Luby’s Cafeteria Rampage Kills 22 in Texas
In Killeen Texas a gunman attacked a crowded Luby’s Cafeteria fatally wounding 22 people before dying by a police gunfire. George Hennard 35 Belton drove through a window opened fire. the rampage left 14 women among victims and prompted rescue efforts as patrons hid behind counters and fled through broken glass.
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Killeen
Texas
George Hennard
Belton
Ludy
Hennard
Cooper
Jane Bugg
Thomas Vaughn
Bill would extend MARC rail to Frederick city
Congress considers a 50 million funding package to extend MARC commuter rail from Point of Rocks to Frederick. The measure, totaling 160 million for MARC upgrades, cleared the Public Works and Transportation and Ways and Means committees and awaits House action. Local officials hail the plan as a key link for downtown access and mass transit viability despite state funding doubts.
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Congress
MARC
Point of Rocks
Frederick
Paul Gordon
Public Works and Transportation Committee
Ways and Means
Ben Cardin
Cardin
Ways and Means Committee
Gordon
Carroll Creek
Aubuen
Sue Ann Yingling
James Gugel
White House inbox buzzes as calls spike during Thomas hearings
White House staff handle up to 60 000 letters weekly and 50 000 to 60 000 calls per week with 400 volunteers. Dian Moore reports that during Judge Clarence Thomas hearings the switchboard rang like 9000 times in 24 hours as Americans sought reassurance and a contact with the president. Millie the dog also receives a large share of letters in this mass mail operation.
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White House
Dian Moore
Clarence Thomas
Fort Detrick
Officers’ Wives Club
Capital Beltway
Barbara
Salvadoran mayors observe Frederick style democracy visit
A group of 23 mayors from El Salvador toured Frederick in a daylong program as part of a six week local government management training in Washington. They visited Arlington County finance and will attend a Texas Tech University seminar as they study decentralizing authority. The tour, coordinated by Mr Carr, aimed to learn how to shift power from national to local governments.
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el Salvador
The
Academy For State and Local Government
Washington, D.C
U.S
Arlington County
Department of Finance
Texas Tech University
Carr
Frederick
Academy
Paul Gordon
Anette Kaminski
Man Arrested For Robbery Of Citizens Bank
Charles Franklin Adams II, 23, of Winchester Virginia, was arrested after a foot chase and charged with robbery theft and assault with intent to rob in the Citizens Savings Bank case. He remains jailed in Frederick County. additional charges include presenting a threatening letter and fleeing eluding. State police indicate armed robbery charges are pending for a separate Highs convenience store holdup in Taylorsville.
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Frederick County
HRC backs county agency in job discrimination case
Frederick County Human Relations Commission unanimously backed the county Personnel Department in a 1990 job interview decision regarding Gilbert Cleckley. Cleckley, a retired Army colonel and deputy director of the SBA Equal Employment Opportunity division, vowed to pursue the matter, potentially in federal court. The panel referenced a 1981 discrimination case and a Supreme Court decision to guide its analysis.
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Frederick County
Mount Airy
Gilbert Cleckley
County Human Relations Commission
Cleckley
Equal Employment Opportunity and Compliance Division
The
Small Business Administration
HRC
Investbawon
Siecaley
Cadiilis
Texas Department of Community Affairs
Burdine
Sturdivant
Supreme Court
Commission
Big Apple Circus elephant sighting near Frederick
Ned the 3,000 pound Asian elephant and 6,000 pound companion Jenny paused beside Md. 355 in Frederick while trainer Ben Williams, his wife Darlene, and their crew fixed a broken trailer door. They were tied to stakes, grazing as they waited to move on to Tampa for winter vacation.
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Ned
Ben Williams
Wen
Big Apple Circus
Frederick
Williams
Clark
Weather forecast for Frederick area evening to Friday
Inside The News notes decreasing clouds this evening then fair with lows around 4. Friday brings sunny and warmer conditions with mid 70s daytime highs. Maryland weather and map appear on Page A. Portions of The Frederick News Post are printed on 100 percent recycled paper and are recyclable.
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