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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
1
Pioneer 6, a heavily instrumented satellite, launched from Cape Kennedy at 2:32 am EST aboard a Delta rocket. It deployed three arms and fired a gas jet to orient itself about 345 miles above Africa, 4,900 miles from Cape Kennedy, to study the sun’s windstream and solar particles.
Frederick Post Office reports a surge in mail volume during the first 15 days of December, surpassing last year by over one million pieces due to serving 68 nearby offices as the Zip Code Regional Center. Postmaster James A. Grove urges immediate mailing to ensure on time delivery.
A Woodsboro area man, John D Baker, 52, suffered third degree burns over most of his body when a cookstove exploded at his home around 6 45 am. He was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and transferred to University Hospital in Baltimore. No damage to the house and no fire company was summoned.
New York stocks opened strong with steels, some aerospace issues and airlines leading gains as trading remained active near the record highs set on November 4.
Space Center Houston AP reports astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford returned from the historic rendezvous with Gemini 7, guiding Gemini 6 through a fiery reentry to a precise Atlantic splashdown near the carrier Wasp. They were hoisted aboard after 1 hour 4 minutes in the water, then treated in sick bay as Borman and Lovell nearby prepared for their own mission.
Maryland launches a holiday traffic crackdown. Any motorist with a moving violation between 6 pm Christmas Eve and midnight after New Year must appear before the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to justify keeping driving privileges. Gov. Tawes says the measure aims to cut rising death and injury tolls. Commissioner Jewell stresses seriousness and potential license suspensions.
Frederick County awaits first real snow with no sight in a week. The weatherman predicts a mix of rain and snow for midweek that did not materialize. Only a trace fell as temperatures dipped to freezing. Today remains cloudy with highs in the 40s after a 50 degree day and a 32 degree overnight.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged the General Assembly to back Britain's Rhodesia policy, saying force will not be used to quell Ian Smith's breakaway regime. African delegations walked out as he spoke, but he received applause from remaining delegates and pledged continued effort toward constitutional rule in Rhodesia and a negotiated Vietnam peace.
Laboratory results on Hong Kong ice balls sold in at least two Frederick stores are pending until Monday according to the Health Department. Health officer Dr. Forbes Burgess said more ice balls have been brought in and inquiries have increased after U S Public Health Service tests found contamination.
Maryland draft boards in Frederick ordered 45 men to report for induction three days before Christmas. Col Reginald Morrison said this state call is the largest since the Korean War, with 595 called this month, up from 871 in May 1953. No names released prior to induction. no calls for Frederick before Dec 13. The December draft aims to reach a 3 million-man force by next summer, with 340000 more needed.
SUNNYVALE Calif AP The moon likely has a loose layer of fine sand like material at least 10 feet deep possibly tens of meters deep but it should not significantly hinder Apollo landings NASA scientists Donald E Gault and William L Quaide of Ames Research Center say their lab and field tests with quartz pumice and carborundum targets replicate Ranger crater pictures and suggest secondary debris shapes craters while Surveyor next year will test by carrying a camera to image granular particles down to one tenth of an inch.
U S warplanes returned to North Vietnam avoiding the industrial center while widening strikes. The Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong faced a bigger hit, knocking out about 25 percent of Hanoi’s power. Haiphong’s supply was cut by a third as jets attacked, with new raids aimed at a radar site 80 miles southeast of Haiphong and other military targets near Vinh.
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