Heatwave prompts early school closings across Maryland counties
As a scorching spell continues with high 90s and muggy nights, Frederick County and eight other Maryland districts shut schools early on Friday. Montgomery Prince George's Howard and Baltimore counties also shortened days while Frederick City pools extend hours. Officials warn this heat wave strains students staff and livestock, with dairymen advised to take precautions.
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Frederick
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
Howard County
Bill Henry
Montgomery
Frederick County Extension
Ken Wisner
Nedbank New York branch to reopen under SA backing
South Africa's Nedbank to reopen its New York branch today after SA Reserve Bank governor Gerhard de Kock guarantees central bank support. He said the rand might recover within months as a debt repayment moratorium builds dollar reserves and lifted a U.S. cease and desist order.
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London
South Africa
New York
U.S
Gerhard de Kock
South African Reserve Bank
de Kock
Nedbank
United States
U.S. Treasury Department
Office
Comptroller of Currency
Financial Times
Massive Maryland police raid nets gambling machines and cash
Maryland State Police conducted a daylong sweep in Frederick County confiscating 51 video games and other devices used for illegal gambling. The operation also seized two cars and 6126.34 dollars, with authorities continuing inquiries on accounting records to pursue litigation. Police cited 350 machines seized statewide since last year and noted no arrests at Thursday’s raid.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Urbana Pike
Woodsboro
Thurmont
Health Center
Elks Lodge
Shookstown Road
Eyler’s
Baltimore City
Eastern Shore
Bill Tower
Tower
Washington
Carroll
Jerry Reuter
Gar Menefee
State Police Special Services
Menefee
Frederick Barracks
Frederick City
Special Services
Los Angeles
California
Dick Walls
Richard Ramirez
Walls
Ramirez
District Attorney's Office
Central Jail
Jerusalem bomb wounds man near Kahane offices
A bomb exploded in downtown Jerusalem near the Mahane Yehuda market injuring a man who appeared to be placing it under a car. Police closed the area and searched for more explosives as anti Arab slogans rose from Kach supporters.
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Jerusalem
Mahane Yehuda
Meir Kahane
Kach
Associated Press
Rafi Levi
Frederick City primary election views guide by League of Women Voters
A guide sponsored by the League of Women Voters presents candidates' views for the Frederick City primary election on Sept. 10. The note appears in Inside The News with weather notes for Western Maryland and a page map. The quote attributed to Horace Mann warns that unkept appointments betray honesty.
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Maryland
League of Women Voters
Frederick City
NAACP seeks funds to fight KKK in Frederick County
Frederick County NAACP recruits $10,000 to cover legal fees for a federal case challenging a county ordinance allowing private KKK gatherings. The group filed a temporary restraining order in Baltimore, with later hearing set for November, as national NAACP backs the local effort.
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NAACP
Federal District Court
Frederick
Ku Klux Kan
DR. Nickens
KKK
National Associaton For the Advancement of Colored People
U.S District Court
Baltimore
Rocky Ridge
Frederick J. Lowndes
Willie J. Mahone
Frank Kaufman
Nickens
Kaufman
National
Frederick County Jobless Rate Rises in July
The Frederick County unemployment rate edged up to 3.1 percent in July from 2.6 in June, still below Maryland and national levels. County civilian labor force reached 74,478 with 2,301 unemployed, as vacation shutdowns were blamed for the rise. Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties also saw increases, while Montgomery Carroll and Howard counties posted small changes.
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Frederick County
Maryland
Gary Wiedel
Department of Employment and Training
Wiedel
Maryland Department of Employment and Training
Washington County
Allegany
Garrett County
Montgomery County
Carroll County
Howard County
Two Injured in W 2nd Street Crash in Frederick
An early morning crash on West Second Street in Frederick left two West Virginia men in critical condition. Police say speed and alcohol contributed as the driver Michael Gore 21 Rawson and passenger Earl Lancaster 22 Harpers Ferry were tailgating. Gore crossed the center line sped, then failed to negotiate the curve hitting a tree after 82 feet of skid marks.
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Frederick Wiich
West Virginia
Frederick City
Richard Ashton
Michael E. Gore
W. 4Th Ave
Rawson
W.va
Earl D. Lancaster
Rt. 3
Harpers Ferry
West 2Nd Street
Ashton
Gore
West Second
Schifferstadt
Urgent check for donor as young patient fights strokes
In Tucson, doctors at University Medical Center search for a donor heart for 21 year old Michael Drummond, the world’s youngest Jarvik-7 recipient. He improves from strokes but remains serious while staff review possible organs from a gunshot victim in Oklahoma City and other alerts go out to San Francisco and Phoenix.
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Tucson
Ariz
University Medical Center
Michael Drummond
Oklahoma City
Mary Jean McAleer
Drummond
Nina Trasoff
University of Arizona
Jack Copeland
Copeland
San Francisco
Phoenix
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Jeff Taylor
Lebanon
Beirut
West Beirut
Christan East
Bourj el-Barajneh
Inside the News
Voter’s Guide
Horace Mann
AG Entertainment
Joseph Emerson
Emerson
Woodstock
Gwen McEntire
News-Post
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