Plane crash in Shenandoah kills 14 aboard Beech 98
Dense brush concealment hid the plane after disappearing from radar en route from Baltimore to Shenandoah Valley Airport. 14 passengers and crew died as wreckage burned on Trayfoot Mountain in Shenandoah National Park, with National Transportation Safety Board investigators arriving to lead the probe.
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Sgt
A.J. Anderson
State Police
Baltimore
Shenandoah Valley
Patricia Goldman
National Transportation Safety Board
Henson
Baltimore-Washington International Airport
Presburg
Ballot Would Help Frederick Decide Tax Plan For 600 Businesses
A Frederick task force plans a ballot to gauge business interest in a special tax district funding a full‑time promotions office. The district could cover about 31 blocks of the historic core plus East Street, excluding professionals like lawyers and doctors. Public hearings this summer informed the proposal, with next steps in January to draft and circulate the measure.
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Frederick
Fresnes
Dick Kessler
Ronald N. Young
Kessler
East Street
Kepsier
Tourism Council
Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
FarmAid focuses on Capitol as bill fight grows
The FarmAid concert shifts attention to Washington as the Senate Agriculture Committee prepares debate on a farm bill backed by Sen. Harkin. Willie Nelson and stars urged TV viewers to pressure lawmakers while critics call the event political theater.
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Champaign
America
FarmAid
Willie Nelson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ilinois Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
John White
Nelson
Neil Young
David Allan Coe
Timothy Hutton
Thomas Harkin
Iowa
American Agriculture Movement
Reagan
Young
Clagett Opposes Annexation of Wormald Land
Frederick County Commissioners President Galen R. Clagett warned that annexing 243 acres of Robert K. Wormald's Old Mill subdivision into northern Frederick could violate state contiguity laws and set a dangerous precedent. He said he would vote against the measure at today's Winchester Hall hearing.
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Frederick County
Old Mill
Rosenstock Farms
Clagett
Speelman
Wormald
Rosenstock
Reagan presses for tax overhaul plan in Athens
President Reagan urged Congress to pass his tax overhaul this year, citing a Council of Economic Advisers study predicting about 4 million new full time jobs and an average household gain near $600 annually. He pressed lawmakers to act before Thanksgiving, framing supporters as heroes and opponents as villains in a drama over tax reform.
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Athens, Tenn
Reagan
Congress
McGinn County
East
Tennessee
Council of Economic Advisers
Earthquake toll in Mexico City rises to three thousand
Mexico City faces extended disaster as two killer quakes raise official deaths to 3,000 with hundreds more missing or injured. Government and health officials warn of epidemics from gas leaks and decomposing bodies while mass evacuations and public burials unfold.
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Tripoli
Lebanon
Arabian Knights
Tawheed Islami
Islamic Unification
Bab Tabbaneh
Baal Mohsen
Arab League
Mexico City
Federal Health Department
U.S
Excelsior
San Lorenzo Teronco
Tlatelololco
Red Cross
Conalep Technical School
Tie Building
FFA Sweetheart Selection Highlights Walkersville Show
Mostly cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorm today. Highs 74 to 78, lows 46 to 54. Western Maryland Weather. Map on Page A-2. Selection of the FFA Sweetheart on Friday will highlight the 41st annual Walkersville Community Show. See B-5.
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Maryland
FFA
Walkersville
Liberty as the ultimate political end in Action’s view
A quotation attributed to Lord Action declares liberty as not a means to any higher political goal but the supreme political end in itself. The line frames liberty as foundational to governance rather than a tool for broader power. It echoes classical liberal thought on individual rights and political legitimacy.
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Lord Action
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Curley
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Kaerntner Strasse
Bank
State Opera House
Sacher
Rudy Perpich
D-Minn
J. Anita Stup
Stup
Carole Larsen
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Trading Lane
MD. 26
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Bobby
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B-2
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