Post Office Tackles Yule Mail Rush
Post Office plans to hire 150000 temporary workers to handle Christmas mail. Frederick Postmaster James A. Grove says Baltimore will not hire now, delaying until mid December. Postmaster General Lawrence F. O’Brien cites avoiding mail backlogs and aiding national needs. Local temps are mostly college students, adding routes to manage the surge.
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Frederick
James A. Grove
Lawrence F. O’brien
Viet Nam
O’brien
Baltimore
Maryland
Philadelphia
O Brien
Chicago
Grove
County Roads Program Cost Put At $193,000
The Frederick County Commissioners tentatively approved a next year roads program estimated at 193000 with about 83000 state aid expected leaving county costs around 110000 for nine projects. Work spans 11 miles of highways and one bridge including Linganore Mountville Woodville Kelbaugh Stottlemeyer New Design Middletown Myersville Dublin Roads with widening resurfacing drainage and shoulder improvements.
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Frederick County
A. Irvin Renn
Russell Z. Her
Linganore Road
US 40
Mountville Road
Ballenger Creek
Adamstown
Woodville Road
Shirley Bohn
Ter Street
Israel Creek
Kelbaugh Road
Stottlemeyer
Garfield
Forest School Road
Frederick
Middletown-Myersville
Middletown
Dublin Road
Links Bridge
Biggs Ford
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Board of Commissioners
Renn
Braddock Group Opposes Vindobona Rezoning
Seventy-one Braddock Heights residents sue the County Commissioners to overturn a decision granting Vindobona Inc nonconforming zoning to R-3. The group argues the change from R-1 to multiple family would create density out of character, and planning officials warned against spot zoning while supporting the petition.
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Braddock Group
Braddock Heights
Vindobona
Vindobona, Inc
Vin‘dobona, Inc
Irving H. Weil
W. Jerome Offutt
Wallace E. Hutton
Frederick County
Commission
Car Rams Into Truck and House in Middletown
A car struck a pickup then rammed a house on East Main Street in Middletown causing about 800 dollars in damage. Charles F. Solt, 54, of Middletown, was charged with failure to signal while turning and Ronald E. Anderson, 19, of Williamsport, was charged with excessive speed, per state police. The incident occurred around 5:25 p.m. Wednesday.
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Middletown
Charles F. Solt
Ronald E. Anderson
RFD 1
Williamsport
East Main Street
Byrd Sr. dies after brain tumor at 79 in Virginia
Berryville Virginia AP reports Harry F Byrd Sr former US Senator and Virginia governor died at 8 25 am EDT at his home aged 79 after a long coma from a malignant brain tumor. He resigned last November citing infirmities and supported his son Harry Jr who is now appointed to the Senate seat.
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Harry F. Byrd Sr
Virginia
Byrd
West Virginia Line
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Harry Jr
Byrd Jr
U.S. Senate
Albertis 8
Harrison Jr
Russia Says Agreement Near On Nuclear Weapon Treaty
At the United Nations the Soviet Union urged concrete U S actions to back recent assurances and move toward a nonproliferation treaty. Ambassador Fedorenko warned that unresolved gaps could allow West Germany access to nuclear arms, delaying a pact despite private talks with U S officials. NATO-wide concerns over West German control of nuclear weapons block final agreement.
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United Nations
United States
West Germany
Fedorenko
Andrei A Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Soviet Union
NATO
Two Jewish Authors Win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM Sweden AP The 1966 Nobel Prize for literature is shared by Samuel Joseph Agnon of Israel and Nelly Sachs a German living in Stockholm The Swedish Academy cited Agnons narrative art with Jewish motifs and Sachs lyrical and dramatic writing interpreting Israels destiny The prize worth 300000 crowns about 60000 will be shared equally This marks only the second joint literature prize win in 1901 history
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Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel Joseph Agnon
Israel
Nelly Sachs
Swedish Academy of Letters
Agon
Miss Sachs
K. Gjellerup
H. Pontoppidan
Alfred Nobel
Stock Market Falls Into A Mired Pattern Early
New York AP reports the stock market dipped in early trading with moderate activity and a weak start to the session as investors await clearer signals.
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New York
One-way street plan persists in Frederick city traffic gains
Four streets Church Second Third and Fourth between East and North Bentz Streets became one-way on Sept 15 and traffic is moving faster. City officials support the change while a West Third Street residents group protests. Aldermen Bowlus Rice and Donald Rice praise the system. Bartgis remains opposed citing lack of a north-south route. Some signs and arrows are still needed across the corridor.
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Bowlus
Board of Aldermen
Bartgis
Richard L. Shipley
Soviets Launch Two Satellites in Secret Mission
Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union launched two artificial earth satellites one for space research and one for communications. Eight visiting Soviet bloc leaders watched the secret launch site.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ky Patches Cabinet Crisis Amid Mekong Delta Setback
Saigon premier Nguyen Cao Ky dismissed cabinet crisis claims and named a rebel member to head the government next week while away at Manila talks. Ground fighting slowed in Mekong Delta as Viet Cong forces reported a severe setback. B52s bombed the demilitarized zone near Dong Ha. American casualties fell last week to 74 killed and 432 wounded with 2 missing, while South Vietnamese deaths and wounds rose.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Manila
Mekong Delta
Dong Ha
North
Johnson in Australia seeks noble war for peace
President Johnson arrived in Canberra on a mission of hope en route to a Manila Viet Nam conference. He urged North Viet Nam to join a nobler war on hunger, ignorance and disease in Southeast Asia, warning peace demands sustained effort, not miracles. Harolds Holt welcomed him as crowds gathered. a 21 gun salute marked the visit.
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Canberra
Australia
Johnson
New Zealand
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Harold Holt
Manila
Seven Nations
Boys Scout Creed Binds 1300 in Key District
The Francis Scott Key District of Boy Scouts includes 1300 cubs explorers and scouts with 557 adult leaders. The group works to teach patriotism courage and self reliance through service and fellowship. Last month they built dams in Cunningham Falls State Park and next month will run Good Will Good Turn Day.
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Francis Scott Key
Boy Scouts
Cunningham Falls
Montevue
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