Crime and Crime Trends Highlight National Statistics
The piece notes crime rising faster than population with a 46 percent jump, citing FBI data of a murder each hour and a rape every 23 minutes. It cites Hoover on public leniency, parole outcomes, youth arrest rates, and calls for stronger family discipline to curb crime.
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Manhattan
Frank
Hogan
FBI
J. Edgar Hoovr
Hoover
Senate
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
Republican
Supreme Court
Congress
Aging on fixed pensions hits 1968 election plays
The piece argues retirees over 65 struggle as cost of living rises. It notes no Social Security increases 1958 to 1967, a 7 percent hike in 1967, and 1.4 billion lost purchasing power 1958–1965. President Johnson pressed studies. Republicans push cost of living tied fixes for 19 million seniors.
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Congress
Social Securiy
San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Joan W. Gardner
Republican House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Republican Policy Committee
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Republicans Plead for Spending Cut in Great Society Plans
The piece argues that Congress should curb President Johnson by attaching language to future appropriation bills and urging the use of existing powers to cut spending by 3 to 5 percent. It credits leaders Dirksen and Ford for proposing this, hoping the President will economize to fund Vietnam, ease wage and price controls, and avoid higher taxes. The suggestion appeals for a memo to departments to cut non essentials and reduce budget demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Riate
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald Ford
Johnson
Vietnam
White and Negro middle class progress under scrutiny
The piece argues against a sweeping generalization that whites are well off while most Negroes are poor. It notes gradual, uneven gains in Negro income since 1940, with about a quarter of Negro families in the middle class by 1963, while many whites also remain below middle income. It cites pay gaps, youth unemployment, and the need for more skilled jobs as factors shaping earnings growth.
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Stokely Carmichael
Student Non - Violent Coordinating Committee
U.S
Aptheker as Congressional Candidate and Communist Leader
Ray Cromley profiles Herbert Eugene Aptheker as New York 12th District congressional candidate and chief theoretician of the Communist Party USA. The piece surveys his education, party roles, military service, and stated campaign focus on opposing McCarthyism, Vietnam, and racism, with quotes on his Marxist-Leninist worldview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Eugene Aptheker
New York
Communist Party, USA
Communist Party
New York School of Marxist Studies
Columbia University
Aptheker
Mainstream
Brooklyn
N.Y
Benjamin
Rebecca Aptheker
Russia
Apthekers
Bettina
University of California
U.S. Army
Europe
Army Reserve
United States
Berlin Wall
East Germany
West
South Viet Nam
Pentagon
Balkans War Report and Braddock Heights Picnic
The Offensive in the Balkans widens with Russian troops in Salonika and Italian troops landing for operations while Greek troops reportedly clash with Bulgarians near Seres and Kavala. Back home, Braddock Heights hosts a large picnic and beauty contest with 27 tournament entries and judges from Baltimore Washington and Frederick.
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Balkans
Salonika
Seres
Kavala
Braddock Heights
Mountain
Knights
H. Dorsey Etchison
Frederick
Congress
Joseph France
United States Senate
William Mahon
Baltimore
W. C. Simpson
Washington
J. L. C. Sunday
Worst hailstorm of the summer hits county crops
The August 1946 report describes a severe hailstorm lasting about 15 minutes, damaging corn and truck crops on Braddock mountain’s eastern slope and flooding Middletown streets. Bean crops suffer notable losses as hail, marble sized, also struck. The piece notes widespread impact across the county. Also reported are a separate note on terminal leave pay eligibility for over 5,000 Frederick WWII veterans under a new act, with demand rising for application forms and VA information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Mountain
Yellow Springs
Rocky Springs
Shookstown
Middletown
Frederick City
Maryland Veterans Commission
United States Veterans Administration
Prohibit Campaign Contributions and Private Spending
Washington Today mulls banning all campaign contributions to public office candidates and forbidding personal funds. A federal election fund proposal would cover primaries and campaigns, with public accounting and federal disbursements.
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Washington
Congress
House
AFL - Cio
Senate Finance Committee
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