U S Commitment in Thailand Outlined by Martin
U S Ambassador Graham A. Martin., addressing the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, confirmed 35,300 U.S. troops in Thailand with 8,000 on construction. He said Thai cooperation’s key to saving lives and limiting regional conflict, while noting ongoing guerrilla activity in the northeast and American air strike bases used for Vietnam.
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United States
Thailand
U.S
Bangkok
Graham A. Martin
American Chamber of Commerce
Martin
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
China
Asia
China Seized Soviet Missiles Boosting Nuclear Drive
Chinese sources report Soviet SA 2 surface to air missiles captured while crossing China by train were used to accelerate Beijing’s ballistic program. The move followed Soviet aid and recalls, with an American-trained Chinese physicist leading efforts. American alarm grows over rapid Communist China nuclear advances.
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China
London
North Vietnam
Peking
Admin Council Aids Price Controls in State of the Economy
The article notes the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers increasingly intervenes in price setting and wage negotiations. It cites 50 product lines under review, companies asked to delay rises, and cases where firms canceled increases or gave advance notices. It warns 1967 wage talks may raise unit labor costs and edge prices up, signaling a busy labor cost battle ahead.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Council (of Economic Advisers
Council of Economic Advisers
Defense McNamara
Defense
Frederick County considers changing county school board structure
Frederick County commissioners weigh reform options for the county board of education. Proposals include electing board members, moving appointments from the governor to county commissioners, and shortening terms from six to four years. Leaders debate cost controls and the impact on school construction projects. If legislators reject reorganizing, other solutions will be sought.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
County Board of Education
Russell Z. Horman
Horman
Wallace B. Hutton
Herman
Charles E. Collins
Collins
Catoctin High School
Year of progress at Hagerstown and Frederick Railway
Fifty years ago the Hagerstown and Frederick Railway Company reported its greatest revenues and passenger totals in history at the annual meeting. President Emory L. Coblentz of Frederick said the company will add 25 new cars and streamline the roadbed to meet expanding demand. President Wilson recalled Ambassador James W. Gerard from Berlin for consultations, while Berlin admitted to stepping up Uboat warfare to starve Britain into submission.
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Emory L. Coblentz
Frederick
Washington
Wilson
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Zurich
Switzerland
United States
Great Britain
Twenty Years Ago News From The News Post Files
A weekend search for a Point of Rocks store robbery suspect ends with a perfect alibi. The man is jailed in Moundsville West Virginia serving a five year armed robbery sentence. A Frederick girl in War Saw Poland, an attache of UNRRA, writes of hoping to return home to God’s country in April.
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Point of Rocks
FBI
Frederick County
Moundsville
West Vir
UNRRA
Reischauer testifies on Vietnam policy and Asia role
Washington columnist David Lawrence explains Edwin Reischauer's Senate testimony on bombing North Vietnam and the U S need to support small nations amid Asian and European autocracies. The piece weighs whether the United States should lead or withdraw in regional affairs.
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Vietnam
America
United States
Edwin D. Reischauer
Japan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
Reischauer
South Korea
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State Department
Pacific
Asia
Red China
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Johnson
Europe
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