Local literacy council sheds light on reading problem
Robert Click toiled with reading and spelling until contact with the Literacy Council of Frederick County changed his life. He earned a high school diploma and a job, a typical outcome among the council’s 118 students last year. More than 3,000 county residents cannot read well, and the council notes a rising need.
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Frederick County
Literacy Council
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Walkersville HS
Ruter
Betty Seligmann
Patrick Street improvement project planned for next year
City officials announced a large downtown street upgrade on Patrick Street from U.S. 15 to Wisner Street with utility wires buried underground. The project, funded mainly by state highway grants, will be built in two to three stages as funds allow, with the city covering landscaping and street lights.
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U.S. 15
Wisner Street
Ronald N. Young
North Market Street
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Market Street
State Public Service Commission
Young
South Street
New round of arms talks opens in Washington
U S and Soviet experts begin a fresh round of nuclear talks as the Reagan administration plans a scaled back 50 percent global cut. Diplomats clash over Star Wars while Newsweek reporter Daniloff remains jailed in Moscow and calls for his release.
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Reagan
State Department
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Nicholas Daniloff
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Charles E. Redman
U.S. News & World Report
States
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Kaleidoscope show at Strathmore Hall in focus
Visual vistas of a kaleidoscope take center stage at Strathmore Hall with a show featured in the pages. The weather forecast notes a chance of light showers this evening deteriorating to partly cloudy and cooler conditions with lows between 60 and 65.
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Strathmore Hall
Accold
Browning longtime Frederick County official dies at 74
Glenn Ferdinand Browning 74 longtime Frederick County Board of Appeals member died Wednesday at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Rockville He retired in 1976 after more than 25 years with the Federal Land Bank and Frederick Production Credit He lived in Kemptown and was active in church and civic groups Surviving relatives include two sisters a daughter and two sons and several grandchildren The family will receive friends at his home and a memorial service will be held at Providence United Methodist Church Donations may go to the National Kidney Foundation Funeral home Olin L Molesworth Funeral Home Damascus coordinating arrangements
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Frederick County Board of Appeals
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
Rockville
Federal Land Bank
Frederick Production Credit
Maryland Tobacco Growers’ Association
Maxine Browning
Kemptown
Mary E. Brown
Frederick
Angela
Arthur Cox
Damascus
J. Pingak Browning
Carole C. Larsen
Libertytown
R. Lee Beckley
Cottage City
Thomas E. Beckley
Michelle Cox
Fie Larsen
Christine Larsen
Joanne Grubb
Baltimore
Mad
Olin L. Molesworth
Eaglehead Country Club Sold For 2 Million In Lake Linganore
The Eaglehead Country Club and 271 acres surrounding it plus 98 subdivided lots sold for 2 million to Ronald D. Hermes and about 1,100 acres of land to Frank Ellis for 1.5 million. Hermes, a former FMI employee, plans development around the golf course while preserving play and the club’s character. He expects to reveal more plans in 30 days and aims for off-season use of facilities.
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Lake Linganore
FMI Financial Corp
Phoenix Properties
Ronald D. Hermes
Frank Ellis
Hermes
Lake Singanore
Frederick County
Thad
FMI
Elis
Alabama
New York
Arabs seize Pan Am jet in Karachi hijacking
Four Arabs armed with guns and explosives seized a Pan Am jumbo jet at Karachi airport with about 400 aboard and demanded an American crew fly to Cyprus. A American passenger was reported killed and three airport workers wounded, later clarified as alive by officials. The hijackers, believed Palestinian, demanded an American flight crew including an Arabic speaker to fly the plane to Cyprus and threatened action if unmet.
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Pakistan
Pan Am
Cyprus
State Department
Washington
New York
Mustafa
Civil Aviation Administration
Khurshid Manwar Mirza
Mirza
Larnaca
Market manager known as Rambo confronts shoplifters
Steve Hawkins 25-year-old manager of Carmack Jay s Market on North Market Street fights shoplifters with aggression. He bears scars from razor threats and a chest bite from a wrestling match with an alleged thief. Hawkins says he files weekly charges and estimates catching about five thieves weekly, each trying to steal five to ten dollars worth of goods.
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