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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1966
Page
4
Rates listed for advance payment include one month at 1.25 and one year at 612.08. Carrier delivery costs show 3 cents per week totaling 1.38 per year with options at 48 per year.
The piece describes the plan to bring 1,500 tons of Spanish soil to the United States for radioactivity testing after a crash in Spain involving a plane carrying nuclear bombs. It questions biosecurity, plant diseases, and the fate of a mobile laboratory, noting the international security stakes.
De Gaulle seeks a normal sovereignty that would place all French allied elements under French command, potentially ending American control of troops in France and prompting NATO headquarters withdrawal. President Johnson acknowledged the plan but kept negotiations open, warning of possible redeployment if talks stall.
The piece urges community action as millions of elderly must enroll for voluntary Medicare medical insurance before March 31 to avoid an 18 month wait. It notes a $3 monthly premium, with Social Security deductions for those cardholders, and calls for outreach by Medicare specialists or district offices to enroll housebound seniors.
The article notes Senator Gale McGee challenged the Viet Cong NLF as the true representative of South Vietnam. It cites experts like Bernard Fall and Robert Scalapino, arguing most South Vietnamese groups would reject the NLF in a free election, with major sectors including Catholics Buddhists Hoa Hao Cao Dai armed forces and civil servants unrepresented by the NLF.
A Maryland reader praises Frederick County schools and warns against anti education sentiment. He cites Berkeley County WV’s decline due to opposition to spending and urges continued support for teachers and programs.
The county moves to drop the personal property levy as a tax shift politics risk. Officials expect about $160,000 revenue loss offset by higher assessments, while the city may follow by scrapping its own personal property tax or outsourcing assessments. If both drop, city revenues rise from higher assessments, shaping Election Year finances.
President Wilson ordered American troops to cross the Mexican border to capture or kill Francisco Villa and bandits who attacked Columbus New Mexico killing 17 Americans. Major General Hugh L. Scott announced the expedition would include at least 5,000 men. Noah E. Cramer, elected president of the Board of Trade, pledged to work for the organization’s best interests. officers elected include President Cramer, First Vice President Thomas M Williamson, Second Vice President Charles McC Mathias, Treasurer S Elmer Brown, Secretary O C Warehime.
A 25 by 15 foot frame cabin on concrete piers near Gas House Pike bridge burned this afternoon with unknown origin. Loss estimated at about 1000 dollars. Farmers nearby spotted the blaze and called Independent Fire Company about 3 30 p m. Three dances and a large picnic slated for the twenty sixth annual tri state convention of B P O Elks in Frederick August 11 to 14 were announced by the lodge convention committee. An out of town orchestra will play the third dance on August 13 and night club acts will be featured as a floor show.
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