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Should I-90 be the Purple Heart Trail?
PIERRE — The state Transportation Commission faces a difficult question of whether to change its policy on naming highways. At issue is whether Interstate 90 across South Dakota should be designated as part of a nationwide project honoring all...Tags: George Washington, U.S. Military, Watertown, Highway Transportation
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Fly tying grew out of casting off grief
davem@herald-mail.comImages of fish circle the edge of a lampshade in the room and a picture of a brook trout graces a clock on the wall. On the opposite wall, a mounted 16-inch golden trout stands as a testament to Art Overcash’s fishing prowess. Overcash tells a...Tags: Fishing, Trout, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Morris Tischler, who invented an early transistorized pacemaker, dies
Morris Tischler, a retired science teacher who invented a 1950s transistorized cardiac pacemaker, died of respiratory failure March 9 at his Pikesville home. He was 89.
He was born in Newark, N.J., but when his father's real estate business failed in the...Tags: The New York Times, Severna Park, U.S. Army, Medtronic Incorporated, Science
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Doctor campaigning for 6th Congressional District seat
andrews@herald-mail.comEditor's note: This is one in an occasional series of profiles about candidates running for election in the 6th Congressional District. When Dr. Milad L. Pooran ran for a Prince George's County school board seat in 2006, his campaign was cut short...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, David R Brinkley, University of Maryland, College Park, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Lincoln Highway experience to host 'Pennsylvania's Roads'
The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor will present "Pennsylvania's Roads: From the Lincoln to Eisenhower" at 2 p.m. March 11 at the Lincoln Highway Experience, 3435 Route 30 East, near Kingston Dam in Latrobe.
Presenter Jeffrey Kitsko is an expert on the...Tags: Highway Transportation
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Dwight D. Eisenhower met with aliens?
KIAHAliens may be among us and President Dwight Eisenhower met with them on multiple occasions while in office. This claim comes from a surprisingly credible source, an ex-Pentagon consultant. According to the Daily Mail, Timothy Good says that in 1954...Tags: The Pentagon, Politics, Government, Public Officials, Key West
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Day trip: Presidential excursions
Gettysburg, Pa. Historic Gettysburg Honor Presidents Day with a trip to the town where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address and near Dwight D. Eisenhower's farm. In addition to the Civil War battlefield, there is the Soldiers' National Cemetery...Tags: New York City, Weddings, Trips and Vacations, Mount Vernon, Travel
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Lloyd Waters: Frances Cruger a nurse, teacher and lady at 92
In 2009, I wrote a column titled “Should we be afraid of the dark?” It was a story about a doctor’s dilemma in keeping patients alive, after the quality of life is gone, only for them to suffer more. A few days after I wrote this...Tags: Breast Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals
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Art Callaham: Our pledge explained
I spoke last week during a Presidents Day luncheon at a local church on the subject of “patriotism.” After beginning the speech with vignettes about several of our 44 presidents, my remarks turned to our pledge of allegiance to the flag....Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Religion and Belief, Flag Day (United States), Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC
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Jean Smith dies at 93; Junior League president and Nancy Reagan confidant
Jean Webb Vaughan Smith, a member of the Reagans' inner circle who championed volunteerism as national president of the Assn. of Junior Leagues, died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes, her family said. She was 93.
Smith joined the Junior...Tags: The Washington Post, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Justice System, United Way
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Robert A. Citron dies at 79; space visionary
Robert A. Citron, an aerospace engineer and intrepid entrepreneur, whose boyhood fantasy of traveling beyond Earth inspired pioneering ventures to commercialize space, died Jan. 31 at his home in Bellevue, Wash. He was 79.
The cause was complications...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Aerospace Manufacturing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Satellite Technology, Korean War (1950-1953)
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