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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1969
Page
2
A fragmented Frederick Maryland item from The News dated Wednesday March 5 appears in OCR. Readable bits indicate a local brief or notice but full details are unclear.
Father Theodore Hesburgh, Notre Dame president, condemns campus confrontations and urges firm action against demonstrations. He warns outsiders fuel protests and says if groups use force they will be expelled or treated as trespassers. He cautions against state and national backlash against higher education autonomy.
The piece cites Senator Edward M. Kennedy as the Democratic front runner for party leadership and policy for four years, ahead of Hubert Humphrey and other rivals. It notes Kennedy’s strong polls among 20s and independents, and forecasts a Nixon Kennedy rematch if he wins reelection in 1970, with the race deemed a draw at this stage.
A British bachelor’s guide mocks American girls in London with stereotyped lines as he advises bachelors to be “a monument to the art of being English.” In a separate note, broadcasting stations ban cigarette ads on prime time aimed at youths but allow them elsewhere with a disclaimer suggesting the Cancer Society has given up on confirmed smokers.
President Nixon declared U S resolve to defend free Berlin and the western European states, warning against miscalculation or unilateral pressure as he set the policy stance during his West Berlin visit. The speech signals strength for West Germany and allied nations facing Soviet influence.
Washington press departs from praise as Nixon’s early term blunders focus on Bliss departure and patronage. The piece notes lack of courtesy with Bliss, missteps in appointive processes, and tension over party leadership and the national committee.
Editorial assesses President Nixon's Europe visit as a demarcation against Moscow with Western Europe urged to unite. It cites West Berlin reception, calls for collaboration with France, and recalls Wilson and World War II to underline US friendship with German people while opposing Soviet rule. It warns against subservient peace at any price and supports decisive US aid to the free world.
Yesterday in Brunswick and Frederick County reports note an accident in Petersville where a horse threw a rider onto the Jefferson Road leaving him hospitalized with a fractured shoulder and unknown injuries. At Brunswick High School a declamation contest before 100 spectators crowned Carell Stine as winner with a Mount of Fans speech. The county road program may slow due to high material costs, says Frank H. Zouch, chair of the State Roads Commission.
An early discussion by engineers from the State Roads Commission on improving traffic flow along a channel and a projected water tank test readiness. The tank’s final two sections are expected to be welded Friday, completing the construction job. Hagerstown High School basketball defeated Frederick Cadets 45 to 30 in the Western Maryland Championship, with Frederick briefly closing the gap late. William J. Miller, 14, fell 15 feet onto jagged rocks at Sister's Hill quarry while rope-descending, suffering serious injuries.
A profile of Maryland Deputy Secretary Blair Lee III and staff reveals an overburdened office seething with archaic duties and proposed reforms. The piece notes 42 death-row cases, proposed bills to expand the secretary’s powers, and a sprawling list of administrative tasks from notaries to proclamations, all amid a high ceilinged, quill marked State House backdrop.
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