Grocery Chains Struck in Frederick Hit by Union Walkout
A seven chain grocery strike by the AFL-CIO Retail Clerks Association closed Acme stores and other chains in Frederick. A and P remained open as shoppers pivoted to independents. Pickets and wage talks continue as independents prepare for a weekend rush.
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Frederick
A and P
West Patrick Street
Acme
Safeway
Food Fair
Afl-Cio Retail Clerks International Association
Grand Union
Penn Fruit
Giant
Washington
Hagerstown
Sit In Scheduled in Chester Over School Board Betrayal
Civil rights leader Philip Savage announces a boycott and sit in to begin Monday in Chester in response to what he calls a betrayal of plans to meet with the Chester school board. Savage serves as tristate secretary of the NAACP.
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Chester
Philip Savage
Savage
Tristate
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
League Of Women Voters Adopts Equal Opportunities Study
Frederick County league chooses a housing, employment and education equal opportunity study for 1964 65. The group also extends its county government study and supports youth programs while hosting speaker Mrs. Satterthwaite on home rule in Maryland counties.
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League of Women Voters
Frederick County
League of Women Voters of
Maryland
Satterthwaite
State League
Baltimore City
Montgomery County
Baltimore County
Ann Arundel
Wicomico
Washington
Prince Georges
Harpers Ferry Opens Stephen T. Mather Center Dedication
Dedication ceremonies in Harpers Ferry West Virginia mark the Stephen T. Mather Interpretive Training and Research Center. Attendees include Senator Jennings Randolph and National Park Service leaders. An open house showcased facilities and center activities for training rangers historians and archeologists. The center honors the NPS first director and signals a long commitment to interpretation and public education. CONTRACTOR KILLED IN DITCH CAVE-IN NEAR FORRESTVILLE MD A 40 year old plumbing contractor John N Parker was killed when a 20 foot ditch caved in Thursday.
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Stephen T. Mather
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Senator Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Otis Beasley
Department of the Interior
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
George B. Hartzog
Ronald F. Lee
National
Park Service
Pioneer Agency
Washington
John N. Parker
Forrestville
Chicago Man May Be State School Head
Chicago School Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis is eyed for Maryland’s top school post at a reduced salary of 25 000 a year to leave his 48 500 post. Willis, born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, led Washington County before moving to Chicago. Maryland School Board President Jerome P. Frampton Jr. confirmed Willis is under serious consideration to fill the vacancy created by Dr Thomas G. Pullen Jr.’s retirement.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Benjamin C. Willis
Maryland
Willis
Caroline County
Federalsburg
Washington County
New York
Jerome P. Frampton Jr
Maryland School Board
Massachusetts
Voter Registration Surges Ahead Before May Primary
The Board of Election Supervisors extended hours to meet the Saturday deadline for May 19 registration. By Thursday close, 484 new voters were recorded, with 40 to 50 added daily. Democrats lead among new registrants, while Republicans show strong turnout. All primary returns will be tabulated in Winchester Hall with 26 polling places listed later this month.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Winchester Hall
Board of Election Supervisor
Three Police Are Found Murdered Near Atlanta
FBI said three Gwinnett County officers were found handcuffed together and shot in the back of the head in a remote wooded area about 15 miles north of Atlanta. Sheriff Quill Sammon indicated the men, J R Everett, Ralph K Davis 49, and Jesse N Gravitt 52, may have been investigating a burned stolen car. Clinton Chafin noted the officers were married.
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Atlanta
FBI
Quill Sammon
Gwinnett County
Clinton Chafin
Celebrations Mark Bay of Pigs Invasion Anniversary
In Havana the Castro regime held three days of public celebrations and military parades to mark the third anniversary. A Sunday rally in Havana closes the events and a beach parade at Playa Giron honors 1 197 invasion survivors. Most survivors were exchanged in 1962 for $53 million in U S aid food and medicine.
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Havana
Playa Giron
United States
De Gaulle Undergoes Surgery in Paris
Paris AP report states President Charles de Gaulle underwent prostate gland surgery at Cochin Hospital with tight security. Government sources refused confirmation and gave no official health update, while officials said there was no need for alarm.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Cochin
Cochin Hospital
Radio Luxembourg
Elysee Palace
Prof
Aboulker
Associated Press
Beckwith Jury Locks Second Mistrial Ruled
Jackson Mississippi AP reports a second white Mississippi jury deadlocked in the Byron De La Beckwith murder trial. Circuit Judge Leon Hendrick declared a mistrial after 10 hours of deliberation, ending the state's second bid to convict Beckwith for the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, a national desegregation leader.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Byron
de la Beckwith
Leon Hendrick
Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Asiaual
Evers
Social Security in Frederick County in 1963
Frederick County had 6315 Social Security beneficiaries at year end 1963, up 217 from January. Retired workers form the largest group with 3351 people totaling 234,879 monthly. The total annual benefits exceed 4.0 million, supporting local spending and economy.
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Frederick County
W. S. King
Hagerstown
King
Judges Ask Colleague Resign From Baltimore Court
Five judges of the Baltimore County Circuit Court urged Gov Tawes to persuade Judge George M Berry to resign due to illness causing his absence from the bench. Berry said he expects to return soon after missing six weeks from illness and noted prior long absences in 1961 and 1962.
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Towson, Md
Baltimore County Circuit Court
Tawes
George M. Berry
Berry
First Annual Historic Workshop to Feature Wolf Von Eckardt
Washington Post architectural critic Wolf Von Eckardt will speak at the first Historic Workshop on April 25 at Winchester Hall. The event, themed Urban Renewal and Historic Preservation in Frederick, is sponsored by Frederick County Historical Society the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Maryland Historical Trust.
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Wolf von Eckardt
Washington Post
Winchester Hall
Frederick
Frederick County
von Eckardt
Cityscape
Washington
Lavanburg Foundation
Charles Goodman
Jean Cottmann
Megalopolis
Seaboard
United States
Twentieth Century Fund
Doubleday
Rusk Arrives in Saigon for Talks on Vietnam Aid
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrived in Saigon to press for continued aid and a peaceful outcome in Vietnam. He extended his stay, met with Ambassador Lodge, Gen. Harkins, and planned talks with Premier Khanh and Foreign Minister Phan Huy Quat, then toured the countryside near Bien Hoa.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Washington
Manning
Lodge Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paul D. Harkins
Nguyen Khanh
Johnson
Lodge
Harkins
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Manila
U. S
Phan Huy Quat
Khanh
5Th Division
Bien Hoa
Khrushchev vows no break with China on 70th birthday
On his 70th birthday in Moscow Khrushchev said relations with Red China will not be broken. He pledged to keep a path to rapproachment and understanding while stressing Soviet unity and patience against disruptive anti-China actions. He received Hero of the Soviet Union and spoke to bloc leaders in the Kremlin.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Red China
Soviet Bloc
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Peking
Mao Tze-tung
Red
Soviet Communist Party
Communist Unity
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Bay of Pigs
Viet Nam
Social Security Report
Berlin
Germany
New York City
U.S. Army
Nurnberg
US. High Commission
State Department
International Information Service
American Institute of Architects
ATA
American Institute of Graphic Arts
China
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