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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1971
Page
2
Seattle AP reports Boeing confirms Lunar Roving Vehicle cost at about 31 million dollars, a 60 percent rise from the initial contract. The spokesman says flight readiness remains on schedule with the first operational LRV under construction and planned for the Apollo 15 mission set for July 25.
Washington reports 1970 marked by a 5 percent price rise and a GNP drop, the first decline in 12 years. Fed cut rates for a second time in two weeks while Nixon pursues inflation control and economic boosts via a large deficit budget.
Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine said a four nation trip to Israel Egypt the Soviet Union and West Germany added an extra dimension to his foreign policy understanding. He kept his presidential hopes undeclared but active and planned to discuss the trip with Secretary of State Rogers after conversations including a lengthy session with Soviet Premier Kosygin.
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia, 73, remained in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital after night complications. Doctors reported worsening breathing, oxygen was administered, and vital signs were weakening. Russell has been hospitalized since December 8 for a respiratory ailment compounded by emphysema.
Washington reports HEW will cut a major portion of AFDC matching welfare aid to Indiana and Nebraska starting April 1 for failing to raise maximum AFDC grants per 1967 law. Indiana faces 39 million yearly loss, Nebraska 15 million, with court appeal as possible delay. Disabled, blind, and aged payments remain unaffected.
County historian and local officials urged preservation of attic court records and survey ledgers stored above the courthouse. Microfilming by Maryland Hall of Records and university archival projects were proposed to catalogue and safeguard valuable documents before deterioration and loss.
The Calley murder trial recessed for a month as Army psychiatrists at Walter Reed begin a sanity exam to determine Lt. William Calley Jr's mental state on My Lai day. Dr. Albert La Verne testified Calley knew right from wrong but could not analyze a complex decision. The delay extends a trial ongoing since 1969 with a verdict not in sight.
NEW YORK AP Striking city patrolmen rejected their union leader's appeal to return to work and Police Commissioner Patrick V Murphy warned he may seek National Guard help within 48 hours. Supervisors labored 12 hour shifts for emergency services as weary officers walk out persisted. Crime figures remained largely steady though arrests declined.
Researchers deduced the manor house was completed in 1798 from higher tax assessments. Little urged preserving courthouse records saying understanding the past is a job, not a luxury, helping us find identity today.
In a 63 ruling Justice William C. Douglas held Wisconsin’s posting law unconstitutional. The decision shields adults from being stigmatized by official lists. 15 states with similar laws are affected. Norma Grace Constanti neau of Hartford led the double legal challenge after police barred her from taverns and liquor stores without explanation.
Magistrate Byron Thompson found Richard A. Yates of Timonium guilty Monday of exceeding 60 mph on U.S. 40 near New Market. Yates received one license point for his apparently good driving record. Harry Portner of Boonsboro was acquitted of passing a bad check for 23.45 dollars owed to Hair House owner Donald T. McDonald. Portner testified a money order was deposited the same day he wrote the check and repaid the amount within hours after learning of the returned item.
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