South Viet Nam Riots Hit Saigon Hue and Da Nang
Youth mobs in Saigon Hue and Da Nang sacked and burned buildings in the worst anti government unrest since last summer. In Da Nang over 1000 youths attacked a U S barracks and a fatality occurred as a maid died after a hazardous device exploded amid clashes. Police stood by as firemen fought fires and Khanh urged unity and later promised national address.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
da Nang
U.S
South China Sea
Khanh
Houston fights sleeping sickness epidemic on four fronts
Houston officials report 120 suspected encephalitis cases with only four laboratory confirmed. Dr. C A Pigford coordinates the citywide effort with the Public Health Service and CDC staff, deploying mosquito traps and expanding reporting from hospitals as eight deaths are investigated. Spraying crews race to complete phase one before weekend rain slows progress.
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Houston
Tex
Ben Taub Hospital
C. A. Pigford
Pigford
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
William D. Sudia
Atlanta Center
Jim
Henry
Houston Civil Defense Office
Ground Breaking Held For State Farm Office
Seventy five people shovel ceremony for a new State Farm regional office in Frederick. The 80000 square foot building will sit near Route 40 with a 420 car parking lot and open late next summer. 250 to 300 workers and 240 management staff expected on site.
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New
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Frederick Holiday Inn
E. Paul Magaha
J. Harold Hooper
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
H. E. Baumberger
State Farm
Insurance Company
Frederick
John McShain, Inc
Baltimore
Harry A. Boswell Jr
Maryland Economic Development Commission
Baumberger
J. Millard Tawes
Tawes
Atlantic City
Joseph Eisenhauer
A. Irvin Renn
Chamber
Bucheimer Wins Defense Contract for Field Pack Suspenders
The J. M. Bucheimer Company of Frederick awarded a firm fixed price contract to supply 49 840 combat field pack suspenders regular and long to the Defense Clothing and Textile Supply Center Philadelphia for 75 639 60. Center procures suspenders for Army Air Force and Navy under Defense Supply Agency. Also notes irregular stock market gain in New York with mining and oil issues briskly traded.
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J. M. Bucheimer Company
Frederick
Defense Clothing and Textile Supply Center
Philadelphia
Defense Supply Agency
Army
Air Force
Navy
New York
Not Guilty In Alcohol Sales Case At Woodsboro Hut
In Cir cuit Court this morning Reverdy E. Keeney operator of The Hut Woodsboro was found not guilty of selling alcohol to a minor after Judge Robert E. Clapp Jr credited due caution and a driver’s license as proof of age. The case stemmed from a February 14 beer purchase by 18 year old Thomas M. Flannery of Kensington.
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Reverdy E.keeney
Woodsboro
Edwin F. Nikirk
Robert E. Clapp Jr
Keeney
Thomas M. Flannery
Kensington
Walkersville
Flannery
Kenney
Maryland Democrats Mull Guests Tickets At First Convention Caucus
Maryland's 48 delegates met in Atlantic City for their first caucus at the Democratic National Convention. A ticket shortage sparked discussion. Gov. Tawes proposed pooling tickets so each delegate would receive three, including one for self. Ruby Hahn of Frederick secured tickets, addressing a prior concern. Blair Lee III coordinates Johnson's campaign across several states. Delegates Mary Nock and Louis Goldstein, platform committee members, also participated.
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Maryland
Johnson
U.S
Hubert Humphrey
Minn
J. Millard Tawes
Frederick
Ruby Hahn
Atlantic City
Marlboro-Blenheim
National Committee
Harry Troth Gross
Blair Lee
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Lee
Montgomery County
U. S
Daniel Brewster
Mary Nock
Wicomico County
Louis L. Goldstein
areMaryland
Democratic platform polishes civil rights plank in Atlantic City
The Democratic Platform Committee approved a plank urging fair effective enforcement of the Civil Rights Act while avoiding new legislation. It also condemns extremism and names groups such as the John Birch Society the Communist party and the Ku Klux Klan. The panel omitted issues on reapportionment and school prayer to sidestep controversy.
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Atlantic City
Democratic Platform Committee
Full Platform Committee
John Birch Society
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
Platform Committee
Goldwater Outlines Farm and Economic Views to Business Leaders
Barry Goldwater pitches voluntary price supports and market flexibility to top business figures after addressing farmers. He calls the GOP farmers’ party and urges minimal federal intervention, criticizing the wheat certificate program as mismanaged and burdensome.
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Goldwater
Washington
Barry Goldwater
New York
Percy Douglas
Otis Elevator Co
George Champion
Chase Manhattan Bank
Ralph Cordiner
General Electric Co
Agriculture
Republican Party
Farmers’ Party
Secretary of Agriculture
Johnson- Goldwater
Orville L. Freeman
Cleo Rips Toward Jamaica
A powerful hurricane named Cleo advanced toward Jamaica after battering Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico. Officials report at least 14 deaths, 100 injuries, and about 50 million dollars in damage in the French possessions as Cleo neared Jamaica with 140 mile per hour winds.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cleo
Caribbean
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Guadeloupe Islands
Weather Bureau
Southern Group May Walk Out At Democratic Convention
At the 1954 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City delegates faced a split over seating the Mississippi Freedom Democratic delegation. Mississippi Negro leaders and Alabama white delegates clashed over loyalties, threatening a walkout while Dr. Aaron Henry and Dr. Martin Luther King rallied for seating the Freedom group. The credentials committee aimed to resolve seating before floor votes.
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Atlantic City
Johnson
Washington
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
John F. Kennedy
LBJ
Alabama
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic
Aaron Henry
Freedom Group
Clarksdale
Miss
Henry
Martin Luther King
Freedom Party
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Convention
Freedom Delegation
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Freedom
First Woman Enrolled In Chicago Police Training Course
Virginia Rakocinski, 24 of Evanston, is the only woman in a 13 week Chicago police training class with 300 men. She tops 42 applicants to win a policewoman job in Skokie and left a chemistry degree career in a Skokie firm to study jujitsu narcotics criminal law and pistol shooting.
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Chicago
Virginia Rakecinski
Rakocinski
Evanston
Chicago Police Training Division
Miss Rakocinski
Skokie Police Department
Skokie
Chicago Police Training School
Mundelein College
Skokie Pharmaceutical Firm
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Bucheimer
Frank J. Keefer
Holiday Inn
Chicago Police Force
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