New Voting Rights Bill Proposed by Mathias
U S Representative Charles Mathias Jr and co sponsor John Lind unveiled a broad voting rights bill in the House aimed at enforcing both voter registration and actual voting. They seek federal poll watchers, court power to void elections, and federal election authority where intimidation occurs, and oppose poll taxes as barrier to Black voters.
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House of Representatives
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Mathias
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Congress
Frederick City Faces Zoning Change and Apartment Review
The Frederick City Planning Commission weighs Section 22 amendments to remove a two thirds vote requirement for zoning changes. An extension is granted to finalize recommendations. The panel will preliminarily review an apartment project in College Estates between Taney Avenue and the Frederick Shopping Center, tied to Albert Brodsky and Rosenfeld Realty.
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Frederick
Aldermen
Board of Aldermen
Planning Commission
Commission
College Estates
Taney Avenue
Albert Brodsky
Poto- Mac, Md
Rosenfeld Realty Co
City Is
Early Bird Satellite Races Toward Space Switchboard
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the Early Bird communications satellite racing to a space station outpost to serve as the first public utility in the space age. Comsat officials hailed the flight's early success after a three stage rocket launch Tuesday night. Stock market mixed with a few strong stocks and active trading in New York.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
Stock Market
New York
Education Aid Bill In Senate
The Senate opens debate on President Johnson's plan to provide 1.3 billion dollars in federal aid to elementary and secondary schools. Leaders expect passage by Friday as the bill faces floor amendments and scrutiny of administration rules. The House earlier tightened language to route aid through public schools and extend coverage to 215000 children in relief families.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Mike Mansfield
House Education Committee
Soviet MIG 19s Fire Cannons Over Berlin
Four MiG 19 jets fired cannons and buzzed over West Berlin as Parliament met in Berlin. Other Soviet fighters harassed Allied air corridors and a witness said a jet came within about 1,000 feet of a commercial plane at Tempelhof Airport. Police found no hits.
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Berlin
West Germany
Congress Hall
West Berlin
Tempelhof
U.S
Three Klansmen Indicted in Liuzzo Civil Rights Case
Three Birmingham white men tied to the Ku Klux Klan were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montgomery on charges of conspiring to violate the rights of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit housewife slain after the March 1965 voter rights march. The indicted are Collie Wilkins Jr., Eugene Thomas, and William Easton. Also named was Gary Rowe Jr., not charged in the indictment. The men surrendered to a U.S. marshal in Birmingham. Conviction could bring up to 10 years in prison and fines up to $5,000.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S
Montgomery
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Easton
Besmer
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Lowndes County
Liuzzo
Selma
Johnson
Wilkins
Thomas
Eaton
Rowe
Ku Klux Klan
Thurmont Mayor Race Sees Nomination Drop
Thurmont commissioner candidate Cal vin Wilhide withdraws from the mayoral contest for business reasons. Incumbent Mayor Donald L. Lewis remains in the race as nominations proceed with four commissioners up for election on April 26 from noon to 7 p.m.
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Thurmont
Calvin Wilhide
Wilhide
Donald L. Lewis
Wiilhide
Paul Baxter
Lewis
William Lidie
Charles Ambrose
Lidie, Ambrose
Roy Clabaugh
Midwest Towns Hit By Floods
Floods strike eight counties across the region as the Little Sioux and Zumbro rivers surge. Cherokee reports 27.1 foot crest with 350 residents evacuated. 650 sheltered by Red Cross across Cherokee, Waterloo and Marshalltown. Theilman and Hastings report flood levels near critical, with hundreds displaced and emergency actions underway.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Iowa
Little Sioux
Dale Goldie
Sioux Rapids
Cherokee
Spencer
Red Cross
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Zumbro
Theilman
Hastings
Minn
Lilydate
Columbia Flats
First Baptist Youth Convention Opens in Frederick
More than 450 youths from Maryland churches converge on Frederick for the Maryland Baptist Youth Convention at First Baptist Church with sessions, skits, singing, and talks by church leaders. The event runs Friday and Saturday with lodging at Holiday Inn and Francis Scott Key Hotel.
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Frederick
First Baptist Church
Dill ‘T Avenue
Holiday Inn
Ieee
Ravensworth Baptist Church
Annandale
Robert Sessoms
Maryland
Robert F. Woodward
J. Thomas Shriner
South End
Southern Baptist Convention
John Tubbs
Sam High
Maryland Baptist Convention
Maryland Baptist College
Walkersville
Larry Walker
Farmingdale
Long Island
I.y
West
Johnson to Speak on Viet War Policy From Hopkins
President Johnson will outline a U S policy on the Vietnam war in a Johns Hopkins University address in Baltimore. The speech aims to stress a peace track, respond to criticism, and signal guidelines for possible negotiations as air strikes near Hanoi continue.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
House Opens Debate On Health Bill
Washington AP The House begins debate on a 6 billion measure to expand Social Security health benefits for about 20 million elderly Americans. The plan includes hospitalization up to 60 days and 20 days nursing home care, with a 4 dollar minimum monthly increase, plus a 7 percent old age payment boost and special provisions for widows and certain seniors.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Federal Treasury
Social Security Actuaries
Montevue Budget Proposes Sheriff and Jail Funds
Sheriff Horace M. Alexander asks for 483,700 for the sheriff's office and 44,850 for the Frederick County Jail, plus 137,339 to operate Montevue Home. Budget hearings continue with possible edits. proposed uniforms, firearms, and a salary rise are under review as the commission weighs final allocations.
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Horace M. Alexander
Sheriff’s Office
Frederick County
Montevue
Alexander
Sheriff's Office
Britons Rally To Beat New Taxes In Christmas Spirit
Britain launches sharp budget measures under James Callaghan with higher duties on cigarettes and liquor. Prices rise for tobacco and spirits, road taxes climb, entertainment deductions end, and capital gains reform aims to restore confidence in the pound and boost exports.
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London
James Callaghan
Britain
Callaghan
Institute of Directors
Vietnamese and Allied Forces Report Heavy Viet Cong Losses
Vietnamese and U S forces claim a major Mekong Delta victory with 309 Viet Cong killed or captured and no allied aircraft losses. Across the country navy planes, air force sorties, and helicopter airlifts supported operations while Da Nang raids arrested 122 suspected Viet Cong, including a demolition team leader.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Coral Sea
Quang Ngai Province
U.S
Vinh Loc
Ca Mau Peninsula
da Nang
Viet Cong Threaten To Execute American Civilian
Viet Cong broadcasters warned they will execute Gustav C. Hertz, a 46 year old Leesburg Virginia native and chief of the U S Aid Mission Public Administration Division in Saigon, if Saigon authorities execute a Viet Cong saboteur arrested in Da Nang. The saboteur, Le Dau, 24, was captured Sunday night while trying to smuggle plastic explosives hidden in a transistor radio into Da Nang Grand Hotel.
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Tokyo
Saigon
da Nang
Gustav C. Hertz
Leesburg
U.S. Aid Mission
Public Administration
le Dau
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Midwest
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