Truck and house fires trigger multiple company responses
At 7:06 p.m. a truck fire shut Ramp of Westbound I 70 to Md 355 prompting responses from Independents and Uniteds. Earlier at 5:12 a.m. Mullinix Park was the scene of an investigation with Uniteds and Juniors Truck Co. responding. A 5:15 a.m. house fire at 40 Gashouse Pike drew units from Uniteds Juniors New Market and Walkersville plus ambulances.
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MD. 355
Independents
Uniteds
Mullinix Park
Uniteds and Juniors Truck Co
Gashouse Pike
Juniors
New Market
Walkersville
Germantown man charged in wife's fatal shooting
Nineteen year old Kevin Scott Smith of Germantown was charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his wife Denise Marie Smith at their apartment on Gunners Branch Road after a domestic argument. A detective said the gun’s status and proximity remain to be determined. The shooting occurred after 6:30 p.m. a .22 rifle was recovered and Smith is held in the Montgomery County Detention Center.
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Kevin Scott Smith
Germantown
Denise Marie Smith
Ms. Smith
Montgomery County
Gunners Branch Road
Smith
Montgomery County Detention Center
Weekend storm track brings rain and chill to mid Atlantic
A stationary front from North Carolina to Texas sets damp cool conditions tonight into Sunday. A low pressure system forms in the mid Mississippi Valley Sunday and strengthens into a major winter storm in the Great Lakes by Monday, keeping wet weather through Tuesday before clearing with falling temperatures. Western Maryland counties report cloudy, chilly skies with periods of rain and possible heavy rain on Sunday, while Maryland mountains see rain today and Sunday. Travel notes show cool, rainy conditions from New York to Scranton and Pittsburgh, with temperatures yesterday ranging from 32 to 54 across listed sites.
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North Carolina
Texas
mid-Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
New York
Salisbury
Richmond
Roanoke
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Oakland
Westminster
Weather forecast predicts snow then rain across regions
The National Weather Service forecasts Sunday snow for parts of the Pacific Northwest Central Plains and northern tier turning to rain east of the Mississippi. The report notes an AP Laserphoto credit.
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National Weather Service
Pacific Northwest
Central Plains
Northern Tier
Mississippi
Government Fires Professors in Poland Purge
In Poland the government purges at least 37 top professors to reassert Communist control of education after Solidarity. Benon Miskiewicz ordered the dismissals under a July higher education reform. University officials and observers note losses across Poznan Wroclaw Warsaw Gdansk and related institutions including three rectors.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Solidarity
Benon Miskiewicz
Higher Education Aw
Andrzej Stolarski
Council of Higher Education
Poznan University
Wroclaw
Gdansk
Poznan Polytechnic
Wroclaw University
Wroclaw Polytechnic
Wladyslaw Findeisen
Warsaw Polytechnic
Karol Taylor
Gdansk University
Franciszek Kaczmarek
Seaway shut down again after bridge rammed by freighter
Contractors race to repair a bridge hit by a freighter halting St. Lawrence Seaway traffic for the second time in a month. Six ships wait in Beauharnois Canal as officials plan around the clock work and expect closure at least through Monday to secure the structure before removing the vessel.
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Valleyfield
Quebec
St. Lawrence Seaway
Beauharnois Canal
Seaway
Richard Juteau
Juteau
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
Welland Canal
Niagara Falls
Jalagodavari
St. Louis Bridge
St. Lawrence River
Valleyfield Hospital
Pierre Brown
Talagodavari
Cpl
Gerald Dubuc
St. Lambert
Montreal
Malta mum on Egyptair hijacker extradition request
Malta has not engaged in discussions with Egypt over extraditing Omar Marzouki, the identified hijacker and ringleader from the Egyptair jet siege. Egyptian officials claimed Malta would hand over the suspect, who is recovering from gunshot wounds after commandos ended the 24 hour hijack.
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Valletta
Malta
Egypt
Egyptair
Middle East
Ahmed Rushdy
Sky Pirates
Paul Mifsud
Mifsud
Omar Marzouki
Valetta
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sabotage Saboteurs Linked to 24 Hour Rail Strike
Tokyo police questioned 48 people as part of a 320 member special unit investigation into a sabotage wave that damaged 34 railway lines in Japan, halting trains in Tokyo and Osaka and causing over 6 million dollars in lost ticket sales. Authorities link the acts to the radical leftist group Chukaku-ha, aiming to back a 24 hour motormen strike. A seven member team searched the Hiroshima office of Chukaku-ha for potential ties to the wrecking.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Japan National Railways
Japan
Chukaku-ha
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Prefectural
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