22 Mar 1966
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1966
Page
1
Forecast shows spring warmth as temperatures reach the mid 70s to low 80s today and tomorrow. Monday's high was 58 with a low of 33, and overnight dropped to 41. Expect mid 80s Wednesday and scattered showers late tomorrow, with cooler conditions Thursday.
Postmaster James A. Grove announced rate increases across money orders registry C O D insurance and certified mail services. Money orders up to 10 rise to 25 cents certified mail up 10 cents to 30 cents C O D up to 10 valued mail costs 60 cents new insured and registered mail changes outlined with updated fees including up to 100 value at 75 cents.
U S jets blasted convoy trucks and shipping in North Viet Nam and sank or damaged five gunboats while Leatherneck forces report at least 205 enemy killed in South Viet Nam's northern provinces. One Marine helicopter crew and an A4 Skyhawk crew suffered losses as weather improved. The Viet Cong attacked Dalat airport. Buddhist protests occurred in Da Nang and Hue as Thich Tam Chau intervened in Saigon.
The Frederick Metropolitan Sanitary Commission authorized a two month land survey by the Beavin engineering firm of Baltimore to provide elevations for a Walkersville sewer system. No formal Frederick City proposal for a $4 million interceptor line was discussed.
The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill to create public watershed associations across counties and Baltimore City. Landowners benefitting from proposed improvements would form the boards under the State Soil Conservation Committee, with commissioners filling vacancies and plans must prove practicality and public welfare.
The Senate expected to approve a 13.1 billion dollar Viet Nam war chest as Sen. Richard Russell warns Americans will not tolerate the war without pressure on Hanoi. Russell urges harsher strikes including Haiphong blockade and sees possible cross-border risk to China. Senator Clark pushes for negotiated settlement with Viet Cong.
The Maryland House of Delegates approved a bill requiring the State Roads Commission to include sleeves or tunnels in Interstate 70 in Frederick County. The sleeves would allow future hookups for sewage and water lines, with an estimated sleeve cost of 175000 versus 14 million to drill later. Frederick County would pay for the sleeves, and the measure heads to a five day Senate session.
In Rome Archbishop Michael Ramsey arrives for a landmark Christian unity meeting with Pope Paul VI, the first since the 1534 schism. A protest by five anti Catholic militants accompanies his departure from London, but police escort and swift questioning prevent disruption.
New York early today shows color television, aerospace and airline stocks leading the broad market rally as the recovery drive persists into a fifth session.
Congressman James C. Cleveland, NH Republican, was attacked and robbed of 40 dollars in his fifth floor Longworth Office Building suite by a knife-wielding intruder. He sustained a minor cut and received a tetanus shot, saying he felt all right. Capitol Police called the incident unprecedented in the Capitol complex.
AP reports a powerful North China quake sending residents into the streets. Tokyo and Peking sources note multiple shocks centered near Singtai about 200 miles from Peking. Moscow lists the event near 8.3 on the Richter scale with extensive damage across 30 agricultural communes affecting over 300000 people.
The National Academy of Sciences narrowed 85 proposed locations to six sites for a proposed 200 billion electron volt particle accelerator. Ann Arbor Brookhaven Madison near Sacramento and a Sierra foothill option are named with Denver as a possible site. The final choice rests with the Atomic Energy Commission and Congress.
Maryland delegates prepared for a key vote on a bill requiring chemical tests of blood alcohol content for drunken driving suspects or license suspension. The measure, already Senate approved, faced renewed opposition as the House planned additional debate in the afternoon session.
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