Memorials for MARC crash victims held in Brunswick
Tells of Saturday dedication ceremonies for two memorials honoring victims of the February MARC crash near Silver Spring. Eight Job Corps students and three CSX crewmen died when MARC train P-286 collided with an Amtrak train on Feb 16 en route from Brunswick CSX yard to Union Station. NTSB has not yet determined crash causes, and the article notes speakers and about 275 attendees at the event.
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Brunswick
MARC
CSX Rail
Job Corps
Silver Spring
Amtrak
CSX
Union Station
Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Audit flags Frederick County enrollment overcount
An audit found Frederick County may have overcounted its 33,000 students by up to 10,000 due to discrepancies between the county computer records and teachers' attendance files. Eight of 36 schools destroyed original records, leaving only computer data, risking as much as 16 million dollars in state school aid misallocations. Superintendent Jack Dale said auditors demanded paper trails, while law requirements for attendance records were cited but not specified.
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Frederick County
Jack Dale
Dale
House of Delegates
Montgomery County
Baltimore City
Casper Taylor
Dallegany
Maryland State Department of Education
Perot aims for 25 percent vote in reform bid
Ross Perot, running as Reform Party nominee, says his goal is to win but sets a 25 percent vote target and will file suit to block sponsor of debates by the bipartisan commission. He argues a 25 percent share would give his party full federal financing parity and he notes 1992 results at 19 percent.
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Washington
Ross Perot
Reform Party
Perot
Bipartisan Commission
Bob Dole
Clinton
Robert Schmuhl
University of Notre Dame
Dole
Servers explain need for tipping in Frederick
Beth Garrett, 22, a part timer at Red, Hat and Blue in Frederick, says tips vary by location and most customers tip below 15 percent. She earns $2.10 to $2.15 per hour and must tip out a portion of her tips to back-of-house staff.
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Frederick
Beth Garrett
Garrett
Hallmark
Adamstown
Orioles Honor Eddie Murray Before Sunday Game
The Orioles and their fans honored Eddie Murray prior to the game with Toronto as he nears 600 home runs and 9,000 hits, aiming to mend relations with a legend who joined baseball’s 600/9000 club. The Frederick News-Post notes the paper is printed daily on 100 percent recycled paper and is recyclable.
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Orioles
Eddie Murray
Toronto
Portlona
Frederick
Vietnamese native becomes citizen at county Ethnic Festival
Thi Dao, 40, a Saigon native and Hyattsville resident since 1991, joined 145 others sworn in at Frederick Community College to mark the county Human Relations Commission Ethnic Festival kickoff. She recalled fleeing Vietnam in 1982 and later immigrating with her ex-husband to reunite with daughters, now 14 and 16.
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Thi Dao
Ms. Dao
County Human Relations Commission
Frederick Community College
Saigon
Vietnam
United States
America
Dao
Hyattsville
Indonesia
American Shores
Rebel Sled Key To Tractor Pull At Frederick Fair
At the Great Frederick Fair Sunday the Screaming Eagle a converted 1915 tractor with a Confederate flag decorated sled roared down the grandstand track its black smoke exhaust and front wheels in the air. The Rebel Sled a 38000 pound weight transfer machine powers the pull as vehicles vie to drag it 36 feet at varying resistance.
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Frederick Fair Grandstand
Chris Wright
Forest Hill
Frederick Fair
Gaithersburg Woman Killed Self by Train Hit
A 46 year old Gaithersburg woman, Ann Gunatilleke, apparently killed herself by stepping in front of a CSX freight near Diamond Avenue and Chestnut Street at 5:55 am. Police note she had been in low mood and chronic pain and had discussed suicide. Investigation placed her behind a bridge before the incident.
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Gaithersburg
CSX
Montgomery County
Ann Gunatilleke
Diamond Avenue
Chestnut Street
Joyce Barrow
Ms Barrow
Gunatilleke
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Julia Robb
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