Climate for negotiations grows as two announcements surface
Reports from Moscow and New York indicate potential openings for a Geneva conference on Indochina. A nonaligned diplomat quotes North Vietnam signaling possible concessions, while Harlan Cleveland cites UN involvement and U Thant's good offices for future settlements.
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Vietnam
Moscow
Caise
Indochina
United States
South Vietnam
New York
Harlan Cleveland
International Organization Affairs
United Nations
U Thant
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
Johnson
Saigon
Bliss Named National Chairman of Republicans
Ray C Bliss of Ohio was elected national chairman of the Republican Party in Chicago last January with effective duties starting April 1. He pledges hard work, organization and good will to revive a party that hit a low point in the 1964 election and predicts substantial leadership will be required for the 1966 congressional races and the 1968 presidential contest.
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Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
Chicago
Bliss
Quire
Congress
Gerald R. Ford Jr
Michigan
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
Johnson notes Food for Peace boosts exports and relief
In his annual Congress report President Johnson says Food for Peace fed about 100 million hungry last year, including 70 million children, and spurred overseas agricultural sales to $4.6 billion, doubling 1954 exports. Donations reached 18 million tons valued at $1.7 billion, with 13.9 million tons sold for $1.2 billion.
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Congress
Johnson
Church History Seeker Seeks Local Help
A letter from Mrs. Howard S Leatherwood of Mt. Airy requests church history for Prospect Methodist Church near Mt. Airy Maryland. She asks readers with knowledge of the church’s start name founders and early history to share information.
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Prospect Methodist Church
Mt. Airy
Maryland
Containment Theory in U S Policy Faces Debate
Ray Cromley outlines a proposed containment approach for expanding communist states like China Indonesia and Cuba. The idea argues that military and economic sanctions could slow growth while pushing these nations toward Western markets and eventually more conventional leadership. Critics note it is not official policy and point to Cuba as evidence Russia may still pursue adventurism.
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U.S
China
Indonesia
Cuba
Soviet Union
Chinese People's Republic
State Department
Pentagon
Russia
Fifty Years Ago Itemé Fret The News-Post Flies
Clayton Diggs an employee of M J Grove Lime Company was severely burned when his clothing caught fire near a kiln furnace. Civic Club received 39 street markers for city placement and design. Frederick is in spring with warm temperatures and rapid clothing changes. George D Miller of West Fifth Street has his home repainted by Charles Danner.
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Clayton Diggs
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Civic Club
George D. Miller
West Fifth Street
Charles Danner
Maryland Metho Dist Homes Merge for Gaithersburg Site
Twenty years ago items note three Maryland Methodist houses merged and to be combined into a single location at Gaithersburg. Card club guests at Mrs Charles B Price of Haart Second Street heard bridge prizes awarded to Miss Eleanora Semones Emily Johnson Mrs Wallace Philoon and Mrs Gottloh Mi Ash. Archie Stup Monrovia and wife marked their 25th wedding anniversary on April 3 as the army plans to repurpose European equipment from World War II for rehabilitation.
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Maryland
Gaithersburg
Charles 8. Price
Haat Second Street
Éard Club
Luriché
Bridge Tolows
Eleanora G. Semines
Emily Johnson
Wallace Philoon
Gottloh Mi Ash
Archie Stup
Monrovia
Will Great Society curb political corruption in elections
A Washington Today column surveys the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and Supreme Court rulings from 1948 and 1957. It notes unions and corporations exploit loopholes via voluntary organizations to influence federal elections and questions whether enforcement will strengthen the integrity of the electoral process.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
High Court
Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter
CIO News
CIO
Republican
Democratic Party
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Julian Bond
Wallace
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
David Lawrence
Dickinson
Barbara Miller
Red Cross
Frederick County
H. Albert Dean
By Ray Cromley
U. S
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Europé
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Europe
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