachev
Mr. Bush
Helmut Kohl
Germany
Bush
U.S
Onus
Iraq
Kuwait
Saddam
London
Baghdad
Tesil Baker
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Obituary notices veteran held in many posts in Frederick
The obituary honors a veteran known as Kirk the Greek who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Gold Stars. He later ran restaurant lounges in Washington, helped open Olde Towne Tavern, and modeled angels in Frederick. Survived by wife, daughter Cynthia Izadi, two granddaughters, and relatives. services set at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home with interment at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery.
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Internal Revenue Service
Washington Area
Kercoude
Kirk
Olde Towne
North Market Street
Angels
Church
Market
Frederick
Frederick Community Medical Laboratory
Mederi Medical Inc
Pacific
Washington
Shangri-La
Marine Corps League
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Amvets
VFW
Potomac
Walkersville
Hirlam-Takoma
Washington, D.C
B.P.C.E
Vietnam Veterans of America
AARP
Cynthia Izadi
Mohammad
Lake Singapore
Clara Safeih Izadi
Nina Zoya Izadi
Michael Tihila
Ocean City
Anthony K. Kercoude
Keeney and Basford
E. Church St
Etchison Memorial
Funeral Home
W. Phillip Fogarty
Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery
Flintstone
Middletown Girls Soccer Win in 1A-24 State Final
Middletown defeated Patapsco to claim the 1A-24 girls state soccer championship. Fans cheered loudly as Middletown supporters celebrated, with confetti and pride for the program’s long record of success.
Woman’s war hair used in Norden bombsight cross hairs
Colorado Springs memorial honors Mary Babrick Brown for donating 34 inches of hair in 1942 to the war effort. Officials in Washington disclosed her hair was used experimentally as cross hairs in a Norden bombsight on bombers, a fact confirmed by Pueblo’s Bill Feder.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Mary Babrick Brown
Brown
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Aviation Historical Society
The
Institute of
Bill Feder
Pueblo
European leaders open three day security summit at Versailles
At Versailles the NATO six, Warsaw Pact six, and 12 neutral nations begin a three day European security conference. Mitterrand calls the meeting a new epoch while Bush seeks UN backing for action to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Bush to discuss Gulf crisis and aid to Gorbachev amid economic strain.
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NATO
Versailles
Kleber International Conference Center
Mitterrand
Europe
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Bush
United Nations
Kuwait
Clashes in South Africa Kill At Least Forty
Police report at least 40 dead in clashes across South Africa including 19 men killed by gunfire and stabbing in the black township of Zonkwezizwe. Some residents blame fighting between Xhosas and Inkatha loyalists while others cite criminal gangs. Dozens have died in recent weeks.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Zonkwezizwe
Inkatha Movement
Write-in Vote Totals for Local Races
The write-in totals list several candidates across Congress state senate and county races. For Congress: MoreLand or Richard L. Moreland, Alan Keyes with three votes. Melvin Perkins, Austin Renn, Jack Derr, and J Scott Harmon each with three. State Senate district 3: Richard J. OConnor with three. Smelser, Coffey, Goodloe Byron Jr., Slater, Curly Neil, Malcolm Sheffield with two. District 4: Coffey 14. Derr seven. Benson four. Chandler two. Thompson two. Goldstein one. Bollinger one. County commissioner: Kelly five. Way three. Benson three. Speelman two. Mahone, Brobst, Smith, Gallagher, Gargan, Crum one. State’s attorney: Frederick City police chief Richard J. Ashton. Sheriff: Corbin, Hottinger, Solar, Faville, Jacobs, DeArmon, Sheffield. Don Weil totals two votes for judge of the Orphans Court.
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Thies
Karen L. Heckman
MoreLand
Mr. Moreland
Richard L. Moreland
Alan Keyes
Melvin Perkins
Austin Renn
Jack Derr
J. Scott Harmon
Richard J. O'Connor
Charles Smelser
D-4
Kenneth R. Coffey
Galen Clagger
John Doe
Goodloe Byron Jr
Thomas Slater
Curly Neil
Malcolm Sheffield
Randy B. Chandler
Kathy Benson
John Derr
Thompson
Louis Goldstein
Elmer W Bollinger
Don DeArmon
Don Weil
the Orphans Court
One Man Injured In Md 75 Crash Near Renner Road
Ronny L. Long, 48, of Coppermine Road in Frederick County, suffered cracked ribs after his 1978 Chevrolet was struck head on by a wood trailer unhooked from a southbound truck driven by John Parker, 20, of Union Bridge on Md 75 near Renner Road. Parker was charged with failure to have an adequate hitch. Long was treated and released from Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Gendoricl County
Ronny L. Long
Coppermine Road
MD. 75
Renner Road
Frederick County
Parker
England Wins Award For Service In Agricultural Groups
England has served on the Southern States board for three years and chaired it for two. He spent 13 years with Capitol Milk Producers Young Cooperators and is a three year member of Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative. He belongs to New Market United Methodist Church and was active in Frederick FFA Urbana Boys 4 H Urbana United Methodist Youth Fellowship. He notes farming challenges would fill volumes, but says the biggest is the love to face them.
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England
Southern States Board of Directors
Capitol Milk Producers Young Cooperators
Maryland and
Virginia
New Market United Methodist Church
Frederick
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Bob Sheffler
Brunswick High School
Melvin Whitfield
Middletown High School
David Keech
Knight Girls
Dr. Whitfield
Melch Edio
Riley Fe Gune Yuou
Technology In
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Gorbachev
Chat N’ Chew
Kemper
Maryland
Caroline Murphy
Plastic Surgery Center
BelAge Washington’s
Tollhouse Avenue
Seminary Road
Alexandria
Mullaney Act
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