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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1965
Page
1
Ranger 9 televised a sequence of more than 200 close ups of the moon as it dove to its death in a lunar crater. The live pictures from 1,300 miles up showed craters Albategnius Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus and a central 3,000 foot peak.
Frederick County Schools are reported as clean by Superintendent Dr. John L. Carnochan amid comments on recent Carroll County findings. He notes only cafeteria and disposal inspections are current, while the Fire Marshal will review all county schools and report to the School Board.
Washington reacted as critics denounced the United States for supplying nonlethal gas to South Vietnam for guerrilla warfare. Officials denied gas warfare claims and emphasized civilian-safety aims. President Johnson reportedly not consulted before gas deployment amid international and Republican protests.
A break in at the Jug Bridge Esso station on U S 40 East found the soda vending machine with an empty coin box. Nothing was taken as the change had been emptied last night. Damage estimated at ten dollars. Trooper Roy Reed investigates. The stock market advanced early today in fairly active trading.
Maryland Day closures vary by jurisdiction. Frederick County offices in the Court House are closed with Winchester Hall offices also shut, while Frederick City Hall offices remain open. City banks stay open. county banks may close. Parking meters are off in Frederick City with unlimited downtown parking all day. All city and county schools will be open with appropriate commemorations reported by the Board of Education.
The Frederick County Bloodmobile collected 138 pints from 158 donors in Middletown, 15 pints short of the 153 pint target. Of donors, 84 were from Middletown, 37 from Myersville, and 37 from nearby areas. 22 donated for the first time in the program.
Rosenfeld Realty of Washington and developers of the Frederick Shopping Center say they have a complete set of plans for a separate post office building at the shopping center. Location would be land provided by Harry A. Rosenfeld near the service station in the lot. Postmaster James Grove says he has not yet been notified of final Post Office Department plans. The department announced plans were approved for post office facilities at the shopping center. A branch post office had previously operated in Peoples Drug Store but was closed.
Two area crashes were investigated Tuesday. In the first at 2 15 p m on Md 26 Mrs Ellen S Wyatt of Union Bridge attempted a left turn into a private driveway and pulled into the path of Edward S Siegler of Baltimore causing the demolition of her 1956 station wagon and $350 damage to his 1965 sedan. In the second at 7 45 p m on North Bentz Street Perry L Hipkins of Clarksburg changed lanes into Paul E Mercer causing $175 damage to Mercer s 1956 car and $150 to Hipkins 1959 sedan with Hipkins charged with unsafe lane change.
In Kansas City Missouri a driverless auto rolled onto a sidewalk and fatally struck 55 year old Ruth Buffington as she returned from a grocery trip. The vehicle owner Henry Baptiste Jr 17 admitted parking on a hill with the emergency brake set and wheels turned toward the curb before attending a night class. Police say the car rolled a short distance before hitting Buffington.
The House Ways and Means Committee cleared a $6 billion health and pension package for seniors headed to an early floor vote. It includes universal hospitalization for those over 65, a voluntary supplementary plan, expanded aid for indigent care, and a 7 percent Social Security boost funded by a higher payroll tax. The bill, supported by President Johnson, would start July 1 1966 and shifts federal contributions from 50 percent toward 55 to 83 percent.
The Thurmont town council and planning commission postpone tonight's meeting to tomorrow evening. Mayor Donald L. Lewis cites unable to attend. tomorrow they will review Thurmont's comprehensive zoning ordinance, accepted by the planning body but not yet by the council.
Civil rights marchers press toward the Alabama Capitol in Montgomery as they finish the last major stretch of their Selma to Montgomery journey. The group travels 14 miles today after overnight rest, with National Guard in place on a widened highway and a prior drop to 300 marchers on two lane sections. Dr Martin Luther King Jr leaves briefly for a Cleveland dinner honoring his Nobel Peace Prize award.
The Citizens' Committee for the Improvement of the Frederick Community led by Theodore W. Stephens requests city support for a program to curb alcohol on All Saints Street and Mullinix Park, stop street gambling and public profanity, and promote better morals through religious emphasis. Mayor and aldermen expressed cooperation, with police Chief Charles V. Main backing reinforced patrols and enforcement. plan modeled after a successful program in Hagerstown and to be presented to magistrates.
The Molly Brown mission with Virgil Grissom and John Young marked a step forward in the space race. The two astronauts demonstrated orbital changes and maneuvers, with nine more Gemini flights planned over the next two years. NASA called the mission historic and prepared for longer, rendezvous missions.
More than 100 realtors and sales representatives from Western Maryland are expected to attend an all day sales clinic at the Holiday Inn next Wednesday. About 50 local realtors will join the event sponsored by the Maryland Association of Real Estate Agents with welcoming remarks by Charles S. V. Lanner and Dr Norvell Belt. Frank M. Baker Jr will preside at the affair.
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