Frederick stores gear up for Christmas shopping rush
Merchants extend hours and add staff for the busiest shopping day of the year. Frederick retailers anticipate a large weekend as Thanksgiving week approaches Christmas, with JC Penney and Radio Shack pledging extra hours and abundant merchandise to attract shoppers.
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Frederick
Frederick Kmart
Sam Yu
Starse
Iran
Alea
Routzahn
Doris Harbaugh
Ftill
Bob Forsythe
J.C. Penney
Frederick Towne Mall
Forsythe
Gary Stick
Radio Shack
Stick
Janice
Israel may allow two diplomats to return for spying case questioning
Israel weighs letting two diplomats recalled from the United States return to answer U.S. investigators probing the Navy analyst Pollard spying affair. Prime Minister Peres and other ministers decide, immunity guarded. FBI agents may meet the two in Israel as discussions continue.
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Ruth Sinai
Associated Press
Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
U.S
Navy
New York Times
Jonathan J. Pollard
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Shamur
Yitzhak Rabin
FBI
Yosef Yagur
New York
Man Ravid
Washington
Israel Radio
Peres
George P. Shultz
Pollard
Financing OK'd for S and Ls seeking insurance
Maryland state Board of Public Works approved 5.1 million in bond anticipation notes for Sharon Savings and Loan of Baltimore and its subsidiary Security Savings and Loan to qualify for Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp backing. Final approval for membership expected soon. About 45,000 account holders would gain access to 228.5 million in deposits once insured.
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Tom Stuckey
Associated Press
Annapolis, Md
Board of Public Works
Sharon Savings and Loan of
Baltimore
Security Savings and Loan
Widuis Aeek
Zelig Robinson
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Old Court
Community
First Maryland Savings and Loan Associations
Thee Ee Angrekain
Leggs beat floodwaters to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner
In Point of Rocks the Legg family gathered for Thanksgiving as floodwaters from the Potomac receded. Stanley Legg Sr and his wife returned home after evacuations just weeks earlier and spoke of rebuilding after Agnes era damages.
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Leggs
Point OF Rocks
Stanley Lege Sr
Potomac
Legg
Clay Street
Mr. Legg
HUD
Stanley Legg Jr
C&o Canal
Commerce Street
Mother Nature
Gloria
Michael
Mildred
Bret
Grace
Saboteurs paralyze rail lines in Japan
Saboteurs firebombed a train station and cut railway communications near Tokyo paralyzing commuter lines affecting up to 10 million travelers. Investigations linked the sabotage to a radical left group and opposition to privatization plans, with 34 points hit near Tokyo and Osaka and 48 arrests nationwide.
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Richard Pyle
Associated Press
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyoto
Hiroshima
Japan National Railways
National Police Agency
Tadashi Ito
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Chukaku-ha
Kyodo News Service
Transport
Weather and features in Western Maryland Family section
Cloudy and mild today with light rain possible through Sunday. Highs 48 to 55, lows 40 to 45. Bryan Denson interviews a 73 year old marathon runner and other family features. Plus classified ads and a Words of Wisdom quote from John Viscount Morley.
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Maryland
Bryan Denson
Obstacle cleared in sale of Frederick City Hall hotel deal
The Board of Aldermen added a contingency that the $425000 sale to Crowell and Baker of Rockville would hinge on revenue bond financing. The firm plans a 57 room luxury hotel, costing about $5 million, with city operations moving to the courthouse next summer and construction to start by July if bond approvals come through.
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Board of Alderman
Frederick City Hall
Rockville
Board of Aldermen
Crowell and Baker
Ronald N. Young
Julie Koczela
Crowell and
Baker
City Hall
Frederick County
Ms. Koezela
Koczela
Young
Crowell
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Inside the News
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AG Entertainment
Famsepeenspen
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Karen Gardner
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