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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1996
Page
2
Hurricane Hortense intensified over open waters and gained speed moving away from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The storm dumped up to 20 inches of rain in these areas, and at least eight people were killed.
Nine hours of rising floodwaters trapped eleven people including five children in a Culebra house after Hurricane Hortense brought 14 inches of rain. Rescue crews saved five. six family members remained unaccounted for as the storm battered Puerto Rico with 90 mph winds and heavy flooding.
Frederick residents split on the city curfew requiring juveniles in public to be with an adult from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:59 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Police say the law is a tool, not a cure, with varied opinions from residents and students.
Roscoe Bartlett compared the IRS to an evil weed while Stephen Crawford touted centrist plans in a hour long race focused on economics. Crawford pledged no tax increases and a balanced budget amendment but dismissed a flat tax as unfair. Bartlett pressed broader reform and a national sales tax replacing the 11th amendment.
A near two century old stone barn at Md 385 and Park Mills Road is being dismantled to install a new foundation and reconstructed walls. Kiplinger Washington Editors own the site and say salvage requires demolition style work while planners caution the final result remains to be seen.
Gov. Parris Glendening and Maryland Emergency Management Agency official Michael Sharon toured flood damaged Point of Rocks on Tuesday. State and federal officials later inspected the area and reported 21 homes and seven other structures suffered major damage per Frederick County public safety director John Croneburg.
The body of 45 year old Montgomery County woman Mary Gaye Fister was found on West Baldwin Road near I-70 by a sheriff's deputy. Investigators say death could be homicide or accidental. autopsy needed. Fister’s red 1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT is missing. area search by deputies and volunteers found no further evidence.
An elderly man, Earnest Colbert, 78, died from injuries after a two vehicle crash on the new bypass Tuesday afternoon two hours after opening. He failed to stop at a stop sign, his van hit a northbound truck, was ejected through the windshield, and died at 7:18 p.m. after transfers between hospitals. The truck driver, Robert Dailey, 44, refused treatment.
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