27 Feb 1965
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1965
Page
1
U S Air Force bombers raided jungle 56 miles southeast of Saigon as government ground troops moved in beneath them. Planes conducted frequent runs dropping 750 and 500 pound bombs while a large helicopter airlift sought Communist guerrilla concentrations and arms depots.
The dispatch details a large helicopter airlift in Phuoc Tuy Province near Saigon supported by jets and propeller aircraft, with Captains Glen A. Leister and Herbet Beson named among the crew. Also covered are battles with Viet Cong forces, a bombing-run response, and ground troop movements. Separate notices announce several local deaths: Douglas Fritz, Ethel Harp, Liza Sullivan, Rachel Shank, and Alice Evertis, with funeral arrangements and survivors listed.
Six young children were killed Friday night when an isolated frame farmhouse burned near Prince Frederick Maryland. State Police recovered the bodies aged 7 to 18 months? The parents George A Gross and wife were away shopping and left the children unattended. The home six miles south of Prince Frederick and fifty miles southeast of Washington was discovered on fire by a motorist. Firemen found the remains of four siblings and a step-sister in the debris.
A religious reflection by Arthur Freeman of Bethlehem Pennsylvania a professor of Biblical theology at Moravian Theological Seminary urges believers to look inward only to know themselves and then lift thoughts toward Thee for new life beyond human limits in Jesus name Amen.
Police report two thefts last night and yesterday afternoon. Robert Ossiller of Cascade owns tools including four rifles missing from a car in the rear of 140 West Antietam Street valued at 137 dollars. Thomas Pompell of 225 Mill Street reports a rifle stolen from a car in the rear of the first block of North Potomac Street between 9 PM and 11 PM.
DOUG KEATING reports the Little Antietam Creek watershed will see plans and cost estimates next month for two dams in the Boonsboro Kee-dysville area to curb flash floods. Soil Conservation Service surveys guide dam sizes and water retention while local groups decide funding and maintenance responsibilities.
Stunt pilot Johnny Foyle, 38, of Baltimore, died during an air show in Fort Lauderdale while another plane collided. The event disrupted plans to win an aerobatic trophy as engineers continue watershed projects to control flooding near Oakland Maryland.
Indonesia orders US Information Service shut nationwide per Antara citing Foreign Minister Subandrio speaking before North Sumatra students. Subandrio said USIS activities would no longer poison Indonesian minds. crowd greeted with thunderous applause as Antara relayed the statement.
Baltimore Police recruit officers from Pennsylvania coal regions as Fogarty tours 75 mining towns seeking physically fit men with the right mindset. He aims to curb resignations by matching candidates to the stresses of police life, noting prior job experience and resilience.
Washington AP report says the House Education and Labor Committee will likely approve the administration's $1.25 billion school aid bill. The measure would fund up to 50 percent of per pupil costs for eligible students in low income families, with debate over eligibility for higher income families and objections about funding balance between districts. The panel also advanced sections for supplementary education centers, staff training, and possible church state grants, while differences over parochial school support persist.
CHICAGO AP The condition of Albert Cardinal Meyer archbishop of Chicago worsened today after brain surgery Thursday at Mercy Hospital Surgeons at that university were performing a tracheotomy to ease breathing An earlier bulletin noted significant changes in pulse respiration and blood pressure attributed possibly to a recurrence of increased intracranial pressure from post operative swelling Physicians John L Keeley Mark Voris and George T F O’Brien were at the hospital as the update was released.
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