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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1965
Page
1
Rainfall over the weekend brought 0.53 inches at the official station from Friday to Sunday, boosting the month to 1.44 inches. Fog affected Saturday and Sunday with cooler lows near 65 and highs around 79, as forecasts call for calmer, drier weather on Tuesday.
City police warn that if more than 1,000 bicycles are not inspected this week the annual licensing program will miss its goal. Only 1,461 bikes have been checked since start. about 3,000 were expected. Last chance to license or risk impoundment after August. Schedule includes Linden Hills Park Tuesday morning and East Third Street Park Tuesday afternoon, and city headquarters Wednesday and Thursday.
Frederick County Commissioners plan to attend the Maryland County Commissioners Association summer conference in Ocean City from Thursday 2 p.m. to Saturday banquet. George Washington Hotel hosts the event. Democratic delegates William M. Houck and Goodloe E. Byron are set to speak on fiscal relations and water and sewerage programs respectively. Randolph Rosencrantz will preside.
Athens AP report says Premier Elias Tsirimokos weighs banning all public demonstrations in downtown Athens and deploying police to break up large crowds after a pro Papandreou rally. Five injured in flare up as 15,000 protesters tried to reach Parliament, six hour riot followed.
A county official estimated that about two thirds of dogs in Frederick County are unlicensed, with roughly 5,500 licensed dogs in the county. The figure follows recent rabies vaccination clinics, which vaccinated 856 dogs yesterday, a sharp rise from 562 vaccinated last week, though no more clinics are planned this year.
Ocean City Maryland. Four Maryland politicians discuss a possible 1966 Democratic gubernatorial bid at a Democratic club gathering. Clarence Long emphasizes advancing women’s recognition. Louis Goldstein hints at a run if funds allow. Finan remains reserved amid campaign banners. Carlton Sickles avoids explicit governor talk.
Congressman Clarence Brown of Ohio died at Bethesda Naval Hospital at age 72 from uremic poisoning after kidney illness. A longtime House Republican power, he served 27 years as representative of Ohio's 7th District and chaired the House Rules Committee. He mentored Taft campaigns and held Ohio offices including lieutenant governor and secretary of state.
Frederick city schools set a Sept 3 orientation and registration day for about 525 first graders who will start on Sept 7. Orientation runs 9:30 to 11:30. No food service or bus transportation. Participating schools include North Frederick, North Market, Park, East Frederick, and South Frederick Elementary. Other students may register Sept 2 or Sept 3. high schools are accepting registrations through summer.
A white minister active in civil rights was shot from behind as he headed to his apartment door in Jackson Mississippi. Rev Donald A Thompson 59 of First Unitarian Church was wounded Sunday night about 1045 pm with buckshot and listed in serious condition at Baptist Hospital. Police said a lung was punctured and his shoulder broken. Thompson a Terre Haute Indiana native has served two years as pastor and volunteers as secretary of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations.
In Hayneville Alabama a shotgun attack outside a small grocery killed Jonathan Daniels 27 a Keene New Hampshire theology student and wounded Father Richard Morris Joe 26 of Chicago a Catholic priest who had volunteered for civil rights work in the South Daniels body was flown home for burial his fellow clergyman remained in critical condition at Montgomery Baptist Hospital three days after the shooting
Defense Department lists 17 US servicemen detained by Vietnamese forces, a status not termed as prisoners of war due to the lack of a formal war declaration. The Missing Persons Act defines detained as held in a foreign country against one’s will, with seven captured in 1963, seven in 1964, and four this year. one escaped in 1963, Sgt Isaac Camacho of El Paso, Texas, ending the retreat. To protect families, next of kin details are not released.
Los Angeles reported Fran cis Keppel, IS commissioner of education, charged that public schools still graduate functional literates and staff classrooms with inadequately trained personnel while playground gates are locked at closing. He spoke at the AFLCIO convention.
North Viet Nam power plant attacked by US aircraft for a third straight day. Twenty four planes pounded the Ban Thach site near Hanoi damaging a generator building and dam 80 miles away. Eight Air Force FAs, eight F-5s, and four support planes took part, with heavy damage reported and no flood was observed. A separate raid brought 16 Thunderchiefs within 31 miles of China to strike a bridge near Dien Bien Phu. In ground fighting, US 1st Division reported 25 Viet Cong killed in operations last Thursday and Friday.
New York trading opens with modest losses as the market shows uneven early activity. Investors weigh mixed earnings and early price moves, with blue chips leading declines while tech names show small gains in scattered sessions.
Franklin T. Wiles of Maryland topped the five axle tractor tank semi trailer class in the Mid- Atlantic Safe Truck Driver Rodeo held in Salisbury. The veteran driver with Matlack Company eyes the National Truck Rodeo in Kansas City September, as the contest tests interview, written test, vehicle safety check and field problems to promote safe driving.
Space Center Houston AP reports astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad receive go ahead for 47 orbits as they pursue a planned eight day flight. Ground control frames a pretend Agena rendezvous to train docking while sleep remains scarce and a thruster test is canceled to keep crew rested.
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