Frederick Fair eyes record crowds as weeklong events loom
121st Creat Frederick Fair draws attention with a preview day Sunday as thousands ready exhibits and 4-H entries. Tonight features a 4-H cake auction and Heart of Maryland Tractor and Truck Class AA Pull at 6 30 p.m. and 8 p.m. cake sale. Weather calls for sun through Monday, highs near 80, then sunny Tuesday with upper 70s and a warm Wednesday with possible showers.
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Frederick
Heart of Maryland
News-Post
David Lesher
Lesher
Heart of
Maryland
Jeff Taylor
Navy shells Druse positions near Beirut and Jounieh
U S warships shell Druse gunners in central Lebanon to aid Lebanese forces fighting insurgents hand to hand in a strategic town. Destroyers John Rodgers and Arthur W. Radford fire at rebel positions from off Beirut coast as embassy cites defensive barages ordered for successful defense of the capital area.
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Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
John Rodgers
Arthur W. Radford
Jounieh
John Stewart
Senate Dismisses Nuclear Freeze Prospects Amid Crisis
The nuclear weapons freeze faces a likely Senate rejection as the Korean airliner disaster raises urgency for a verifiable arms reduction accord. Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes are set, with Percy pessimistic and Cranston arguing the crisis underscores distrust of the Soviets.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Tions
Percy
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Police quell disturbance in South End in Frederick City
Frederick city officers and state police halted a Saturday night disturbance in the South End after 200 to 300 people gathered. The clash began with two women at a downtown tavern, escalated as more participants joined, and bottles were thrown at officers. About 20 city officers helped, with state police and the sheriff’s department called as reinforcements. Continued on Page A-3.
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Frederick City
Pierce Stine
Stine
State
Sheriff's Department
Volunteers form key cog in Frederick County food give-away
Frederick County officials praise volunteers as the September 29 surplus food distribution aims to be the largest yet. About 90 000 pounds of food valued at 920 000 will be distributed across four sites in Frederick Thurmont Emmitsburg and Brunswick with leftover food directed to the Food Bank run by the Religious Coalition. Approximately 40 volunteers are expected, up from 33 in June, and the Food Bank will receive any surplus. Distribution runs 1 to 7 p m at four locations to handle larger crowds.
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JoAnne Leatherman
Frederick County
Religious Coalition On
Michael Stovall
Citizens Services
Religious Coalition
Social Services Division
Board of Education
Judy Rudolf
Social Services Department
George Harper
Stovall
Brunswick
Frederick
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Harper
Think for Yourself Quote Cited by German Critic
A quotation from Gotthold Lessing, the German dramatist and critic born in 1729, urging individual thought and independent judgment. The line appears in Inside The News as a cited aphorism attributed to the historical figure.
Fair royalty crowned as 1983 Frederick County 4-H Queen and King
Margaret Flanigan of Creagerstown Early Risers 4 H Club was crowned 1983-84 Frederick County 4 H Queen and Sterling Eyler of Rocky Ridge Progressive 4 H Club named 1934 Frederick County 4 H King at the 18th annual queen contest and 6th annual king event. Flanigan, 17, from Rocky Ridge, plans to attend college and become a veterinarian, while Eyler, 16, from Thurmont, aims to be a farm manager and talked about the appeal of showing cattle.
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Frederick
Miss Flanigan
Rocky Ridge
Allen Flanigan
Catoctin High School
Eyler
Thurmont
Patty Hahn
Catoctin High
Jeff Austin
Jefferson Country Cousins
Rebecca Horman
Cloverettes
Adrienne Shaffer
Petersville
Betsy Murphy
New Market Achievers
Connie Zimmerman
Walkersville
Lola Noffsinger
Frederick County
Ted Salisbury
Frederick Fair
Margaret Flanigan
Queen
Sterling Eyter
H King
Bob Leverone
Soviets intensify search for Korean airliner
In a further operation near Sakhalin Island Japan reported debris from the downed South Korean airliner. The Soviet Union brought a third submarine and a diving bell to aid the secretive search as officials noted floating wreckage and hundreds of potentially related items, including bodies and tissue fragments, recovered from the water.
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Wakkanai
Japan
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
St Kitts Nevis becomes world’s newest nation
St Kitts and Nevis gained independence from Britain after a day of celebrations. At midnight the Union Jack came down and at 12:01 a.m. the islands became the 12th Caribbean nation formed from British colonies since 1962. An 11 year old Cheryl Mills said independence means you are on your own.
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Basseterre
St. Kitts
Caribbean
St. Kitts and
Nevis
Britain
St. Kitts-Nevis
Cheryl Mills
Frederick Fair memories interview by Gail Cissna
Gail Cissna conducts interviews with multiple residents about their memories of past Frederick Fairs. The piece captures personal anecdotes, nostalgia, and the community feeling that surrounds annual events.
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the Fair
Gail Cissna
Frederick
Warm southerly flow returns with high temps in 80s
An increasing southerly flow brings very warm temperatures to Western Maryland for the next few days. Sunday through Tuesday look mostly sunny and warm with highs in the mid 80s to near 90s, and cool nights in the 50s to upper 40s. Maryland Mountains stay sunny with mid 70s to 80s today and Tuesday, while farm forecast shows southwest winds 10 to 15 mph and drying conditions good to excellent through Tuesday. Yesterday’s temps ranged from the 60s to low 80s across Frederick Hagerstown Westminster Mount Airy and Braddock Heights.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Hagerstown
Westminster
Mount Airy
Braddock Heights
David Lesher
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U.S. Navy
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Lisa Farestein
Inside the News
Rie EE Lee
Jack Anderson
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