White party massacre blamed on APLA in South Africa
In King William's Town an armed wing of the Azanian People's Liberation Army claimed responsibility for a gun and grenade attack at a country club Christmas party that killed four whites and wounded others. Police cited a caller from APLA and noted unexploded firebombs matched previous attacks. The Pan Africanist Congress distanced itself while the ANC urged a multiracial government amid rising political violence.
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King William's Town
South Africa
Azanian People’s Liberation Army
Christo Louw
APLA
Pan Africanist Congress
Congress
Fr. de Klerk
de Klerk
Benny Alexander
Country Club
Sebokeng
Johannesburg
African National Congress
Barend Strydom
Col. Louw
Zimbabwe
Bartlett names transition team after win in 6th District
Dr. Roscoe Bartlett's first act after clinching the Nov. 3 victory was to announce a transition team led by Tim Woodford Debbie Royal and Jim Lafferty. The trio, key strategists in the landslide over Thomas Hattery, kept low public profiles while guiding the candidate, shoring up early campaign challenges and coordinating VIPs and voters. Woodford, campaign chairman, had to stay neutral until after the March 3 primary, then pivot to fix intra party rifts and press toward Congress.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Tim Woodford
Debbie Royal
Jim Lafferty
Thomas Hattery
Lafferty
Dr. Bartlett
Woodford
Bartlett
GOP
Congress
Unusual November in Frederick County Weather
November brought wetter and warmer conditions than average in Frederick County. Temperatures ran above normal with two freezes, and rainfall reached about 4.5 inches, well above the 3.03 inch average, as Maryland State Police and meteorologists reported. A December-February forecast predicts normal temperatures and rainfall, though the Hagerstown almanack may differ.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Frederick Barracks
Mercury
Fredenck
Melody Hall
National Weather Service
Sterling
Hagers Town
Retailers upbeat after Thanksgiving weekend shopping surge
Americans flocked to malls and stores over the Thanksgiving weekend with sales up sharply from last year’s weak levels though California lagged. Dayton Hudson Sears JC Penney and Pier 1 reported stronger demand for lower and mid price items while electronics and jewelry sold well. Retailers remained cautiously optimistic about the holiday season amid lingering recession worries and price watching.
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New York
California
Kenneth Macke
Dayton Hudson Corp
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Matt Howard
Duncan Muir
JC Penney Co. Inc
Howard
Dayton Hudson
Target Discount
Ann Barkelew
Mervyn's Clothing
Sears
Target
Pier 1 Imports Inc
Clark Johnson
Johnson
Rutherford
N.J
Bob Goldstein
Opening day deer kill near records in Maryland 1992 season
Maryland wildlife officials report a near record opening day deer harvest as hunters pour into stations across the state. The expanded seven day season and added week aim to curb herd growth with antlered and antlerless deer legal in most counties. Several big bucks weighed in at Myersville and Jefferson stations, while no local injuries were reported despite three injuries on the Eastern Shore.
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Jim Gilfoxd
News-Post
Maryland
Department of Natural Resource
Frederick County
Ralph Brown
Jefferson
Nicd- Maryland
Myersville
Brian Hendricks
John JF. Brogaard
Naddletown
Merriley Wise
Hendricks
Wise
Brogasnd
Department of Natural Resources Police
Frederick
Innel
Garrett and
Allegany
Washington
Associated Press
Patty Manan
Baltimore
Centreville
Baimore Shock T Trauma Center
Lynn Greenback
Galena
Reri Cenanty
Elkton
Gaithersburg Woman Dies After One Vehicle Crash
A Gaithersburg woman Pamela Jean Sullivan aged 36 died early Monday after a one vehicle crash on East Deer Park Road. She was a passenger in a car driven by Douglas Gordon Lowe who was injured and transported to Suburban Hospital Bethesda. Investigators said the eastbound car crossed the road, struck a curb, and hit a tree.
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Gaithersburg
East Deer Park Road
Pamela Jean Sullivan
Montgomery County
Ms. Sullivan
Douglas Gordon Lowe
Deer Park Road
Lowe
Bethesda
Weather outlook and local high school football results
Parily sunny today with highs near 50 and lows around 30. Mostly sunny Tuesday with highs in the upper 40s. Maryland weather map teased on Page 2.02.26. Page 0000 ccce Bel Sports notes that Singanore Lancers and Walkersville Lions failed to win state championship contests.
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Maryland
Singanore Lancers
Walkersville Lions
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