Noriega retains grip after coup is crushed
Panamanian troops loyal to Gen. Manuel Noriega patrolled streets after a failed coup attempt. A Defense Forces spokesman said two coup leaders, including Capt. Javier Licona, sought refuge at Fort Clayton, a U.S. Army base. President Bush denied U.S. role, calling for democracy in Panama while observers questioned U.S. involvement.
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Panama
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Noriega
Defense Forces
United States
Edgardo Lopez
Javier Licona
Fort Clayton
Washington
Pentagon
Maj
Lopez
Bush
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
U.S
Sen
Jesse Helms
Panama Canal
Witnesses cite drug use in Sexton murder trial
Testimony continued in the John Paul Sexton murder case with prosecutors tracing a pre planned robbery leading to a fatal shooting of Marc Daniel Uber, a Singapore High School classmate, on Oct. 26 1988 at Urbana Exxons. Evidence includes receipts worth nearly $2000 and claims Uber was killed when a .22 caliber handgun discharged as Sexton left the vehicle.
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John Paul Sexton
Frederick
Sexton
Singapore
Setton
Uber
Richard Hilton
Mr. Uher
Monrovia
New Market Middle School
Donald Grossnickle
Paul
Ann Uber
Mrs. Uher
Mr. Sexton
Marc Uher
Kevin Morgan
Smithsburg
Marc Uber
District Court clerk ends extended career at courthouse
Paul Zimmerman left the District Court office after 28 years of part time service following an initial 30 day agreement. He also ran Monrovia Farm Supply and owned a canning factory until 1963. He plans more time at New Market Town Hall handling taxes and paperwork and recalls changes in court workflows and drug cases increasing court time.
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Paul Zimmerman
Zimmerman
District Court
Monrovia
Annapolis
Keymar farmer offers land to county as landfill site
Retired farmer Edwin Keith offered 130 to 140 acres near Ladiesburg for a county landfill to potentially resolve condemnation of the adjacent Schrodel dairy farm on Reichs Ford Road. County Commissioner Sterling Bollinger disclosed the proposal amid a heated land acquisition debate. Keith noted past offers but stressed no decision yet.
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Aftetired
Keymar
Frederick
Reich’s Ford Road
Sterling Bollinger
Edwin Keith
Ladiesburg
Carroll County
Keith
Thomas
Bollinger
Mr. Bollinger
Mr. Keith
William
Kathleen Schrodel
Officials delay exodus of Prague refugees
About 10 000 East German refugees waited in Prague for trains to the West as East German leaders repeated a safe passage pledge while banning travel into Czechoslovakia to stop the mass exodus. Trains were delayed as crowds gathered at stations and at the West Germany Embassy.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
West Germany
U.S
Montgomery County to buy Pepco land for incinerator site
Montgomery County Executive Sidney Kramer approved purchasing 35 acres in Dickerson from Pepco for a multi million dollar incinerator and Resource Recovery Facility. The 102000 price drew citizen protests and a 1992 start plan to burn waste and sell electricity to Pepco. A Sugarloaf group plans a meeting at St Marys Pavilion to oppose the toxic ash dump and raise disposal concerns.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Sidney Kramer
Dickerson
Pepco
Russell E. Hamill Jr
Sugarloaf Citizens Association
St. Mary’s Pavilion
Barnesville
Montgomery
Sr. Hamill
Clear and cold with patchy frost in northern areas
The weather page reports frigid conditions with patchy frost in colder areas, overnight lows around the mid thirties. Thursday promises sun and a warming trend, with daytime highs nearing the upper 60s across Western Maryland.
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