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...accepted his testimony. The widow-whose last words to a priest were "Father, I am innocent"-was hanged in July 1865 along with three alleged members of Booth's cabal. The U.S. Government, meanwhile, had changed the name of Surrattsville to Robeystown; today, it is known as Clinton, Md...
...Defense Department and Northrop Corp. of teaming up to shield the names of high officers who accepted company favors in violation of Defense Department conflict-of-interest rules. The officers accepted invitations to spend weekends shooting duck, geese and quail at Northrop's leased hunting preserve near Easton, Md., even though the company, a major defense contractor, is currently angling for a multibillion-dollar contract to build 800 F-18 jet fighters for the Navy...
...Hammond Silver Spring, Md...
...start at salaries ranging from $8,500 to $10,520 a year, depending on their prior experience. Recruits take a basic two-month course in criminology, surveillance and firearms use at a former military camp in Georgia. Next come another two months of schooling in Washington and suburban Beltsville, Md., to learn the specialized skills of the Service...
Working at the U.S. Army's laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., researchers came up with the shellfish toxin. After receiving the toxin orally or by pinprick, a victim first feels a tingling sensation in the fingers and lips, then dies within ten seconds of painless paralysis. Indeed, according to Colby, U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers carried the toxin-contained in the grooves of a tiny drill bit that was concealed in a silver dollar -when he was shot down over Russia in 1960, but chose...