Return to Homestead as Housing Struggles Grow
Cruz family plus relatives occupy a single tent amid wreckage while many question the tent city. Gov. Chiles and Sen. Nunn plan to push Homestead reconstruction as 40 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. Army relief spreads with radios, food stamps reach victims, and utility outages persist as recovery drags on.
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Florida
Dade County
Homestead
Army
Gordon Sullivan
Pentagon
Bush
Homestead Air Force Base
Lawton Chiles
Georgia
Sam Nunn
Jim Towey
Miami
State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
Towey
Red Cross
Erik Joh
Louisiana
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Obituary: Richard H. Clark of Hagerstown dies at 73
Richard Henry Clark, 73, of Hagerstown, died Sept 1 at Washington County Hospital. A WWII Army veteran, he was a retired Potomac Valley Bank executive VP and former lieutenant colonel. Survived by wife Carol, children Carol Embrey and Richard W. Clark, Capt. David F. Clark, four grandchildren. Services Sept 4 at Christ Episcopal Church Woodbury NJ. burial in Eglington Cemetery. Memorial donations to Suburban Kiwanis Club.
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Richard Henry Clark
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Philadelphia
Jacob Henry and
Altheda Fox Clark
Woodbury High School
Woodbury
N.J
Ursinus College
Collegeville
Potomac Valley Bank
Gaithersburg
Kiwanis Club
City police charge two men with break-ins
Frederick City Police arrested Jacob Mathsen and Marlin May, both 18, on three counts of theft, two counts of destruction of property, tampering with motor vehicles, and possession of burglary tools after they were found tampering with cars at Ambertown Condominiums. A search found hammers, screwdrivers, and radios. They were held at the detention center pending a bond hearing.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Ambertown
Jacob Mathsen
Marlin May
County delays on well permit fee amid staff cuts
County commissioners delayed action after two to two votes, directing the health department to report on well permit turnaround times. Supporters of raising the fee to 80 dollars warned cuts could worsen health services, while opponents cited the recession impacting building and developers.
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Health Department
Gail Bowerman
David Gray
Woods
Gray
Bruce Reeder
Sue Ann Yingling
Ballot items set for constitutional changes and multiple races
Ballot includes a proposed constitutional amendment moving charter home rule drafting period from 12 to 14 months. Voters choose a president from five candidates, two U S Senate candidates, two House contenders, one Circuit Court Judge, and two Special Appeals Court judges. Write-in options allowed. four candidates filed write-in campaigns with postings at polling sites.
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U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Bill Clinton
Albert Gore Jr
George Bush
Dan Quayle
Republican Party
Andre Marron
Nancy Lord
Libertarian Party
Lenora Fulani
Maria Elizabeth Munoz
Alliance Party
Ross Perot
James Stockdale
Senate
Barbara Mikulski
Democratic Party
Alan Keyes
Thomas Hattery
Roscoe Bartlett
Herbert Rollins
Special Appeals Court
John J. Bishop Jr
Glenn T. Barrell Jr
Frederick County Board of Elections
Three Cows and Two Calves Stolen From Rocky Ridge Home
Frederick County deputies are investigating the theft of three cows and two calves valued at 3500 dollars from a New Cut Road residence of Pamela Harley in Rocky Ridge. The animals disappeared from a shed behind the home between 9 am and 2 pm Monday. Two cows are black and one red. one red calf and one black calf were taken. Deputy First Class Vickie Martin is handling the case.
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Rocky Ridge
Frederick County
Fugitive Weaver pleads innocent in federal case
Randy Weaver, a 44 year old white supremacist who surrenders after an 11 day siege at his mountaintop cabin, pleads innocent to federal gun charges and accuses law officers of murdering his wife Vicki. The Aug 21 shootout left his son and Deputy U.S. Marshal Degan dead, followed by another fatal gun battle the next day.
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Boise, Idaho
Randy Weaver
U.S
William Degan
Mr. Weaver
Vicki
BWI Airport posts coolest August in 42 years
Baltimore Washington International Airport recorded the coolest August in 42 years with an average 72.0 degrees, six tenths below the 1963 record. The August dip helped make summer 1992 the third coolest at BWI with an overall June to August average of 73.3 degrees, near the 1974 figure and cooler than the 1958 and 1982 records. Baltimore proper averaged about 77 degrees for August, six degrees above the historic low.
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Linthicum
Baltimore
Weather Service
Frederick welcomes sister city visitors and plans tour
Mrs. Jones praised community support for a choir picnic funded by local merchants. She outlined future plans to take a tour group to Schifferstadt, a visit not yet undertaken, confident the welcome would be tremendous, noting her German birth.
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South Florida
Richard H. Clark
Pendas
Prioreetent
Piposae
Renia
Sager
Saren
Abet Veniree Dt
Fredenck
Bwi
First Bank of
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