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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1965
Page
1
Frederick City officials plan to act on bids for selling the light plant at East and East Second Streets after bids opened yesterday. The mayor and aldermen will discuss bids in executive session and announce a decision at tonight's public meeting. The city reserved bid confidentiality and may reject all bids if the price is unsatisfactory.
Residents of Urbana celebrate a three year effort to secure fire protection with a 30000 gallon underground water tank funded by local donations. The 14 foot deep tank on county property near Urbana Elementary School will serve Urbana fires and fill engines en route to other blazes. Construction began six weeks ago with support from the Urbana Civic Association church groups Lions Club and PTA.
A 15 year old Ronald R Lichtinger of Frederick County was injured when struck by a pickup driven by Paul I Morgan as he rode north on Ridge Road and tried a left turn. Lichtinger treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for abrasions. Morgan of Smithsburg was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
Reporter George Mays recalls Frederick American Legion baseball team’s opening regional playoff in Bridgeton New Jersey. A bus trip with 38 fans faces delays and pregame jitters then a tense game as Frederick bats struggle against a 6'4" pitcher while a New Jersey player spikes Stan Keyser. The crowd cheers blend with weather and frustration as the day unfolds.
At Gettysburg Pennsylvania about 275 GOP donors and leaders gather to discuss party finances and fundraising unity. Ray Bliss national finance chair Lucas Clay presides as Republicans seek to coordinate fundraising networks and curb splinter groups like the Free Society Association. Leaders and top contributors attend the Washington session as part of a drive to strengthen the party for next year’s elections.
New York AP reports that the stock market opened irregularly higher, with gains limited by mixed early readings. Investors watched industrials and tech for direction as major indexes fluctuated in early trading.
United States Marines said they crushed a major Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong Peninsula in South Vietnam with heavy resistance and significant enemy casualties. They reported 552 Viet Cong bodies counted, while US losses were described as light, though a Saigon spokesman noted the heaviest US loss in a single engagement so far.
Frederick County delegates ER Remsberg CH Wirts and WM Houck back a 43 acre lake on Big Hunting Creek at Cunningham Falls State Park despite strong opposition from fishermen and conservation groups. Others give mixed or no comment as debate continues amid claims the project could impact the last good trout stream in the area.
Washington AP The government ordered 10 more federal registrars into the South to register Negroes in five counties in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana under the Voting Rights Act Atty Gen Katzenbach said in counties Jefferson Davis and Jones in Mississippi Perry and Wilcox in Alabama and Ouachita Parish in Louisiana The nine counties already served reported 16492 registrations with 2057 that day He noted 41 of registrars are Civil Service employees and said districts will withdraw examiners when officials demonstrate fair treatment of Negro and white applicants
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Fuel and telemetry problems and a thunderstorm at the launch site scrubbed Gemini 5 eight day flight NASA said at least 48 hours before a second try. Valves needed cleaning and a new fuel system delayed the start with early holds and a near miss on a 1218 pm target.
Baltimore AP report says Comptroller Louis L Goldstein cites beer bottles and cans as a major litter source on Maryland highways. He says the beer industry should help solve the problem, noting the state spends 350 to 400 dollars annually to remove litter and urging action from the Maryland Beverage Association at a Wednesday meeting.
Sixteen year old Lee Graham sailed his 24 foot Dove from San Pedro California to Honolulu with two kittens as companions. He called the trip pretty easy and arrived at Ala Wai Harbor after a roughly 25 day voyage. The trip starts a planned two year solo world circumnavigation. Graham rode a Coast Guard tow rope for safety and hoped to avoid darkness near Diamond Head. He experienced light seasickness during the first two days.
Los Angeles leaders focus on uncovering causes of the Watts riot after 34 deaths and 200 million dollars in damage. Governor Brown to name a special commission chair and present a plan for peace on a televised address. Dr Martin Luther King Jr visited Watts amid sharp tensions as officials argued over antipoverty relief and federal help.
Kenneth Jess Porter, 27, jailed in Dallas on a complaint by Marina Oswald Porter, widow of Lee Harvey Oswald. She swore he slapped and frightened her with a gun, a charge leading to $1,500 bond. Porter told reporters he never carried a gun and awaited his wife's wishes. Marina Oswald Porter had married him 10 weeks after Kennedy's assassination.
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