Arafat heads to Washington for Mideast summit
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will fly to Washington for President Clinton's Mideast summit after Netanyahu and Arafat were called to arrange talks. The crisis followed clashes that left 73 dead amid anger over a new entrance to a tunnel near a sacred site. Arafat sought delay to prepare, with a plan to first meet European officials in Luxembourg before joining Clinton in the U.S.
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New Market Lions Raise Funds At Town Festival Booth
Three New Market Lions Club members George Ivascu George Grubbs Jr and Marion Carmack worked a food booth at New Market Days. They joked about being old birds and noted the booth has supported charity for 35 years. The club sells hush puppies hot dogs Polish sausage funnel cakes and other items. Honest George handles the money, and profits fund local projects with about 3000 annual at the booth.
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Middletown Heritage Weekend Weather Worries Parade
Tim O Neill Heritage Weekend committee chairman tracked five days of forecasts for the event in Middletown. Despite sprinkle and mist on Saturday, he kept hopes up that the parade would proceed, joking that weather is beyond control while residents gathered along Main Street awaiting the procession.
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Retired Episcopal Priest Rev Maurice Ashbury Dies at 94
The Rev Maurice Dunbar Ashbury of Frederick a well known retired Episcopal priest died Sunday at Homewood Retirement Center Aged 94 he was born in Portsmouth Va son of Prosser Henry and Sallie Lee Buchanan Ashbury He was married to Frances Walker Ashbury who died in 1987 He held degrees from the University of Virginia and Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained in 1929 1930 He served at Good Shepherd Petersburg Emmanuel Cape Charles Bath Parish Dinwiddie St Johns Petersburg and Trinity Church continuing on Page A-5
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Redskins top Jets 31 16 in NFL Sunday action
The Redskins defeated the Jets 31 to 16 while the Ravens beat the Saints 17 to 10 in Sunday NFL play. Results referenced on Sports Page B-1 with broader coverage on other sections.
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Maryland enacts strict gun sale rules taking effect Oct 1
Marylanders may not sell a gun privately without the same waiting period and background checks as licensed dealers. The package limits purchases to one gun per person per month and applies to all state regulated firearms, including handguns and semi automatic rifles. Supporters say the law strengthens crime penalties while opponents call it burdensome and ineffective. Continued on Page A-13.
New Law Lets Frederick County Liquor Stores Open at Noon on Sundays
A new state law grants Frederick County liquor stores permission to sell alcohol starting at noon on Sundays. The measure is part of a broader set of Oct 1 statewide laws, with several county specific provisions.
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Major provisions of the new gun law sponsored by Gov. Glendening
The measure treats private gun sales as licensed dealer transactions with a state police background check. It caps purchases at one regulated firearm per month and bans buying for others. Penalties rise to felonies for illegal sale transport or purchase. It bans handgun access under certain protective orders and authorizes temporary firearm removal in domestic disputes. It criminalizes disarming officers and certain firearm uses in crimes and drug cases. It outlaws discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
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Net Day wires Frederick County schools for Internet access
More than 300 volunteers across Frederick County drilled holes and pulled cable to connect 31 elementary and middle schools to the Internet as part of Net Day. Volunteers included parents, teachers and military personnel from Camp David. The state supplied 2,000 feet of cable and hardware, with high schools already online and distribution of computers planned.
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Erick Knowles
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Tom Blair
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Lorrie Mason
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Thurmont
Sabillasville
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