Court Study Probes Media Impact on Trials by House Subcommittee
A House Judiciary subcommittee chaired by Rep. Emanuel Celler will study mass media effects on court trials and pretrial procedures and may ban media comment on trials. The panel will examine press coverage, wiretapping, bail practices, courtroom procedures, and broader justice administration issues as ratified by the full committee.
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House Judicary
Emanuel Celler
Ceiler
House Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
James $. Hoffa
Teamsters’ Union
Holla
Celler
Administration of Justice
Death Trap At Emmitsburg
Emmitsburg residents demand a governor led inquiry into the planning of the new Emmitsburg bypass. The abortive and dangerous roadway has already claimed three lives in three weeks and faces more risk as a second dual lane nears completion. Police work around the clock after a surge of accidents at a single intersection. Local officials and state authorities are urged to halt traffic, reconsider routing, and demand safety fixes or an overpass, with outside safety concerns from Adams County coroner.
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Emmitsburg
Tawes
State Roads Commission
Teall
Steene
Isburg
Soung
Wy Antone
Wonen T
Breves Cpus
Rt. 15
Frederick County
Adams County
Pennsyvania
Maryland
Voice of America proposed as model for school prayers
Washington column argues government funded religious programming abroad could justify offering similar services to U S schools. Cites VOA broadcasts from 1961 1965 on Hanukkah liturgy Christmas sacred music and Catholic liturgy with clergy from multiple denominations noting potential to end school prayer controversy and align with public opinion.
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Voice of America
U.S
Europe
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East Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
United States
America
Congress
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Ecumenical Council
Church of Christ
Supreme Court
Ford Seizes GOP Leadership With Call for New Face
Washington reports that on December 16 House Republicans ousted leader Charles Halleck after activists pressed for new leadership and tactics. Gerald Ford won the post by December 19, with key backers Griffin Rumsfeld Goodell Quie rallying votes to forge a reorganized party stance for 1966. The group seeks stronger committee staffing, broader floor debate, and unified party councils to rebuild GOP strength nationally.
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NEA
Charles Halleck
House
Congress
Halleck
Charles Goodell
New York
Goodell
Robert Griffin
Michigan
Donald Rumsfeld
Illinois
Albert Quie
Minnesota
Gerald Ward
Ford
Thomas Curtis
Missouri
Griffin
Rumsfeld
Florida
Curtis
Goodell-Griffin-Rumsfeld- Quie
Beavers
Capitol Hill
English coastal towns menaced by German air fleet raid
Fifty years ago January 12 1915 reports an air raid near Dunkirk as Germany launches a large fleet over the English Channel. In answer to rising summer demand Bradock Heights Water Co directors plan reservoir construction on the mountain. Annual director elections occur at several city and county banks with national banks timing set for the second Tuesday in January.
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News-Post
Dunkirk
Braddock Heights Water Company
Naval Air Battle Off Indo China Pits U S Fleet Against Japan
Twenty years ago a fierce naval air battle raged off French Indo China as Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet clashed with Japanese warships escorting reinforcements. Scattered showers followed the coldest spell of winter with a five degree low. Maryland’s 29th Division soldiers earned certificates marking their service from D-Day to La. Atty Parsons Newman celebrated his Wednesday birthday.
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French Indo - China
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Mercury
Maryland
D-Day
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Johnson aims to expand peaceful trade with Eastern Europe
President Johnson seeks two aims in a State of the Union plan to broaden peaceful trade with Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. First, give satellites more domestic and international options. second, widen economic thinking toward capitalist ideas while aiding West-facing reforms in Romania Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria, excluding East Germany.
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Washington
Nea
Johnson
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
State Department
Russia
White House
Red China
Moscow
U.S
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
Europe
United States
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Ohio
Universal Oil Products Corp
Des Plaines
Ill
Yugoslavia
Letters Question County Zoning Authority and Permit Demands
Two letters to The Editor critique county planning and zoning power and demand for excessive building permits. Paul N. Leatherman of Myersville expresses frustration with entrance requirements from a state road. He cites democracy and equal treatment concerns. The second letter from Richard D. Hammond of Frederick thanks the paper for 1964 Chamber of Commerce coverage and staff cooperation.
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United States
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Frederick County
Richard D. Hammond
Frederick, Md
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