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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1966
Page
7
Washington AP Lt Gen Lewis Hershey urged keeping the draft as a permanent fixture and warned that abandoning conscription would endanger national defense. He rejected a volunteer army as overdone and said there is no feasible alternative during wartime.
Columbus Bryant Jr commander of AMVETS Post 5 Frederick was elected by the national executive committee to be national deputy provost marshal for the coming year announced by national commander A Lec Anderson. Bryant active in veterans affairs in the Vredenck area. served as Maryland Department vice commander and historian. past commander of William P Larkin Post 112 American Legion. WWII and Korean War veteran. Resides on Madison Street.
In Provo Utah AP reports two thieves took a statue of Joseph from a Nativity scene leaving chocolates and an apologetic note claiming curiosity. They returned the statue to its place atop a local mortuary after revealing one thief lost their ladder and could not reach it.
Detroit AP report says Teamsters started returning to work after a 24 hour walkout tied to a Supreme Court ruling upholding the 1964 jury tampering conviction of international president James R. Hoffa. Hoffa ordered a return to duty as samples from Detroit firms showed most long distance drivers resumed by midnight.
Visit plan approved for 5 270 Christian Arab residents of Israel to cross Mandelbaum Gate into the Jordanian old city of Jerusalem on December 23 for reunions with relatives in Jordan. They and friends from other Arab countries will stay a little over 48 hours before returning home.
Detroit Free Press launches the Great Ghastly Neck Tie Contest. Readers mail the most ghastly necktie to YE CH Post Office Box 919 Detroit 482% with a dime for handling. Every entrant receives another tie in return. Y E C H stands for your excruciating cravat horror.
Tokyo AP reports that Communist China is using lime stone salt and coke to make a light durable synthetic fiber. The fiber, identified by NCNA as a polyvinyl chloride product, is said to blend with cotton to create twills calicos mosquito nets and hosiery.
Traverse City Michigan AP reports businessman Phil Balyeat and two helpers hauled an 850 pound safe to the sidewalk in a building marked for demolition but could not lift it onto a truck. They sought help, and when they returned the safe had vanished.
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