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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1966
Page
2
The New York Herald Tribune ends its publication after the April 24 edition as merger with two afternoon dailies fails and unions press for new contracts. The historic paper joins three others in folding, marking economic decline of daily journalism.
The Los Angeles City Council weighs fluoridation amid a heated hearing where opponents nonresidents spoke like a political rally. Supporters, skeptics, and officials clash as science versus ideology fuels the debate over public water supplies.
A Virginia Circuit Court judge called the races white black yellow Malay and red created by God and not intended to mix while ruling against an interracial couple barred from the state for 25 years. The remark sparked debate as anthropologists theologians and possibly the Supreme Court may weigh its validity.
Column discusses gout causes with hyperuricemia and crystal deposits in joints. Mentions hereditary forms, notable statistics, and that diet affects flareups. Recommends purine restriction, Colchicine for acute attacks, and uric acid lowering drugs like allopurinol.
State's Attorney Ellsworth warns against Sunday professional baseball in Hagerstown with arrests for participants. Rev Walter Stehl named to Evangelism Commission. Mayor backs dog pound with reclaim rules before euthanasia. Magistrate Snyder pushes harsher sentences for out of state defendants. Benjamin Willis resigns as Washington County schools superintendent to lead Yonkers NY schools. City market reports: corn 50 cents a dozen, tomatoes 10 to 15 cents a pound. Farmers Home loans total 80680 to 18 county farmers. Auto accidents rise. 436 crashes, 1 dead, 124 injured, worse than NRA year. 13 year old Blaine Carbaugh recovering from copperhead bite.
The Aug 13 history roundup notes Woodrow Wilson urged U S neutrality in 1914, Wilkes Expedition bound for Antarctica in 1838, and later events from 1942 Montgomery in Egypt to 1958 civil rights tensions. It also mentions Kennedy’s 1963 troop reinforcement and Johnson’s 1965 drought relief.
A reader letters section discusses cloud seeding claims by Dr. Howell and Donald Spickler, questioning evidence and noting planes at HI erstown airport. The writer urges voters to act in upcoming primary and November elections, while touching on local issues of weather modification and politics.
A U S Department of Agriculture backed claim highlights urethane foam made from corn states as a cheap 15 cents per pound insulation material. It can be sprayed on inside walls and adheres to nearly any surface forming a rigid layer, suitable for dwellings freezers refrigerated trucks and tank cars. The piece closes with a blessing urging gratitude for science and a call to share advantages with the less fortunate.
A letters page item titled Job Seekers discusses ongoing idleness among readers. It argues many individuals drift away from work, reflecting a long standing tendency toward avoidance of employment and responsibility.
The letter disputes a newspaper account of the MCI guard story and claims Senator Snyder has long harbored facts about MCI. The writer asserts Snyder has been told about conditions at MCI many times and used these details to gain votes in prior campaigns.
Three mainland China physicists Wen Yu Chang Kuang-Chou Choo and Ning Pu were invited by the Atomic Energy Commission with State Department approval to attend the International Conference on High Energy Physics at the University of California Berkeley August 31 to September 7. About 450 physicists from 28 countries are expected. one fifth from Russia and Eastern Europe. Tours of U S labs are planned for all but the Chinese participants. The invitation aligns with policy stated by Secretary Rusk and reaffirmed by the President on Asia policy.
Reporter Jim Bishop recalls a six hour coastal crossing to the Bahamas aboard Away We Go IV. The voyage includes fishing yields, a quirky crew, a Grand Bahama casino experience, and a playful gambling episode with his wife amid tropical heat and seas.
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