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Musical revivals, dance shows and one of Baltimore's native sons were among the high scorers in yesterday's Tony Award nominations. In a season when most shows seemed to be getting smaller, two lavish productions -- both musical revivals -- danced off with the largest number of nominations, which were announced in New York. Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate" chalked up 12 nominations, while Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" took nine. The 54th annual Tony Awards will also honor Baltimorean T. Edward Hambleton.

How could The Sun neglect to mention D-day's anniversary? June 6 was the anniversary of probably the most important day in the history of the United States and the world: D-Day, the World War II invasion of Europe. However, the calendars must have been turned to the wall in The Sun's offices. Where was the recollection of the incredible courage and deeds of our young men as they suffered and died on the beaches of Normandy? Instead, we were presented, in detail, with the saga of Ray Lewis as he plead his way out of justice.

Six Eastern Shore men were charged Thursday with stealing oysters from a state sanctuary in the Corsica River, and Natural Resources Police officers discovered another illegal striped bass net in the waters off Kent Island. NRP officers saw the men hand tonging for oysters just before noon Monday in the Possum Point Oyster Sanctuary, a 3.67-acre site in Queen Anne's County that is designated by markers. As the patrol boat followed the boat toward the harbor, the men threw the oysters overboard.

Welterweight moved a step closer to starting in the 1995 Maryland Hunt Cup when he won the 52nd running of the Howard County Cup yesterday at Meriwether Farm in Glenelg by three lengths over South of Java.The 7-year-old gelding, trained and ridden by Joe Gillet, traded the lead several times with South of Java during the three-mile race over 20 timber fences, then pulled away in the stretch.The horse, an ex-hurdler purchased last year from leading steeplechase trainer Jonathan Sheppard, is owned by Perry Bolton and Ben Griswold IV.The only other starter, Restless Phantom, was pulled up after about 1 1/2 miles when his jockey, David Benson, broke a stirrup leather.

An Edgewater man was arrested Friday on charges he broke into a Riva home, county police said.James Daniel Frost, 30, of the 3700 block of Second Ave. was charged with breaking and entering.Stacy Berger, 23, of the 2800 block of Hambleton Road told police she was awakened about 1 a.m. to the sound of someone banging on the front door.When she got up from her room on the first floor, she found a man on the stairs to the second floor, police said. He was knocking loudly on a door that leads to a second-floor apartment, police said.

Red velvet and gold brocade swathed the balcony, crystal chandeliers shimmered overhead, and the sounds of Tchaikovsky resonated through Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The 18th annual Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Gala bore the theme "An Evening In Old St. Petersburg" in honor of the BSO's new maestro Yuri Temirkanov and his good friend, guest cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who started the party performing in concert with the BSO. After the performance, more than 1,000 guests decorated the hall lobby with their glittery gowns and sleek tuxedos - savoring cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and conversation - before returning to the concert hall for a sumptuous seated dinner.

Catherine L. Palmer, a homemaker and volunteer who was a former president of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland, died of congestive heart failure Thursday at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville, where she had lived since 1992. She was 90. She was born Catherine Latane in Baltimore and raised in Ruxton and Bolton Hill. She attended Roland Park Country School and the Maryland Institute College of Art, and earned her bachelor's degree in 1936 from Wells College in Aurora, N.Y. Her father, James Allan Latane, was chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission from 1921 to 1931, which sparked her interest in thoroughbred horse racing.

THIS WEEK, Education Week's "Quality Counts 2001" report rated Maryland's education standards and accountability the best in the nation. In the past two years, groups such as the Fordham Foundation, the American Federation of Teachers and the Council for Basic Education also gave our standards positive ratings. A recent study of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), by test expert Ron Hambleton of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, also produced high marks for Maryland.

Edward H. "Ham" Welbourn Jr., a retired insurance executive and World War II veteran, died April 29 of complications from dementia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 98. The son of Edward H. Welbourn, who owned Rennous Kleinle Brush Manufacturers in Catonsville, and Emma Dawson Welbourn, a homemaker, Edward Hambleton Welbourn was born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville. After graduating in 1934 from the Gilman School, Mr. Welbourn enrolled at Haverford College, where he was a government major and earned a bachelor's degree in 1938.

One of the longest runs in Baltimore theater history is coming to an end. After 32 years as managing director of Center Stage, Peter W. Culman, 60, has announced his retirement. The length of his tenure was a record in the non-profit regional theater world. Culman shepherded Center Stage through early financial troubles, a devastating fire and hundreds of productions and helped mold it into one of the leading regional theaters in the country. He will retire on June 30, 2000, at the end of his current contract.