Rare ginseng plant brings pretty penny
In Western Maryland forests each year hikers seek wild ginseng whose dried roots fetch about 125 dollars per pound. Robert Wood of Maryland’s Department of Agriculture says locating ginseng remains a closely guarded family secret and that the plant thrives on shady, well drained mountain slopes with three to five green leaves and red berries.
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Hagerstown
Maryland
Robert Wood
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Office of Plant Industries and Plant Management
Wood
Annapolis
Hopkins Dean Upholds Ban On Delta Upsilon Frat
Johns Hopkins University dean upholds decision banning the Delta Upsilon fraternity from campus activities after three members face assault with intent to murder and arson charges over a May burning of a shanty protesting the university’s holdings in a racially segregated nation. The trio, Russell Abrams, Richard Hoheb, and Michael Mofta, are to stand trial in Baltimore Circuit Court.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Homewood
Robert S Welch
Chris Columbo
Welch
Johns Hopkins University Coalition For A Free South Africa
Russell Howard Abrams
Riverdale
N.Y
Richard Hoheb
Holmdel
N.J
Michael Mofta
Bellmore
Hopkins
Hoheb
Melvin Sykes
One Dead As Light Plane Crashes Into Car
In West Springfield a light plane struck a car at a stopped light on Hopes and Rolling roads killing the car’s driver Angel McDevitt 33 of Springfield. The pilot James Kreitner 36 of Rockville Pike Rockville was treated for a minor head laceration and released. NTSB and county police investigate cause.
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Springfield
Fairfax County
West Springfield
Angel McDevitt
Crestmont Circle
Hopes
James Kreitner
Rockville Pike
Rockville
Mount Vernon Hospital
Hyde Airfield
Clinton
National Transportation Safety Board
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