Strike Downturn Hits Baltimore Businesses in Downtown
The two week transit strike sharply reduced downtown commerce in Baltimore with department stores reporting about 100 000 dollars daily loss versus two years ago a 36 percent drop and 1 000 of 12 000 department store workers laid off while suburban branches show no offsetting gains officials say absenteeism is nil and public interest remains tepid at the Grand Inquest proceedings.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Improvement Association
del. Culotta
R-Balto
House of Delegates
Assn. and
Assn. of Commerce
William G. Ewald
Retil Merchants
Ewald
W. Irwin Young
Bureau of Revenue Estimates
Change in estimated tax receipts and transit concerns
The article notes shifts in tax receipts tied to gasoline taxes and suggests private car use may rise. It reports on downtown business activity, bank transactions, and potential permanent diversion of customers. It also covers school strike impacts, costs of bus service, and remarks by labor and community leaders.
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Clark S. Hobbs
Mutual Savings Banks
John Fischer
Public Instruction
Keileeace Ab
Francis S. Filbey
Baltimore Federation of Labor
James L. Springer
University Heights Improvement Assn
Tu Tech
Springer
Loudoun School Board Defies Protests on Segregation Poll
In Leesburg Virginia on February 13 the Loudoun County School Board voted to ignore protests from Negro groups and proceed with a poll to gauge whether parents of colored pupils will accept continued school segregation. The boards had earlier agreed with the county supervisors to take no action on a proposed $700 000 school project until assurances are given that parents will conform to a policy favoring segregation.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
School Board
Jesne
Pntit
Wnlecs
Four County
Negro groups issue protest on planned poll intimidation
A letter by county NAACP chapter and allied groups condemns a planned poll as an attempt to intimidate Negro parents and resist discriminatory education. The signatories include the County-Wide League and the Bull Run and Banneker Parent-Teacher Association. In scholarship list York Feb 13 P&G adds six colleges to its 1956 57 scholarship roster raising total institutions to 47. Wilson College Chambersburg Pa among new entrants.
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Lewtiers
the Nations Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
League
Bull Run and Banneker
Aszas
W York
Procter &Gamble Co
Neil McElroy
P&g
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Tan-Tivy Club to Elect Officers at Winchester Hall
The Tan-Tivy club will elect officers at a meeting Thursday evening at Winchester Hall. A business meeting will be held. The article mentions scholarships with an allowance for fees and supplies and a $600 unrestricted grant to the college each year.
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Itan-Tivy
Tan-Tivy Club
Winchester Hall
New Pain Relief Claim For Piles Through Bio-Dyne
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyne from a world famous research institute is claimed to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. The preparation L suppository or ointment is available from druggists with a money back guarantee.
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New York
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