Clinton confirms Arafat and Rabin to sign peace accord
President Clinton announced that PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin would attend a White House signing ceremony for a Gaza and Jericho self rule accord. Israel and Jordan edge toward an agenda for peace with timing set for early next week.
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Washington
Clinton
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
White House
Gaza
Jericho
Mideast
Israel
Jordan
Houston
Arafat
State Department
Rabin
Israel Radio
Warren Christopher
Uri Dromi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Memorial Park ceremony honors MIAs and fallen in Vietnam
About 50 gathered at Memorial Park in Frederick to honor military personnel killed or missing in the Vietnam War. Master Chief Petty Officer Chet Stanley led readings of names and a tribute with a helmet tribute. Stanley noted the date shift for a national MIA/POW day. Clinton was not present and questions remain about resumed ties.
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Memorial Park
Vietnam
Frederick
Chet “Popeye” Stanley
Frederick County
Standley
Clinton
Sunny weekend forecast with mild highs and cooler nights
Weather outlook for today places highs in the 70s with clear skies and a cool night dropping into the 40s. Sunday promising sunny conditions with upper 70s highs. Also notes a sports brief on page C-1 about TJ topping Allegany and Watkins Mill defeating Frederick.
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Allegany
Watkins Mill Downs
Frederick
C-1
Hood College fund drive tops 39 million in quiet campaign
Hood College officials announced a quiet fundraising drive has raised over 39 million dollars since 1990 toward a 52 million goal by 1995. A 1 million dollar donation was disclosed as the drive shifts to a broader public phase. The plan funds a campus center, library, faculty development, scholarships, and operating budget growth, with leaders Al Shockley and Christine Tischer spearheading the effort.
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Ernest Boyer
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
al Shockley
Christine P. Tischer
Hood College
Lois Smith Harrison
College Board of Trustees
Tarrenllaco
Hood
Martha Church
Pus
Christine Tischer
Hagerstown
Fae Tha Hanment
Earnest L. Boyer
U.S
20 Percent Turnout Expected in Frederick City Primary
Frederick election officials project about one in five registered Democrats and Republicans will vote in Tuesday's mayor and alderman primary. turnout history shows 26 percent in 1977 and 24 percent in 1941. registration tops 19,500 with Democrats leading Republicans by roughly 1,900. Early voting ballots are absentee and counted after the election.
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Frederick
Maxine Pratt
Commuters protest parking lot changes at Key Mall
Commuters from about 150 county residents relying on an express shuttle to Shady Grove Metro City buses at the mall protest a change to the parking lot near Md 144. They allege the new lot lacks lighting and shelter and is far from a phone, with no city bus connection. They plan to meet with Mass Transit Admin officials to seek relief.
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Francis Scott Key Mall
I-70
Montgomery
MD 144
Michael Cresap
Landa Quinn
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