Americans Battle Viet Cong Near Cambodian Border
American troops faced heavy fighting across multiple fronts in South Vietnam near Zone C and the Cambodian border. Marines and South Vietnamese forces clashed with North Vietnamese units, with casualties reported on both sides and a helicopter shot down. Air strikes by U.S. jets were hampered by bad weather over North Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Viet Nams
CAP
South Viet Nam
Thelwar
U.S
Hanoi
Tay Ninh
U5. 19 Infantry Division
North Viet Nam
U S Training Thai Officers To Run Helicopters
U S officials train Thai officers as helicopter pilots to teach Thai servicemen helicopter operations against Communist forces. About 40 Thais have completed basic instruction at Ft Wolters this year, with 28 more starting a 16 week course, and 20 officers to advance to tactics and instrument flying at Ft Rucker next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Horton
Washington
United States
Thailand
Secretary of Defense
Raber
McNamara
U. S
Graham A. Martina
U.S. Banes
Ft. Wolters
Tex
Ft Rucker
Ala
Pentagon
Associated Press
Ft. Rucker
Obituaries and Death Notices from Hagerstown Area
Local notices report Harvey Cleveland Beard 8 of 2504 Pronsylvania Ave died at home. Survivors include widow Edith Vsenberger Beard and several children and relatives in Maryland Pennsylvania. Services Friday at 1 pm at A K Coffman Funeral Home with burial in Beautiful View Cemetery. Miss Marguerite Campbell Adair Camp Bell died at 640 Oak Hill Ave after illness. Also listed are Walter Good, Myrtie Karcher, Charles Kepler, and Mrs J G Brown with details of births, marriages, and funeral plans.
Mrs Gambrill Died At Home In Frederick
Virginia Lane Gambrill widow of James H. Gambrill died Wednesday morning at her Rockwell Terrace home in Frederick She was born in Hagerstown daughter of William Preston Lane Sr and Virginia Cartwright Lane She was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church and former president of the Home for the Aged in Frederick Survived by her husband daughters William P Lane is listed as a brother and nine grandchildren Funeral services set for Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church with interment in Olivet Cemetery Frederick Flower deters requested
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lane Gambrill
William Preston Lane
Hagerstown
Rockwell Terrace
Frederick
Gambrill
James H. Gambrill
William Preston
Virginia Cartwright Lane Sr
All Saint'a Episcopal Church
J Board of Managers
Mire Ever Mason Hendrickson
Lewisburg
G. Hunter Bowers Jr
Walkersville
Edward Q. Stockbridge
Locust Valley
Long Island
M.Y
Wiliam P. Lane
MLA
Etchinson and Sons
East Church Street
Federal Grants To Church Colleges Will Continue
The federal government will maintain grants to church affiliated colleges despite a Supreme Court ruling against state aid to Maryland institutions. The construction grants fund facilities but prohibit use for religious instruction or divinity schooling. Officials say no program changes or court challenges are possible under existing law and prior decisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Aug
School of Divinity
Umnice
Bishops Debate Friday Meatless Ban Over Birth Control
Catholic leaders in Washington weigh the Friday meatless rule amid a conference of 219 bishops archbishops and cardinals. Disputes continue with the Office of Economic Opportunity over welfare recipients and birth control devices as health secretary Anhn W. Gardener and OEO Director Sargent Shriver defend family planning on a freedom of choice basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Catholic Church
Anhn W. Gardener
Anhn W. Gardener, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
ORO
Sargent Shriver
Nights Cold Across County Reported Frost
Boonsboro and Birds Port recorded chilly conditions with frost in the area. Boonsboro observer Howard Beckenbaugh logged a Tuesday high of 48 degrees, a 34 degree low, and 7 am 35 degrees, with light frost noted. Bridgeport observer D. Paul Oswald reported a Tuesday high of 55 degrees and a 25 degree last night reading, with killing frost through 7 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonsboro
Birds Port
Howard Beckenbaugh
D. Paul Oswald
Bridgeport
Leonard C. Baer 51 Waynesboro Dies at Quincy Orphanage
Leonard C. Baer, 51, of Waynesboro and formerly of Upton and Welsh Run District, died Tuesday at 12 45 p m while working for Lee Manner at the Quincy Orphanage and Home. He was born in Franklin County to Mrs Emma Pike Badt Meyers and the late Robert Baer and worshiped at St Stephen's Lutheran Church in Upton. He is survived by his wife Geoda Meyers Baer a daughter Mrs Donald Fairney of Waynesboro his mother of Waynesboro and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p m from the Minich-Miller Funeral Home Greencastle with Reverends Richard Marshall and Russell Martin officiating. Burial will follow in St Thomas Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening from 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
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Harvey Cleveland Beard
Pronsylvania Avenue
State Line
Vic Ate Jona H
Mary Bowders Beard
Hagerstown
Eign
Edith V. Vsenberger
Beard
Earl W. Beard
Chambersburg
Charles Frankun Kepler
Downsville
Williamsport
Springfield State Hospital
We Wis
Middletown
Harry E
Clemmie
Bramsonburg Kepler
Downsville Christian Church
Alma Knodle
Ri. L
Nephern
Truman
W. Christian
Boonsboro
Tery
Doonsboro
Nownsville Christian Church Building Fund
Jg. Cunningham Brown
Clifton F Brown
Connecticut Ave
Washingon
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Detroit
Mid
Hancock
Charles S
Sue Troxell Cunningham
Maryland
Mores Hospital
Baltimore
Washington
American Nurses’ Association
Margaret's Episcopal Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Nettie Grate Amd
Rosslyn Gerst
Luella DeRome
St. Chir Shores
Mich
William Oler Cunningham
Hollendale
Fla
Harris Grove Cunningham
Hialeah
Linyd Wolf
Np. Burin
Grove Brunersl
Greencadres
Leonard C. Barr
Waynesboro
Upton and
Welsh Run
Lee Manner
Quincy
Franklin County
Emma Pike Badt Meyers
Robert Baer
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church
Upton
Geoda Meyers Baer
Donald Fairney
Minnich - Miller Funeral Home
Greencastle
Richard Marshall
Russell Martin
St. Thomas Cemetery
Market rallies after Johnson surgery news in New York
New York stock market rallied in active trading on news that President Johnson underwent successful surgery with no malignancy found. Gains spread across motors, steels, airlines, aero space, electronics, rails, utilities, and chemicals. Boeing rose on reports it may build the nation’s first supersonic transport.
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New York
Johnson
News T
Boeing
Caterpillar
General Dynamics
Zenith
Raytheon
Eastman Koldak
Quant
Westinghouse Electric
Polaraid
Pennsylvania Railroad
United Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines
Malta Dockyard Offer to U S Sixth Fleet Emerges
London reports Prime Minister Borg Olivier may offer Malta dockyard facilities to the U S Sixth Fleet if Britain cuts military spending and curtails base use. Britain warns Malta that defense spending could fall by about 50 percent. The Sixth Fleet has patrolled the Mediterranean and used southern France ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Borg Olivier
Malta
6Th Fleet
Pritain
Mediterranean
U.S. 6Th Fleet
France
Insurance Agent Attends Course in Annapolis
Robert D. Ross of Nationwide Insurance in Hagerstown is among 22 agents at a Nationwide training program at the Maryland Inn Annapolis. The course aims to improve agent service as part of Nationwide’s ongoing training series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Ross
Nationwide Insurance
Hagerstown
Maryland Inn
Annapolis
Suburban Grosse Pointe Faces Critique Over Divorce and Alcohol
A panel of religious and educational leaders labels the Grosse Pointe suburban area as middle class ahetta where divorce and alcoholism run rampant. They cite segregated social life and parental blame as key factors affecting local youth.
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Detahoit
Grosse Pointe
Ar- Min Grams
Detroit
Merrill-Palmer’ Institute
Thelbroml
Junior League of Detroit
Aflawns
Grosse Pointe Park
Grosse Pointe Shores
Grosse Pointe Farms
Grosse Pointe Wounds
Hennett
Bennett
Local Student Named to Who’s Who at Bridgewater College
Edwin Harley Higgs, senior economics major at Bridgewater College, is listed in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for 1986 67 session. A South Hagerstown High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs C T Higgs of 202 Clinton Ave. Higgs has held class offices and active roles in Freshman Projects Committee Business Club Honor Council and Student Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Harley Higgs
Bridgewater College
South Hagers
Inges
C.T. Higgs
Clinton Ave
Lynda Bird May Turn Out To Be Speediest Of Magazine Writers
Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, daughter of President Johnson, nears career writing speed at McCalls. In three weeks she has one finished story and another in research while earning about ten thousand dollars yearly. She works near the White House, shares an office with Christine Sadler Coe, and may join the White House Correspondents Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynda Bird
Kelly Smith
Washington
Lynda Bird Johnson
McCalls Magazine
Lynda
Caw
New York
Washington News Corps
White House
Connecticut Avenue
Secret Service
Prayer today and public matter mix from Lexington
A religious appeal requests divine mercy to cleanse spiritual acidity and open hearts to the Spirit through Jesus Christ. Dwight F B Stevenson, a Lexington Ky professor, signs the benediction. A separate note quotes Lynda seeking privacy before her first article, with a spokesman hinting at a magazine feature next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Dwight FB. Stevenson
Lexington
Lexington Theological Seminary
Lynda
Why be constipated why be constipated for folks over 45
An ad advises older readers to switch to Senoran for constipation relief. It promotes Serutan as a natural concentrate from fruits and vegetables that provides bulk and moisture to aid peristaltic action. The copy emphasizes gentler action than harsh pills and claims daily use promotes regularity.
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Harvey C. Beard
Marguerite Campbell
Marguerite Adair
Bell
Oak Bill Avenue
Alexander Hamilton
Lillian Felferson Campbell
St Sohn's Episcopal Church
Hanorstowe Garden Club
SPCA
Washington County Tistareal Society
Bes
Rovers Dilfendorf Jr
Billie Seidensticker
Roberts
Concord
Bollidaye-burg
Router Funeral Home
Walter J. Good
Hagers-ton
Route 5
Chenaville
Dory
Anne Vey Good
Church the Brethren
Fairchild Hiller
Geneva Semler Good
Aller C. Good
Ughter
Peggy Snyder
Gerstown
Charles
LaMing
Warte Johnson
Martins
al Wevicts
Fanerel
Hagers
DeWitt Miller
Broadfording Church
Myrtle Karcher
Myttle May Karcher
Battle Creek
Security
William and
Elsie Fouke Dibert
Nagerstown
M. Karcher
Houglas W. Bexcher
Theodore Zoi
Hartwood
Wilbur, McVean
Ralph Dihert
Jefferson St
Farley Guneral Nome
Freeport
Charles F. Kepler
Ethel Brown
Leonard Baer Snate Om
Malta Docks
Daicy Manl
Uimmall Ave
Hacerstown
Cartier
Bel
Nts
Senna
Nis
AP News
Hollywood Sunset Strip
Hugh Riddleberger
Grosse Pointe Beiversity School
Republican Party
Beavers Beavers
Beavers
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