20 Sep 1968
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1968
Page
1
The Hagerstown City Council votes to hold multiple public meetings monthly if needed while denying hearings to citizens who have not submitted an advance transcript. Officials defend procedure, but critics say it jeopardizes citizen participation and long standing relations with city government.
The Judiciary Committee flew a Los Angeles sergeant to Washington with books and a stag movie for an executive session. Four senators watched the film as part of scrutiny into Justice Fortas amid censorship rulings. Critics called the move political theater and hypocritical given broader national concerns.
The narrative recalls Jim Bishop chronicling Von Hippo, a Berlin Zoo hippo owned by a German keeper. Amid war and terror, he remained peaceful in his pool while Berlin burned. A broken suitcase surfaces, and the hippo silently signals a wish to return to the jungle rather than face human folly or chemical violence.
A full page portrait of Al Smith praised for dauntless courage and humane methods while a Washington conference extended an invitation to Gen Pershing for Hagerstown Day. A 20 minute parking limit was proposed in the business district by Police Chief Bar ber. Dog show judges from Old Dominion Kennel Club named for Beech Tree Farm in Virginia. City Hall lacked livestock feeding facilities yet a wandering goat was taken to the building by police. Plumbing inspector Richard A Miller begins duties at Coffman Health Center issuing permits for new plumbing installations. Santa Claus letters arrive earlier than expected at the local post office. Four El Paso youths faced $1009 bond each for breaking and entering in county court action.
A readerly jumble of quips about in laws TV scripts and weather odds. References to a live wire boyfriend at an illuminating company and a flawed idea about wax droplets in tea. Ends with odd notions about vermouth and dry martinis.
A reader defends two drivers for staying fair and urges equal treatment for all racers while criticizing a protest and calling for publicity for modifieds second, then responds to Frederick D. Starr’s letter by scrutinizing television polls versus Harris/Gallup polls and noting the November 5 election stakes.
More than 36,000 people are kept alive by artificial pacemakers regulating heart rhythm. The device corrects complete heart block, reducing death rate from 40 to 10 percent. Temporary and permanent pacemakers exist, with electrodes placed into the heart and external or internal power sources. Advances have reduced complications. about 10,000 new cases of heart block occur yearly due to congenital factors, heart attack, or surgery. Dr Van Dellen will answer questions if a stamped self addressed envelope is sent to The Daily Mail.
The piece argues that while the Pentagon mismanages the M-16 program, Communist forces in Vietnam increasingly rely on the AK-47, a rugged, high-firepower weapon, mainly Chinese-made but of Soviet design, giving them a firepower edge in small-unit engagements. It notes delays, procurement politics, and differing maintenance needs between the M-16 and the AK-47.
Washington analysis argues Nixon is gaining ground early in the campaign while Humphrey falters amid Chicago convention fallout. The piece criticizes Humphrey's advisers and urges him to unify his stance on Vietnam and Johnson era policy to avoid alienating voters.
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