In Baltimore City

Keeler, Muslim leader urge U.S. to sign anti-mine pact

Cardinal William H. Keeler joined Imam E. Abdulmalik Mohammed, leader of the Muslim American Society of Baltimore, yesterday in calling on the United States to sign the Ottawa Convention, which bans the production, use and export of anti-personnel mines.

Keeler appeared at a news conference at the Muslim Community Culture Center in Walbrook. The treaty has been signed by 133 countries, but several major users, including the United States, Russia and China, have refused.

Pope John Paul II said recently, "I pray God to give everyone the courage for peace, so that the countries which to date have not signed this important instrument of humanitarian international law will do so without delay."

Newspaper set to begin publication Monday

The Baltimore Press, a new tabloid focusing on news in the city, is scheduled to begin publication Monday, according to Mark J. Adams, its editor and publisher.

The newspaper, which has its offices at 336 N. Charles St., will be sold through subscriptions and at newsstands. It will be published Monday through Saturday and will cost 25 cents.

R. B. Jones, formerly of the Afro-American and Baltimore Times, has been named managing editor. Paris D. Davis, publisher of the Metro Herald newspapers in Washington, is chief executive officer of the Baltimore Press.

In Baltimore County

School bus crash leaves two 15-year-olds injured

CATONSVILLE -- A school bus collided with a car early yesterday, injuring two 15-year-old girls slightly, police said.

The bus, driven by Bernard Stokes, 73, of the 3700 block of Live Oak Road, was on its way to Catonsville Middle School with 20 students on board, police said.

The two girls, whose names were not released by police, were taken to St. Agnes HealthCare, where they were treated and released. The driver of the car, Jane T. Aiello, 42, of the 1900 block of Oak Drive, was not injured.

Pub Date: 3/13/99