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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
2
The Assocrat prints daily pages excluding Sundays under the ORBAT SOUTHERN PTO. subscriptions are payable in advance with rates listed for one month and three months. Carrier delivery fees and mailing details appear with readership information and postal notices.
Pravda reports widespread time wasting in the Soviet Union with workers taking long smoke breaks and skipping work for lectures, hobby clubs, or rehearsals. It cites a Mordovian factory losing 154 days to paid time off for orchestra practice and lists various idle activities from jokes to crosswords and social events.
Roy Wilkins, leader of the NAACP, attacks black militants and denounces campus demands for autonomous black studies and dorms as Jim Crow in reverse. He vows court action to block public funding for segregated schools, speaking at the association's 60th annual meeting.
President Johnson's budget draft proposes raising all first class mail to 7 cents and eliminating the 10 cent air mail rate starting July 1. Postmaster Watson estimates the move would add 519.4 million annually, wipe out a large operating deficit, but leave a 633.4 million public service deficit. Watson backs depoliticizing the Post Office and turning it into a nonprofit corporation with a director board, prompting union resistance and calls for binding arbitration.
Editorial notes Penn Central's Metroliner begins Washington to New York service with 110 mph speed, in-seat service, and upgraded interiors. Critics say upgrades are not a revolution and railways still imitate airlines. Alan Boyd calls tube trains and air cushions future possibilities, a transitional step amid growing congestion.
Ray Cromley surveys varied forecasts for 1969 noting strong growth in aircraft, nursing homes, mobile homes, construction, computers, petrochemicals, cosmetics, and newspapers while steel, fertilizers, and hotels may lag. Overall 12 of 100 industries rise over 10 percent, with unemployment issues affecting unskilled youth as the Nixon administration faces potential troubles by mid year.
The News Post notes a city youth, set ablaze in a prank while asleep, has recovered from a critical condition. Smallpox cases rise in Brunswick with a railroad worker and a quarantined father’s son affected. Reverend Ditzier pledges to back candidates enforcing prohibition. Myersville water and fire protection prospects fade after a recent fire.
NEA analysis argues that only a joint US Soviet action can steer Arabs and Israel toward peace. It notes UN diplomacy often blames Israel, while Moscow pursues a twilight policy to widen influence, and stresses a US Russia understanding is essential to prevent new war in the region.
Barbs by Phil Pastoret questions where money went from last summer vacation, noting mystery over expense sources and travel costs. The column uses a witty tone to hint at budgeting and misused funds without detailing specific figures.
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