Teen killer suspect Ben Garris captured at Virginia Beach store
Baltimore County police said 16 year old Benjamin Garris was arrested Friday night at a 7 Eleven in Virginia Beach after a struggle with a clerk while shoplifting candy. He has been charged as an adult with first degree murder and first degree arson for the Towson Sheppard Pratt Hospital slaying of Sharon Edwards. A missing Timonium girl, Jane DeCosta, may have been with him. Extradition procedures begin.
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Benjamin Garris
Sheppard Pratt Hospital
Towson
Virginia Beach
Baltimore County
Garris
22Nd Street
Mike Carey
Frederick
Carey
Maryland
Ernest Hemingway
Boston
Northeast
Mr. Garris
Jane DeCosta
Richard DeCosta
Jane
Steve Garris
Fordham Cottage
Bonnie Katz
Miss Edwards
Frederick County
Scott Rolle
Good Sams Rally At Frederick Fairgrounds Four Days
About 200 Good Sam Club members arrived at the Frederick Fairgrounds for a four day gathering described as a family friendly event. The club, claiming over 950 000 member families across the U S Canada and Mexico, notes 37 Maryland chapters with more than 9 500 families participation.
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Frederick Fairgrounds
RV Central
Good Sam Club
United States
Canada
Mexico
Phil Rensch
Maryland
Rensch
Single-copy price increase at The Frederick Post
Effective Monday Oct 30 the single copy price of The Frederick Post and The News will be 50 cents. Home delivery and mail subscriptions remain unchanged. Publisher George B Delaplaine Jr cites a 40 percent rise in newsprint costs and forecasts further increases in 1996. Editorial note on page A-6.
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Frederick Post
The
News
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Psychic draws them from all around
In a weekly feature on weekend amusements, Betty Wells, a longtime local psychic near Hagerstown, offers readings that readers describe as a mix of a camping trip and a teen slumber party. She has read pasts and futures since the early 1950s from a small building beside her home on old U.S. 40.
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Hagerstown
Betty
Dionne Warwick
TV Land
Betty Wells
U.S. 40
Betty’s Tree Reading Chair Draws Clients Across States
NING FORTH presents her talents as a gift from God and charges five dollars for sessions that can last up to forty minutes. Word of mouth sustains her reputation across several states, with only a hand-lettered sign reading Betty’s to guide visitors to the correct driveway at night for the nocturnal Biss reading. Betty rests on Tuesdays.
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Betty
Bartlett backs budget bill in bold House vote
Rep Roscoe Bartlett praised the Thursday House support for a sweeping budget reconciliation bill aimed at balancing the budget in seven years and reforming welfare Medicare and Medicaid. The Maryland Republican joined 223 Republicans and four Democrats in favor as Democrats lost control last year. The measure passed the Senate earlier and faces a veto from President Clinton, with anticipated negotiations ahead.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Sively
America
Dr. Bartlett
House
Senate
Clinton
Bartlett
Capitol Hill
White House
Trick or treat dwindles in Frederick County neighborhoods
In Walkersville Discovery section about 15 children planned to dress up for candy. Frederick merchants report steady or rising candy sales while Madison Street Freder ick sees far fewer trick or treaters. Residents cite changing fun and fewer local kids. New Market youths are active in the narrative.
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Frederick County
Discovery
Walkersville
Jeanne Smith
Madison Street
Frederick
Tye
Cheryl Hoy
Donald Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Ms. Hoy
Brian Kirkener
Robert Johnson
Josh Owen
Turn Clocks Back As Standard Time Returns
Washington reports daylight saving time ends this Sunday with clocks set from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. It reverses the spring shift that added an hour of evening daylight, benefiting morning people as many resume standard time across the nation.
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Randy Byrd
Decatur
Ala
Washington
America
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