Brethren Center Talks Faith in Disaster Aid and Exodus
Howard Lord recalls transporting animals to Ethiopia and Greece in 1947 as a Noah theory hope. The center now runs disaster relief, refugee resettlement, and crafts sales from 40 countries raising 34.8 million last year. Executive Director Miller Davis cites James 2:14-17 as guiding faith in works. Joel Thompson, Brethren Benefits Trust director, was killed in US Air 497 crash near Pittsburgh.
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Montezuma
Iowa
Howard Lord
United Methodist
Ethiopia
Greece
Ethiopa
Lord
Europe
Center Information
Brethren
Center
Miller Davis
Davis
Joel Thompson
Brethren Benefits Trust
Mr. Thompson
Usair
Pittsburgh
Man searches for friend's remains in Pittsburgh area crash
Aliquippa fire marshal John Kaus returns to the USAir 427 wreckage to recover victims including Curt Young his longtime friend and neighbor. He leads teams to locate body parts while his wife recounts sleepless nights and they prepare to celebrate a 25th anniversary in Las Vegas.
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Aliquippa
John Kaus
Usair
Curt
Kaus
Allegheny County
Curt Young
Waco
Texas
Pittsburgh International
Mr. Young
Mr. Kaus
Las Vegas
Last Gasp Campaign Walks Across 6th District
DeArmon spent the weekend knocking on doors in Carroll and Howard counties. He began last winter by walking across the 6th District and now estimates he has knocked on more than 3,000 voters. Jennifer Daugherty searched mall parking lots, saying she would go where the people are as shoppers filled the lots.
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DeArmon
Carroll
Howard
Mr. DeArmon
6Th
Jennifer Daugherty
Computerized land records sweep expands Maryland court access
Court officials described the shift to electronic filing in Maryland, detailing how land records, plots, licenses, and civil indexes are stored digitally. Public terminals allow rapid searches, with ongoing work to merge criminal and civil indexes over 20 years. By 2010 all court records may be electronic.
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Keller
Mary Alice Shankle
Smith
John
Kelier
Tronic
District Court
Maryland District Court
Maryland
Vona remembered for Morgan horse legacy and community service
Vona devoted years to World Wide Missions and Morgan horse breeding. Joselene Hills Morgans grew from a family venture into a national name with foundation stock. Surviving family includes husband, four children Helene Gregory Provine Joseph Hancock Vona James Anthony Vona Rosemary Bernier, seven grandchildren, a brother and a nephew. Funeral services set at Keeney and Basford with burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society Frederick County Chapter.
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Vonas
Joselene Hills
Vona
United States
Canada
New York
Ohio
Joseph Hancock Vona
James Anthony Vona
Frederick
Rosemary Beverly Bernier
Norfolk
Mass
Kimberly Gregory Laurence
Robert William Provine
Joseph Anthony Vona
Hollie Rebekah Vona
Amy Elizabeth Vona
Melanie Dawn Bernier
Valerie Rose Bernier
James Marcus Gregory
Thomas Hundley
Keeney and Basford
E. Church St
Etchison
Second-smallest U.S. baby finally goes home
Rheagan Dickerson, who weighed 12 ounces at birth and had lived five months in a hospital, returned home in Fort Worth weighing 4 pounds 7.5 ounces and measuring 17 inches. She remains on oxygen but is described as alert and strong by her mother Joanne Dickerson. The smallest infant to survive was a 99-ounce girl born at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago in 1989.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Rheagan Dickerson
Rheagan
U.S
Joanne Dickerson
Loyola University Medical Center
Chicago
Monica VanCuren
All Saints
Plane crash at White House yard shocks DC crowd
A small plane crashed into the South Lawn near the White House, tearing through a magnolia tree and causing minor damage to the mansion. Firefighters contained fuel spills while Secret Service and FBI investigated the pilot, believed from Maryland, with no threats against the president. Authorities planned an autopsy. Clinton continued with the day’s schedule amid heightened security.
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White House
Baltimore
Andy Manning
FBI
Harford
Cecil County
Maryland
Secret Service
Harford County Air Park
Buck Roberts
Washington
WUSA
National
Clinton
Leon Panetta
Jones
D.C
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Federico Pena
Inmates Learn to Read at Medium Security Prison
Hurley notes the joy of reading in inmates who begin with basic literacy. David Jenkins cites 505 of 3000 inmates on a waiting list for schooling, leading to a high school equivalency certificate. Melvin Wax, a tutor, reflects on past truancy and current tutoring, praising program benefits and urging expansion with more trained tutors.
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Hurley
David Jenkins
Division of Corrections
Melvin Wax
Jenkins
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