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Henry Clay Merritt Jr., a retired Bethlehem Steel foreman and World War II veteran, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday at Good Samaritan Hospital. The Hamilton resident was 88. Born in Baltimore and raised on Allendale Street, he was a 1937 graduate of Forest Park High School. As a young man, he was an enthusiastic roller-coaster rider at the old Gwynn Oak Park. He met Hattie Mae Carter while both were working on a pneumatic tube system at the old Montgomery Ward catalog store on Washington Boulevard.

COLLEGE PARK -- Maryland's explosive offense returned with a vengeance yesterday as the No. 1 Terrapins ran up an early six-goal lead en route to a 17-6 victory over No. 6 North Carolina for the Atlantic Coast Conference women's lacrosse tournament championship at Ludwig Field. With the victory, the Terrapins (15-1) avenged an early-season 14-13 triple-overtime loss to the Tar Heels (10-5) and won their third championship in the four-year history of the ACC tournament. "We were glad to get the opportunity to face Carolina again," Terps senior Christie Jenkins said.

EWING, N.J. - Jen Adams didn't take a shot in the first half of yesterday's National Collegiate women's lacrosse championship, but Maryland's top scorer made up for it in the second half. The junior attacker rolled up 10 points - a tournament championship record for a game, much less a half - to lead the No. 1 Terrapins to a 16-8 victory over No. 2 Princeton for their sixth straight championship."We do have this dynasty going, but you just don't realize it in the moment," Maryland's Kristin Sommar said.

The long-awaited decision on whether to allow Security Management Corp. to build a 150,446-square-foot shopping center at Churchville and Brier Hill roads will be made at Tuesday night's County Council meeting.Final arguments on the zoning appeal of a hearing examiner's approval were made by attorneys on April 20. The process has lasted for months.A decision on whether the center could be built on the 15-acre site was put off for two weeks when County Council President Jeffrey D. Wilson, who is also chairman of the zoning appeals board, granted a request by Councilwoman Theresa M. Pierno, a District C Democrat, for a delay for further study of the proposal.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Virginia tried to stall Maryland's surging No. 1 women's lacrosse team with a surprise slow-down offense last night, but that didn't stop the Terrapins from taking a 13-3 victory and completing a regular-season sweep of the Atlantic Coast Conference.On their first possession, the No. 3 Cavaliers spent more than four minutes working the ball around before they turned it over. Maryland's Allison Comito converted about a minute later.That would be the story of the game at University Hall Turf Field -- Virginia working diligently for the opening to go to goal and Maryland converting quickly, often off one of the Cavaliers' 16 turnovers.

Coming just three days before the women's NCAA tournament opens, yesterday's Maryland-Loyola showdown would give the winner a surge of momentum going into the tournament as well as a first-round bye.It took awhile for either team to seize momentum in the rematch of last year's national championship game, but the No. 3 Terrapins strung together four quick goals midway through the second half to fuel a 13-9 victory at No. 4 Loyola's Curley Field.In less than five minutes, the Terps (15-3) extended a one-goal lead to five.

It was Baltimore in microcosm, an 8-minute, 2-second video that attempted to capture the pulse and passion of a city, and the hearts of 28 NFL owners.The Baltimore delegation showed its $50,000 video in its expansion bid Tuesday."Only film could bring the city to life to the owners," said Pat Kahoe, writer/director of Big Shot Productions, which produced the film. "Only film could honestly capture the support and enthusiasm of the fans, and the community in general. We wanted to paint a picture of Baltimore as a robust, thriving place."

COLLEGE PARK -- Going into yesterday's game against Virginia, the Maryland women's lacrosse team faced the prospect of going 0-for-the Atlantic Coast Conference this season.Determined not to let that happen, the No. 6 Terrapins scored five of the game's first six goals and held off a strong second-half Cavaliers surge to beat No. 3 Virginia, 11-8, at Ludwig Field.Freshman Jen Adams made the play of the game, coming up with a loose ball at midfield and feeding Christie Jenkins for a 9-7 Terps lead with 1: 38 left.

Concerned that a controversial Abingdon rubble landfill that was closed down by the state in 1992 might become active again, residents in the area have begun to organize for battle.More than 50 people attended a public meeting in Bel Air Thursday night for an update from county lawyers on the landfill owner's appeal of a county zoning administrator's decision that it cannot resume surface mining.Spencer Sand & Gravel Inc., which operated a private dump on about 55 acres on Abingdon Road, wants to resume mining on its property.

BaseballHonors: Kenny Lofton of the Atlanta Braves and Tony Clark of the Detroit Tigers won National League and American League Player of the Week awards.Astros: Optioned IF Russ Johnson to Triple-A New Orleans.Colorado Silver Bullets: Women's team named former Oriole Al Bumbry outfield and hitting coach.BasketballHonors: Named Washington F Chris Webber Player of the Week. In the monthly awards for April, Phoenix G Kevin Johnson was the top player, Philadelphia G Allen Iverson was the top rookie and Charlotte's Dave Cowens was the top coach.