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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1967
Page
1
The Potomac River overflowed its banks again as nearly an inch of rain fell on Frederick County. The Monocacy rose a foot to four feet above normal, with the March total at 3.84 inches. Warmer conditions and thundershowers were forecast, followed by cooler days with mid-40s to 60s temperatures and overnight lows in the 40s.
U S and Reds traded rocket fire at Da Nang with Communist gunners launching 15 rockets from seven miles. US radar directed gunfire within 120 seconds, helicopter gunships attacked launch sites, and flare ships dropped 135 parachute flares. Two US C47s sprayed 56 700 rounds of minigun ammo. Three US planes were damaged and 16 American soldiers injured.
Mayor John A. Derr was hospitalized at Frederick Memorial Hospital on Tuesday afternoon for foot surgery. He expects to return to City Hall offices next week.
JFKs body was moved with secrecy to Arlington National Cemetery for permanent burial. The blessing ceremony at the new grave was led by Richard Cardinal Cushing with Sen. Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, plus Kennedy family members. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy and the stillborn infant were also moved to the new site, completed by 9 02 p m after the Tuesday evening transfer.
ANNAPOLIS Four Frederick County bills were enacted by the General Assembly and sent to Gov. Agnew for signature. If signed the laws require a 90 day school board audit, remove the 1000 dollar limit on county court library appropriations, make unpaid personal property taxes a levy on real estate, and set December first as the date new county commissioners take office. The audit law also requires the school board to report fund sources applications and balances and list operating re...
Twenty one Republican House members including Charles McC Mathias Jr of Maryland urged a nationwide inquiry into federal crime fighting agencies. They warned current law enforcement agencies are fragmented and called for a reorganization with clearer blueprints for a modern system.
Frederick County commissioners approve hiring an architect to design a proposed sixty thousand dollar addition to Walkersville Elementary School with three thousand six hundred dollars in fees. Commissioner Wallace E Hutton dissents urging more detailed information and accountability from the school board.
In New Orleans the Kennedy assassination hearing enters its second day as Perry Russo testified he overheard Lee Harvey Oswald and two others plan to kill President Kennedy. Authorities arrested James Liscombe on threatening calls and moved security steps to prevent trouble around the courthouse. Russo, 25, an insurance salesman from Baton Rouge, said he heard the plot while in Ferrie’s apartment in September 1963.
New York trading began with uneven gains as the stock market moved higher in a fairly active session. Investors showed cautious optimism amid mixed early results and several notable shifts among major stocks.
Washington AP reports both President Johnson and Senator Robert F. Kennedy deny a Time magazine account of a heated Vietnam debate. White House aides and RFK deny swearing and dispute the tone, with Rostow Katzenbach and others present. Both sides accuse each other of leaks while denying the specific language used.
County commissioners approved change orders adding 4165 to the Frederick High School project bringing total cost to 551890. The plan, already greenlit by the school board, covers small construction details and state fire marshal requirements including replacing wood paneling with plaster in one room and adding a sprinkler system in another. Also approved was one commercial zoning request at New U S 340 and Lander Road Jefferson for a highway service area. another for a bus garage near Jefferson was denied as spot zoning.
President Johnson repeated that the United States will stay the course in Vietnam and pursue an honorable peace. He defended the bombing as costly to North Vietnam but said it is not aimed at civilian targets and reiterated readiness to talk peace if Hanoi accepts conditions. The remarks came during a Tennessee stop and a prepared joint legislative address.
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