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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1965
Page
1
County Treasurer Mrs Charlotte Yarrell announced that properties with unpaid taxes through June 30 will be sold at public auction November 8. The deadline to pay taxes for the periods in 1964 1965 is Tuesday with notices to be published Friday October 22.
Frederick City crews start construction on a pedestrian covered bridge over Carroll Creek on the old temporary span site. The 25 foot long structure, modeled after county bridges at Utica and Roddy Road, will cost nothing to taxpayers beyond labor by three workers.
South Vietnamese forces claimed 218 Viet Cong killed across two battles in the past two days, with 168 in a major Mekong Delta engagement near Can Tho. They reported 50 Viet Cong killed in a Binh Duong operation, while U.S. spokesmen did not confirm the figures. A Vietnamese AP photographer died and 37 Viet Cong prisoners were freed amid the fighting. US Army forces reported sporadic contact with no casualties, and four UH-1 helicopter downings occurred as 8,000 1st Air Cavalry troops ended a five day operation.
The First Baptist Church of Frederick brings a second Cuban refugee family, the Ortegas from Miami, to Frederick to live near the Linares family. They will reside in a church-owned house on Dill Avenue, with furnishings donated by church members. Ortega is an electrical automotive mechanic, and the church seeks local employment for him.
The State Department will send Fidel Castro a note to arrange an orderly evacuation of an estimated 30 000 to 50 000 Cubans to the United States. Over 200 refugees have already sailed to Florida in small boats since Camarroca was opened as a port. President Johnson favors a controlled welcome, avoiding chaotic Florida Straits departures.
The Frederick County Children’s Aid Society seeks to raise 158000 to support services for dependent and neglected children. The agency, founded in 1911, works through foster care, adoption, and juvenile probation to place youths in supervised homes and provide after care and adoption services.
About 800 youths chanted down with communism and set fire to the Chinese University in Jakarta. They clashed with around 60 Communist Chinese students outside a dormitory amid tense political unrest.
The Maryland Senate approved a reapportionment bill creating a 43 member Senate elected by population to replace the 29 member chamber. The plan groups Garrett Allegany Washington for 3 seats, Frederick Carroll for 2, Montgomery Howard for 5, and other districts shaping the new map. The measure passed 18 to 6 with support from Sen. James and Sen. Derr as the Senate prepares to send the bill to the House.
Jittery residents in Pompano Beach endure three feet of floodwater as seawalls fail and cars stall. The city declares emergency while Fort Lauderdale police handle nearly 3,000 calls. A woman dies in a hit and run in the downpour. authorities warn against floodwater play. Miami reports up to 10 inches. statewide heavy rain continues.
Soviet author Mikhail Sholokhov won the 1965 Nobel Prize for literature in Stockholm. He is famed for Quiet Flows the Don and serves in the Supreme Soviet. He is 60 years old.
The Vatican Ecumenical Council endorsed a declaration deploring anti Semitism and rejecting the notion that Jews as a people are rejected by God. The document, approved by a two thirds vote, avoids the word deicide and awaits papal promulgation likely in late October or November. Opposition came from conservatives who favored retaining deicide wording.
Four students from Iran join Frederick Community College this year after meeting in Washington and Frederick. Jiae Goshtary, Majid Zirak, Rahim Kazemzdeh, and Reza Fattahi plan two years at Frederick before transferring to engineering schools. Reva spent a year in Oklahoma observing American life and dating customs.
Victor Cullen Training School at Sabillasville seeks 30 supervisory positions for boys growth supervisors. An exam will be held Saturday. applicants must be high school graduates. Starting salaries range from 3040 to 4802 with two years service. experienced applicants earn 4200 to 45365.
Washington AP report cites President Johnson experiencing some pains in the chest area with only about two hours sleep on Thursday. Assistant press secretary Latten said pain not enough for sedation and doctors consider progress satisfactory. He noted Johnson woke around 2 am, stayed awake until breakfast, then napped in a darkened room.
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