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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1966
Page
4
Memorandum from the Audit Bureau of Circulations notes the newspaper uses AP dispatches and Associated Press content for republication. Second class postage paid at Frederick Maryland lists the publication details for The News.
National draft director Lieutenant General Hershey holds regional meetings with state directors to align on meeting rising quotas for the Vietnam war. He expects manpower needs near Korean levels, about 80 000 a month, and discusses preserving college deferments, lowering requirements, and retesting 19 year olds to fill shortages. Tennessee director Arnold Malone says pressure will push students to become either good students or soldiers.
President Johnson faces Congress as 1966 looms as the year of decision in Vietnam. He argues the nation can fund domestic programs with modest tax boosts, while highlighting a deficit of 1.8 billion. He outlines plans for a Transportation Department, Highway Safety Act, and a four year House term amendment, with broader International Education and Health acts promising more legislative action. The outcome rests on Hanoi, Peking, and Moscow rather than Washington alone.
U.S. officials in Saigon work quietly to deter a coup by Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi, watching Ky’s handling of plotters. Ky has kept control by exposing plots, warning Thi, and keeping take-off strips ready near Saigon. The United States avoids pressuring Ky to avoid destabilizing the government.
A reader blasts Maryland vehicle registration law as an unfair, nonresident tax. He questions its legality, weighs the weight rule, and laments sales tax applied to nonresidents regardless of origin or prior taxes. He urges a legal challenge and laments the state’s treatment of newcomers.
A Joe Eisenhauer notebook piece mixes philosophical reflections on work with a long anecdotal cut about a Santa Ana Freeway crash sparked by a flat tire. It shares quotes from Henry Van Dyke and James W. Elliott, then shifts to a humorous note on English spelling with a verse about dough and cough.
At nearly 87, Daniel J. Eyler of Woodsboro reflects keen mind and vigor as a remarkable local resident. Dr A W Lamar of College Park Ga to give Dixie Before the War lecture on Gen Robert E Lee anniversary. Raymond Morgan wins a spelling bee at Boys High School with Mrs Siegrist proctor. Poolesville PTA requests extra bus service. Castle Building repairs after pre Christmas fire. Sascha Gorodnitzki thrill for Frederick Concert-Goers at Frederick High School with thousand in attendance.
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