Brides Rebuild Plans After Frederick Bridal Center Fire
Brides faced last minute disruption as a fire at the Frederick Bridal Center destroyed gowns including wedding dresses and attendants' outfits. Sarah Shubert rushed to alter a new dress and rearrange the ceremony while others like Michelle Dinsmore faced lost purchases but found support from shop owners and family.
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Sarah Shubert
Ms. Shubert
Frederick
Frederick Bridal Center
Joanie
Mr. Shubert
Michelle Dinsmore
Commissioner candidates differ over funding for school system
Frederick County voters hear sharp contrasts in how to fund education as candidates debate per pupil spending. Some call for higher state and local investment, citing the county’s 23rd ranking in state per pupil spending and maintenance of effort requirements. Others say rankings vary and focus should be on needs not wants, while faulting state and federal funding levels and stressing prudent budgeting.
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Frederick County
Jan Gardner
James R. Franklin
Paul Gilligan
David Gray
Mr. Gray
John L. Thompson Jr
Ona Hagan
Bruce Reeder
Terre Roy Rnodenck
Timothy Gallagher
Carl Harbaugh
Gallagher
Hogan
Reeder
Tractor flips in field kill Boonsboro man
A 76-year-old Boonsboro resident, Omer Howard Barkdoll, died when his John Deere 420 1956 tricycle tractor hit a rock, flipped onto him while planting a fence line. He was found at the scene about 5 pm and pronounced dead by the medical examiner.
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Boonsboro
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Omer Howard Barkdoll
Mill Point Road
Barkdoll
Ir. Barkdoll
Milosevic agrees to withdraw forces and talks
US envoy Richard Holbrooke hailed a peace bid with Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic as crucial for Kosovo. Milosevic will pull forces from Kosovo and begin negotiations with ethnic Albanians, with about 2000 international observers to monitor the process. NATO warned it will resume airstrikes if commitments are not met, amid humanitarian fears and ongoing casualties and displacements.
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Yugoslavia
Richard Holbrooke
Kosovo
Slobodan Milosevic
Milosevic
Clinton
New York
NATO
Holbrooke
Clinton sets four day window for Milosevic on Kosovo
President Clinton warned Yugoslav President Milosevic he has four days to fulfill U N demands on Kosovo or face swift NATO airstrikes. He doubted the chance of avoiding conflict and called Milosevic's promises unreliable while NATO pursues a dual track plan with strikes and a brief breathing period.
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Clinton
Slobodan Milosevic
U.N
Kosovo
NATO
Milosevic
U.N. Security Council
Balkan
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Negotiators hope for budget deal today
Washington negotiators report progress on a broad budget accord with key disputes over education and environment still to resolve. They paused the census counting issue and aim to complete most funding details for fiscal 1999, as Clinton pushes for an $11 billion increase to hire 100,000 teachers.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Senate
Trent Lott
House
Lott
Erstine Bowles
Newt Gingrich
Bowles
Clinton
Breast cancer survivor aids others through Reach to Recovery
Joyce Kraft, a registered nurse and 1995 Reach to Recovery coordinator, shares how the program connects diagnosed women with survivors. She credits a nine year survivor for hope and notes that over 600 women have benefited in nine years, with many more potential beneficiaries unaware of the support.
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Joyce Kraft
Reach To
Mrs. Kraft
Reach 40 Recovery
Frederick
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