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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
1
Massachusetts corruption permeates government and wastes public funds through waste, incompetence and theft, according to the State Crime Commission's final report. It blames many public figures who looked the other way and failed to speak up, despite awareness of the conditions.
A statewide inquiry led by Gov. Volpe indicts about 50 individuals and 12 firms on charges including bribery and larceny. The commission slams the legislature for lax oversight but notes improvement in some areas and urges civil service reform.
Johnson and his guest strolled the White House grounds with reporters present as an AF wirephoto captured the moment.
Washington AP report notes discussions among aides and Republicans over a $4 billion excise tax cut tied to a sliding scale plan. The plan aimed to blunt GOP opposition by proposing gradual reductions through 1970, with White House and industry input shaping specific levy items.
Blue chips drifted lower with limited losses as trading picked up. General Motors fell about a point while peers like Du Pont Sears Roebuck Westinghouse and Standard Oil New Jersey edged down. Rails steadied with Penn Central and New York Central posting gains amid mixed industry talk on tax cuts.
In Santo Domingo the Dominican junta rejected a U S peace plan backed by McGeorge Bundy and three other Washington officials. The plan proposed a government headed by Antonio Guzman with Bosch restoration aims, while junta leaders accused the proposal of inviting a Communist takeover.
William Lee Sigler 73 of 223 N Mulberry St died Monday at Washington County Hospital after months of illness. Born in Luray Virginia he was son of Abram and Ida Sigler. He worked as a painter for Fairchild Hitler Corp in Hagerstown and belonged to St Pauls Evangelical United Brethren Church Busy Mens Bible Class and several clubs and orders. Survived by wife a stepdaughter sisters and two grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 30 p m Bowser Funeral Home with Rev James Schuman. burial Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday 7 to 9 p m.
Gracious God we praise Thee for Thy mercies and light of a new day. Grant us seeing eyes and hearing ears to witness, labor, hope, and strive in the spirit of our triumphant Lord. Arsen, John Marvin Rast, Columbia, S.C. Methodist religious columnist.
The Holiday Inn lobby artwork was reported missing to city police last month. Glaudine Hudson of 35 E Baltimore St Funkstown described a painting by artist Sheppard and painter Larry Wheeler with a gray hair and gray beard, valued at $50.
Fragmented OCR shows a small newspaper notice from a local daily. It lists a street address 2641 Dummit Ave in Hogertown Kansas and a telephone number 733-3191. Subscription rates are shown for weekly, monthly, and yearly terms.
About 500 Frick Company workers picketed the Waynesboro plant starting 4 am Monday. Pickets lined the office building and plant entrances while the union claims a 17 cent package raise offer is inadequate after six weeks of negotiations. No production workers entered the plant as the strike continued with no meeting planned.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover testified to Congress that Chinese and Soviet intelligence activities pose a growing menace. He cited undercover spies posing as students and cultural exchangers who can establish diplomatic missions and obtain funds, predicting increased Chinese intelligence operations in the United States.
A donation drive for slain Unitarian minister James T. Reed of Boston raises to 45900 the funds collected by the Tech Family Trust. Reed died in a Birmingham hospital on March 11 after being clubbed by white men in Selma during a civil rights demonstration.
Four French nurses from Montreal were injured when a head on collision near Molter Avenue on Route 5, north of Frederick. Gisele Noiseux, 29, Verdun, died at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Russell Yohe, 49, of Brodbeck, Pa., driver of the other car, was injured and charged as investigators, led by Trooper J. F. Forsythe, pursued charges.
In La Paz Bolivia the military junta ordered a state of siege after bloody riots and a general strike over the exile of labor leader Juan Lachin. The government mobilized males 19 to 50 under military law and emptied labor union posts, to be filled by elections within 40 days.
Baltimore Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin says the city can remove housing discrimination by ordinance or allow change to come through sit-ins and demonstrations. He spoke after an unusual meeting with the all-Democratic City Council urging passage of a proposal prohibiting discrimination in sale and rental of housing with two owner-occupied apartments exempt.
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