Multiple deadly blasts and clashes mark regional tensions across the Middle East and South Africa
In Lebanon a car bomb at an Israeli security checkpoint killed the driver with conflicting casualty reports amid a Baath Party claim of responsibility identifying Issam Ahmed Hussein Khadr of the Bekaa Valley. In Connecticut authorities prepared for arraignment of 11 Puerto Rican suspects in the Wells Fargo depot robbery with heightened security. In Hawaii lava fountains rose 100 feet at Puʻu ʻOʻo Vent signaling renewed activity at Kilauea. In South Africa police and army sealed black townships on the first anniversary of intense anti apartheid riots as coal and gold mine tensions rose with a 60,000 worker strike and extensive roadblocks and searches.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Voice of the Nation
Lebanese Baath Party
Hafez Assad
Syria
Issam Ahmed Hussein Khadr
Keiat
Bekaa Valley
Hartford
Connecticut
Johannesburg
South Africa
Vereeneging
Vanderbijipark
Words of wisdom Kindness gives birth to kind wan DEBS
A compact quotation from Sophocles on kindness serving as a timeless moral reminder.
Frederick County Students Return to School in Strong Numbers
About 23,802 Frederick County students returned for the new year as 45 schools opened without incident. Construction updates include Phase 1 of Singapore High School remodeling finishing by November, Walkersville Middle School by October, asbestos removal at West Frederick Middle, and a Brunswick middle school to open after Thanksgiving. Superintendent Berger notes more computers and curricular changes, plus the plus plan for teachers amid contract talks. Gov Thomas Johnson High School warns students about crossing US 15 near the campus with staff monitoring driveways and the highway safety concerns.
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Sarah Dixon
Frederick
Julie Dixon
Sarah
Frederick County
Yellow Springs
Sam Yu
Wayne Hayden
Hayden
Singanore High School
Walkersville Middle School
West Frederick Middle School
Catoctin High School
Brunswick
Stuart D. Berger
Berger
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
U.S. 15
TJ High
Don Hindman
Motter Avenue
Hindman
Discovery lands space shuttle after safing three satellites
Discovery returns to Edwards Air Force Base after a bold space salvage mission. Commander Joe Engle and pilot Dick Covey guided the 100 ton shuttle to a pre-dawn desert touchdown at 6:15 a.m. PDT after dropping off three communications satellites and energizing Syncom 3 during two weekend space walks.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Discovery
Joe Engle
Dick Covey
Engle
Indian Ocean
Pacific
California
Los Angeles
James van Hoften
Bill Fisher
Hughes Communications Inc
Cleanup from hurricane begins in Biloxi Mississippi
Armed police and National Guard patrolled the coast as Elena's damage mounted from torrential rains and 100 mph winds. Pascagoula suffered extensive business damage and residents faced a bombed out city. Gov Allain toured the area while 500 guardsmen and troopers were deployed to curb looting and set curfews. Schools closed in seven southern counties and demand for chainsaws generators and ice surged as the storm moved into Louisiana and Arkansas.
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Biloxi
Miss
National Guard
Aureas
Te Vail Loaf
Pascagoula
Elena
Gulf
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Bill Allain
Jackson County
Rerb Sully
Red Croga
Red Cross
Terri Gautier
Mobile
Goodyear
Lousiana
Lee
Allain
Mississippi National Guard
Gulfport
Ocean Springs
An & D
Frederic
Local telethon short of hoped for stretch of MD funds
MD Olive Engle and volunteers in Frederick raised $12,364 in a two day Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, far below the $16,000 record from 1973. Engle cited waning interest and a growing population as reasons, noting many passerby donated little. She hoped meeting a victim would prompt more generosity at future events.
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Olive Engle
Jerry Lewis
Ms. Engle
Frederick Towne
J.C. Penney
Frederick
Frederick County
Engle
American Legion Hall
Sign of the day greets Thormont Middle students
Art teacher Cindy Downs and student Kip Jacobs created a welcome sign for Thormont Middle School as students and staff returned after summer vacation. The photo shows students ranging from 12 to 14 years old, with Hank Bohlander the principal and several named students.
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Thormont Middle School
Cindy Downs
Kip Jacobs
Holly
Twgilarmo
Loretta Shriner
Rhonda Nowell
Tammy fEckenrode
Brian Payne
Hank Bohlander
David Miller
Andrew Becker
Richard Martin
Sam Yu
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Sarby
News State
Netlonel — World
U.S
Kilauea
Volcano, Hawaii
Pu'u O’o
George Ulrich
U.S. Geological Survey
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Inside the News
Maryland
Ma&p
Bez
DEBS
Sophocles
Nancy Luse
News-Post
Syncom 3
Hughes
Steven Dorfman
Hughes Communications
Syncom
Bryan Denson
T. M.S
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