Visual smoke detectors loaned to deaf residents in Frederick County
Deaf Access Services of Frederick launches a first-come, first-served pilot making visual smoke detectors available to hearing impaired residents. The units use bright strobes and audible alarms, tested at over 92 percent effectiveness, funded entirely by private sources. Information and loans contact Deaf Access Services at 696-1550 VTTY.
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Frederick County
Deaf Access Services
Frederick
Peter Myers
Maryland School For the Deaf
Peter Hilton
Gentex Corp
Richard Yinger
Maryland State Fireman’s Association
Yinger
Gentex
Myers
Cancer vaccine study doubles survival in mice
Researchers at Frederick Fort Detrick publish in Journal of the National Cancer Institute detailing bone marrow transplants with a tumor fighting substance that raises mouse survival to about 50 percent versus 10 to 20 percent without it. Authors Hornung Kwak Longo Bowersox note potential for generalized vaccines and plan human trials.
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Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
National Cancer
Ronald Hornung
Hornung
Larry Kwak
Dan Longo
Dr. Hornung
Orville Bowersox
France blasts Mururoa atoll for nuclear test amid protests
France defied global protests by detonating a nuclear blast beneath Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific, ending a three year moratorium. International reaction included recalls of ambassadors, protests in Tahiti and Tokyo, and Greenpeace condemnation as ships confronted demonstrators.
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France
South Pacific
Papeete
Tahiti
Australia
Gareth Evans
Australian Broadcasting Corp
Mururoa Atoll
China
Mururoa
Atoll
Abel Moutier
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Hiroshima
Jacques Chirac
Defense Ministry
Chirac
Greenpeace
Sebia Hawkins
Fiji
New Zealand
Chile
Japan
Tokyo
Fangataufa
Hawaii
House Addition Approved In New Market
The planning commission approved a 16 by 224 foot house addition on Wicomico Court for Chris Krives. Next week he must obtain Historic District Commission approval to proceed with the project.
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New Market
The
Planning Commission
Wicomico Court
Chris Krives
Historic District Commission
Girl 9 reports kidnap attempt in Monrovia
A 9 year old girl at Green Valley Shopping Center reported a man in a red pickup truck tried to abduct her Tuesday night. She fled on her bike to home and did not look back. Police Cowper said no further description was available and no other details emerged.
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Monrovia
Maryland
Green Valley Shopping Center
Tim Miller
Cpl. Miller
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United Laboratories
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South Alley
Sanger
Fleshman
Marcella Klinger
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