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Trude Khattat, 82
Trude Khattat, 82, of Williamsport, Md., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at Homewood Retirement Nursing Center. Born Feb. 26, 1930, in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Emilie Spittler. Mrs. Khattat... -
Chester H. Sollenberger, 86
Chester H. Sollenberger, 86, of Lebanon, Pa., died Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at his residence. He was married 55 years to the late Mildred Grove Sollenberger, who passed away March 13, 2003, while living in Hagerstown, Md. Born April 18, 1926, in...
Tags: Zambia, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Civil War spies tell their stories
alnotarianni@aol.comThese gals were wiley. They transported secret notes in hollowed-out loaves of bread, in cored apples and in eggs with the yolks blown out. They used petticoat pockets, which typically toted diapers or a thread and needle, for stashing tobacco, medicine...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Espionage and Intelligence, Wars and Interventions, Apples
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Sisters in arms found their way to war
timr@herald-mail.comEditor’s note: Tim Rowland is a Herald-Mail columnist and the author of “Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War.” A wounded Dutchman lay writhing in a makeshift Washington, D.C., hospital following the Battle of Bull Run, a...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Hospitals and Clinics, Washington, DC, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces
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Baltimore Ravens fans go batty over night visitor
Short-term memory loss can be a blessed thing. Like, if you live or work in Maryland and you leave the state for a while, you are liable to start to forget that things around here can get a bit — what’s the word? — unconventional. But...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Halliburton Company, Conservation
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Golfing for Nonprofits to be held at Whitetail
The Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce invites the community to its Golfing for Nonprofits event Friday, Aug. 24, at Whitetail Resort, 11573 Blairs Valley Road in Mercersburg, Pa. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. and the shotgun start...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), ABC (tv network)
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Letters to the Editor - Aug. 2
Secular crowd twists words of the founders To the editor: The credibility of an article is accepted or rejected by the presentation of thought and facts (or lack of) along with objectivity and honesty. The guest column of Al Salter on June 27 ("...Tags: Religion and Belief, Washington, DC, Penicillin (drug), Government Health Care, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Vietnam War vet haunted by deaths of children caught in crossfire
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comClyde Barnhart was in a foxhole in Vietnam when he suddenly felt the urge to check on the other Marines in his unit. He said he left his radioman in the foxhole, telling him to put the receiver up to his ear and not fall asleep. Barnhart then walked over...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), World War II (1939-1945)
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Vacation Bible school raises money to buy mosquito netting for African children
The children and adults at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Williamsport raised $1,000 from their Bible school offering this past summer.The money will be used to provide mosquito netting to the children of the Kuria tribe, the poorest tribe in Kenya....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Religious Texts, Health, Bible
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Shepherd University professor aids two high school teachers
Seung-yun Kim, assistant professor of computer sciences at Shepherd University, worked with two local high school teachers who were awarded a $36,000 grant through the West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence program. Wendy Lee,...Tags: Science, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, University of California, Health
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Linda Altizer trained nurses, offered malaria testing kits during trip to Liberia
tiffanya@herald-mail.comWhen forensic investigator Linda Altizer isn't determining a cause of death, she's traveling the globe trying to help the living. Altizer recently returned from Liberia, a small country in West Africa. For nine days, she trained new nurses and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Liberia
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A story of survival
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comAmerica's entry into World War II was only a few months away when Lester Hart dropped off his brother at the military inception station in Washington, D.C. It was the summer of 1941, and Harold Hart and some of his friends had enlisted in the Army Air...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Woodrow Wilson, Cruises, Washington, DC, Hospitals and Clinics
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