War Correspondents Arch marks 100th anniversary
War correspondents and admirers gathered in Burkittsville to honor George Alfred Townsend on the 100th anniversary of the War Correspondents Arch. John Howard underscored the arch as a symbol of freedom and the people’s right to know. The arch, built in 1896, lists 157 Civil War correspondents, artists and photographers.
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Burkittsville
George Alfred Townsend
John Howard
Antietam National Battlefield
Gathland State Park
Townsend
Cassandra Forster
South Mountain
Crampton’s Gap
Dorothy Rasmussen
San Luis Obispo
Calif
George Alfred Bonaventure
Bonaventure
Rasmussen
Gerald Regan
Frederick News-Post
George E. Randall
Friends of Gathland
Mandy Hornbecker
Williamsport High School
Maryland
The
Society of Professional Journalists
News-Post
Jack Coursey
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
War correspondent Arnett speaks on danger at 100th anniversary
CNN war correspondent Peter Arnett told a Burkittsville crowd that covering conflicts remains dangerous. He recalled Vietnam danger and a 1966 incident when an officer died after bullets struck his chest as Arnett stood nearby.
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Burkitysville
CNN
Peter Arnett
Arnett
Gathland State Park
Vietnam
Associated Press
CNN World
Duty honored as 102 fallen firefighters remembered
At Emmitsburg the 15th National Memorial Service for Fallen Firefighters remembered three Pittsburgh firefighters killed in a Valentine's Day 1995 structure fire. Charles Dickinson, keynote speaker and Pittsburgh fire chief, spoke of duty and tragedy as NASA offered new firefighting tech like better vision gear and survivor location.
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Charles Dickinson
National Memorial Service
National Emergency Training Center
Dickinson
Pittsburgh
Bureau of Fire
Thomas Brooks
Patricia Conroy
Marc Kolenda
Mr. Dickinson
National
Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Frederick County targets teen tobacco use with education efforts
Officials in Frederick County push school and law enforcement efforts to curb teen tobacco use amid rising statistics. In 1996, 125 civil citations were issued to youths for tobacco use, up from 72 in the prior year, under the Maryland Youth Access Law. Despite health ed programs, by grade eight 256 percent reported cigarette use in a 1994 survey, prompting continued cessation efforts and a pilot Tobacco Awareness program that helped about 35 volunteers with five remaining smoke free.
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Department of Juvenile Justice
Ronald Smith
Maryland
Smith
Lynn Widdowson
Frederick County
Widdowson
New Watches Add Voice and PC Functions
Inside The News Family reports new watches with voice recording playback and PC capability. The Frederick News Post notes pages printed on 406 percent recycled paper and highlights recyclable features.
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Frederick News Post
Aises
Orioles Fizzle As Yankees Clinch ALCS 6-4
Cal Ripken Jr. and the Orioles faced a season ending loss as New York defeated Baltimore 6-4 to clinch the American League Championship Series. The Yankees advance to the World Series to face the winner of the Braves Cardinals NLCS in New York.
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O's
New York Yankees
Bronx Bombers
New York
Yankees
Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Teens in stolen car lead 110 mph Maryland chase
Four Tennessee youths from Clarksville stole a 1992 Chevrolet Corsica. Maryland State Police pursued on I-70 for 55 miles from Hancock to New Market, ending at a truck weigh station. Driver Brandon Wayne King, 19, faces multiple charges. three passengers are charged with juvenile delinquency. no injuries. Nine-line rules prevented.
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Tennessee
Maryland
Hancock
New Market
Brandon Wayne King
Clarksville
Tenn
C.J. Bernard
Walkersville Woman Killed in Head-On Daysville Crash
A 59-year-old Walkersville woman, Shirley Ann Cox, died Sunday morning when her car collided head-on with a pickup driven by Patrick Darren Zaharoff, 32, on Daysville Road. Zaharoff and his 7-year-old son were hospitalized. the child was released and the father remained in stable condition.
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Walkersville
Daysville Road
Frederick County
Shirely Ann Cox
Patrick Darren Zaharoff
Woodsboro
Zaharoff
Ms Cox
Ms. Cox
Darren
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Man killed in collision near state line
Gettysburg Pa man Glenn Shields aged 34 was killed when he attempted an overtake in a no passing zone and collided with an oncoming vehicle on Md 140 at the Pennsylvania line Saturday night. Three other persons were injured according to state police reports.
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Emmitsburg
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania State Line
Glenn Shields
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Antietam
National Battlefield
Mr. Arnett
Randy Wright
America
National Aeronauticcs and Space Administration
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Harrisburg
Zembo Highland
Krista Brick
Inside the News
Ala
Cal Ripken Jr
Orioles
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