Poor turnout stalls community action program elections
Sargeant Shriver warned that the poor show little interest in elections among themselves to shape poverty program funding. Rep. Augustus Hawkins faulted local agencies and some CE0 backing, calling participation efforts undermined by politics. Shriver favored cuts or repeal, noting many poor lack ability or motivation to define ground rules for poverty relief.
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Romney's Michigan bid tests coattail strength for 1968
The Michigan Senate race tests Governor George Romney's potential presidential bid. Romney vows to back Republican Senate hopeful Robert Griffin against Democratic incumbent G. Mennen Williams, aiming to show party-wide electoral pull beyond his own reelection.
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Ho Chi Minh’s Coalition Breaks Under Communist Takeover
An analysis of Ho Chi Minh’s manipulation of a non Communist coalition in Vietnam. Ho used secret police to purge rivals and seized power with U S supplied arms and Japanese weapons. South Viet Nam Viet Cong leaders reveal aim to control government through a coalition before elections.
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CATV Debate Sparks Questions at Frederick Council Meeting
Mrs Evelyn C Leonard of Box 151 Frederick Maryland argues CATV is a free choice reception service not pay TV. She notes CATV could provide access to schools police and fire departments and emergency broadcasts while promising jobs and municipal revenue if properly regulated.
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United States forces cross into Mexico near Columbus
Fifty years ago the New-Post reports Brigadier General Pershing’s expeditionary column crossing the border at Columbus, New Mexico to pursue Villa and his bandits shortly after noon. The piece also notes Fredericks City plans a rebuilt light plant with boilers possibly reused, cost under fifty thousand, decisions at a special aldermen meeting, and engineer Charles L. Reeder presenting his report.
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Frederick City Acquires Land for New Municipal Airport
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger announced Frederick has completed land purchase for the new municipal airport about 2.5 miles northeast of the city. The site covers about 710 acres and cost 139000 dollars, roughly 196 dollars an acre, deemed a good price for county farmland. The 1946 Red Cross drive shows the city at 57 percent of its 15000 dollar quota with 8606.13 raised, while Creagerstown district tops the county with 126 percent. Two city units report full quotas, the professional team led by A Hart Etchison and the special gifts team chaired by Richard F. Kline.
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Labor unions shape elections more than public opinion
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues that labor unions dominate political influence in congressional races, often outweighing presidential popularity. He traces the shift since 1948, notes rising union expenditures, and cites the 1965 attempted compulsory unionization bill as evidence of labor's decisive role.
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