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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1966
Page
4
The Gemini 12 splashdown marks a milestone in U S space leadership. Major Edwin E Aldrin Jr demonstrated space walking efficiency expanding future lunar and orbital missions. The piece highlights MOL as a military space program and urges continued American leadership in space exploration.
Federal funded retraining and education schemes are moving recipients off relief to private payrolls. In New York City 588 have already shifted from relief to work, with 900 more starting courses from heavy vehicle driving to basic office practice. On the job training covers non professional roles like nurses aims ward clerks and housekeepers, supported by federal funds to boost independence and reduce future public expenditures.
The 1966 Republican victory redefined state legislatures with a 705 seat gain, far surpassing 1958 and halving the postwar deficit. Major boosts came from Iowa Indiana Illinois Michigan North Dakota South Dakota Florida South Carolina North Carolina Montana New Mexico Nevada Utah Washington Alaska Maine West Virginia Delaware and more, shifting control to eight states with GOP governors and altering the political map ahead of 1968.
SAIGON NEA reports opposition among South Vietnamese to McNamara's proposed draft lottery. Officials warn losing skilled workers and teachers cripples governance and war effort. They favor selecting draftees by national need, arguing forced drafts erode administration, education, and military leadership.
A snapshot of items from 1916 and 1946 includes British U Boat blockade concerns and meatless days with bread restrictions in 1916. It notes Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs meeting in Frederick with Bertha Trail and Mrs. Joseph Apple. In 1946 rent ceilings in Frederick raise housing shortages for veterans while the U S attorney general hints at halted prosecutions of minor rent control violations in Baltimore. Francis Scott Key Post elects officers and draf ts a junior basketball program, with officers and directors named.
Washington urged a new military alliance of allied nations to back a peace process in Vietnam. The piece argues the United Nations failed to act, and lists potential members from Britain to Norway, Japan to Canada, calling for collective security and possible troop commitments if aggression resumes. It stresses Southeast Asia as a hinge point for wider conflict and the need for a regional and global defense framework.
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