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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1968
Page
2
The text argues that thousands of home and business owners in violence-prone cities face canceled fire insurance, including Paterson New Jersey schools, as insurers fear losses. It urges insurers to reconsider and proposes an assigned risk pooling modeled on auto insurance to protect riot-threatened properties.
A Department of Interior study prepared for the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration estimates that separating the 36 million people served by combined storm and sanitary sewers would cost about 48 billion dollars and still may not fully solve water pollution. The report notes uncertainty about the relative impact of combined sewer overflows and suggests that new control or treatment methods could provide alternative solutions.
The article notes a sharp fall in saucer sighting reports to the Aerial Phenomena Office at Wright Patterson AFB Ohio with calls only a quarter of last year and letters at a tenth of 1967 rates. The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena corroborates the decline and suggests possible regrouping by the saucers.
A reader rebuts a July 11 gun control discussion, arguing NRA members are unfairly labeled. He cites license laws, speeding violations, and crime claims, urging reader consideration of arming citizens to deter violence and referencing past outrage in 1919 Germany and China.
The Johnson White House aims to steer the 1968 Democratic convention while Humphrey faces a potential revolt by Eugene McCarthy delegates in Chicago. Up to 200 committed McCarthy supporters may walk out, focusing on an antiwar plank and challenging the convention’s legitimacy.
A blaze yesterday at Chaban Lyuthers farm near Benmitstury levelled a building and its contents. Loss estimated between 600 and 1000 dollars, with limited insured coverage. Immediate cause undetermined and authorities investigate.
Analysis of how party leaders in states shape nominations, the limited role of primaries, and how current polls suggest Nixon leading the Republican path while Humphrey appears set for the Democratic nomination. Observers foresee intra party dissension and complex electoral outcomes after conventions.
A scrambled text argues for armed self defense and home protection and critiques communists in the United States. It references Kennedys, political action, and a call for sensible reform, ending with a garbled quiz about a president and a state capital.
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