Tip jars law sparks mixed views in Frederick County
A local dispute over tip jar funds ends with no charges after $2400 supposedly misposted by Mr Thompson. Officials note tip jars, allowed since 1993, divert 70 percent to nonprofits and 30 percent to taverns, plus $1 per jar to Frederick County. County budgets rise from 1.2 to 1.4 million for fire companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Remsberg
Ralf Berger
General Assembly
Frederick County
Diane Penn
Harbaugh
Annapolis
Junior Fire Co
Keith Brown
Charles Abrecht
Walkersville Fire Co
Vaughn Zimmerman
Airport Inn
Hansonville
Princess Diana affair with riding instructor shocks Britain
London AP reports a new book claims Princess Diana began a five year affair with riding instructor Maj. James Hewitt at Kensington Palace. The expose, published by Bloomsbury, cites Hewitt’s statements and notes Diana’s legal team dismissing such sensationalism, while newspapers buzz with sales and quotes.
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London
Diana
Kensington Palace
Maj
James Hewitt
Prince Charles
Maj. Hewitt
Anna Pasternak
Hewitt
Bloomsbury
Lord Mischon
Mas
News of the World On Sunday
Ma} Hewitt
Maj Hewitt
Marbles world championship may be renamed Mason Cup says organizers
Denny Tressler and Gene Kimmell consider dropping world championship branding for the National Ringer Marbles Tournament, proposing The Mason Cup to honor Gene Mason, who has directed the national event since 1979. The 48 inch walnut trophy could hold 170 engravings as Freder ick County Parks and Recreation Bureau hosts the event with a $100 grand prize for winners. Debra Stanley-Lapic from Reading won the 1994 world female title, while Paul McKeone, also of Reading, claimed the male championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny Tressler
Middletown
Trish Tressler
Tressler
Mr. Kimmell
Gene Mason
Debra Stanley-Lapic
Reading
Paul McKeone
Middletown Festival Claimed a Success Despite AWOL Reenactors
Town Burgess Louise Snodgrass hailed the event as a success saying the community and family spirit showed, after the 6th Maryland Company H reenactors from Hagerstown went AWOL prompting authorities to enact the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th Maryland
Hagerstown
Louise Snodgrass
Red parlor acts and ventriloquists draw crowds downtown
At North Market and Fourth a group of youths beat drums while an incense stick smoldered in a doorway. Ventriloquist Steve Engle introduces Dusty the dummy and claims the characters are real, while Mime Tom Dougherty amuses audiences on West Third Street with the Unraveling Circus. Dougherty credits Barnum and Bailey training for his success performing before 16,000.
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North Market
Steve Engle
Dusty
Mary
Mr. Engle
Watcueabor Pa
Tom Dougherty
West Third Street
Mr. Dougherty
Red-Nosed Clown
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Border collies herd sheep at Scottish festival roped fair
Nancy Starkey and Mary Brighoff of Mount Airy demonstrated border collies guiding sheep at a Maryland fairground festival with Scottish themes. Attendees, vendors, and a MacFarlane tent shared Scots heritage as a bridge collapse in Hong Kong killed 33 people, and a separate Maryland crash trapped a victim near Old National Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Nancy Starkey
Mary Brighoff
Mount Airy
Scotland
Lake
Ms. Starkey
Bettie
Jessica Wesley
West Frederick Middle School
MacFarlane
Hong Kong
China
Tianhu
New Evening Post
Frederick County
Maryland State Police
Old National Pike
Ames spy scandal could damage hundreds of cases
New York AP Newsweek reports the Ames espionage case may have compromised far more than the 36 cited, with CIA director Woolsey noting dozens or hundreds of cases affected. Ames, a former CIA officer, leaked secrets to the Soviet Union and Russia and was paid over $2 million before pleading guilty and receiving a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIA
Aldrich Ames
Newsweek
Ames
Soviet Union
Russia
James Woolsey
Woolsey
Langley
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Randy Bluhm
W. Patrick St
Frederick
Edward D. _ Jones & Co
Siete Cares
Dea
Brehive
Skip Lawrence
Uae
The
Frederick Fairgrounds
Valley Tax Financial Services
Peter G
Canonico Valley Tax Financial Services
Holiday Inn
W. Patrick St. Frederick
Maryland
Peter G. Canonico
HD West Investment Securities Inc
SIPC
Las Colinas Blvd
Irving
Eterin
Elbert Harden
Jefferson Hairplane
Salon Talk
S. Jefferson St. Frederick
Standard & Poor’s
Duff & Phelps
MFS Regatta
Sun Life of Canada
U.S
Standard & Poor's
Duff and Phelps
MFS
America
Princial
Terest
Sun
Canada
Robert P. Armstrong
West
Patrick Street
MPS Regatta
MFS Regatta Gold
MIS
Sun Life Senes Trust
Boylston Sree
Boston
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