Goldwater Gets Early Votes In Tight 1964 Presidential Election
Washington AP reports a record 71 million voters slated to decide whether Lyndon B. Johnson or Barry Goldwater leads the nation for four years. Dixville Notch cast eight Republican ballots with Goldwater eight, Johnson zero, as returns begin. Johnson and Goldwater made closing pledges, with Johnson stressing peace and freedom and Goldwater promising an honest, straight administration.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dixville
N.H
Goldwater
Johnson
House
Navy man killed when run over near Thurmont
A 30 year old Hyattsville man and U S Navy member Jerry Luther Misenheimer was killed instantly when struck by a car on Park Central road near Thurmont at about 1230 am. The driver Douglas Hamilton Williams 20 of West Hollywood New Jersey could not stop after seeing the body. Misenheimer dragged about 50 feet and an autopsy is planned at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
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Hyattsville
Thurmont
B. O. Thomas Sr
Frederick County
Jerry Luther Misenheimer
U S. Navy
Misenheimer
Edward W. Lennox
Park Central Road
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Bolivian Revolt Suppressed Amid Rising Protests
In La Paz a regiment rose in arms and briefly held the armed forces chief before surrendering. Government and rebel radio reports later conflicted, with a Cochabamba station claiming a wider uprising in four provincial cities and about a dozen junior officers arrested.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Ingavi
United Appeal Drive Extended in Frederick County
The United Appeal in Frederick County extends one week as cash and pledges reach 122000, 8400 short of the 146000 goal. Cheatham expects remaining funds to meet budgets for 11 agencies. Several divisions exceed targets, including Utilities, Frederick Banks, Automotive, and Monocacy Village Shopping Center, while others trail.
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United Appeal
Frederick County
Frederick
John R Cheatham
Cheatham
Harry A Harper
Harper
Galen Smith
Frederick Banks
Robert Gearinger
John Warfield
Frederick Motor Company
Monocacy Village
East Street
News-Post disavows misdelivered Freedom's Voice inserts
The NEWS-POST informs Middletown subscribers that a publication titled Freedom's Voice was delivered with their Frederick News. The paper states it has no association or knowledge of the misdelivery and notes each section of Frederick News and Frederick Post is clearly marked in all formats.
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News-Post
Middletown
Freedom's Voice
Frederick News
Frederick Post
Communists Plan Unity Focus For December Meeting
The Soviet leadership will press for solidarity at the December meeting of Communist parties and workers parties, signaling unity over confrontation with China. Peking may send a representative to probe any policy shifts since Khrushchev’s ouster, while Denmark’s Khrushchev-era ally notes Moscow seeks speaking terms with Beijing. Pravda backs Khrushchev’s stance, denouncing chauvinism and dogmatic distortion of theory.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Red
Copenhagen
Peking
Khrushchev
Pravda
Jackie Knew JFK Was Too Good To Last
New York AP reports Mrs John F Kennedy reflects on her late husband in Look magazine marking the first anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination. She writes of magic, the dream of growing old with him, and his brief life free from disillusionment.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Look Magazine
Navy
Kennedy
Interstate 70 to open Hancock Frederick by 1967
SRC Chief John B. Funk told the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce that Interstate 70 from Hancock to Frederick should be opened to traffic by the end of 1967 with all sections under contract by 1966. He said Maryland will advertise 2 to 3 mile sections to stay competitive. Funk cited 71 percent completion of Maryland’s 354 miles versus a national 51 percent and projected the system will largely pay for itself by 1972 while cutting accidents and deaths.
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Hancock
Frederick
John B. Funk
Hagerstown
South Mountain
Funk
Queen Opens British Parliament with Labor Policy Pledges
London AP report says Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament after Labour's Oct. 15 election. The throne speech, written by Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s Cabinet, pledges renationalizing steel, restoring rent controls, and moving toward abolition of capital punishment. It outlines foreign policy in support of UN, NATO, and collective defense, plus disarmament progress.
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London
Elizabeth II
Parliament
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
United Nations
North Atlantic Alliance
Democrats Lead Early In City Voting Clash
Early tallies show Democrats with an early lead as voters stream to polls across precincts. Precinct 2 posted 131 total with 67 Democrats and 64 Republicans, while 2-A had 113 total with 66 Democrats and 47 Republicans. Precinct 10 counted 198 votes at noon with 117 Democrats and 81 Republicans.
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South End
Staley Park Field House
East Patrick Street
First Voters Line Up As Polls Open In Frederick County
Voters begin arriving before dawn as polls open at 7 am in Frederick County. Early lines form at Staley Field House Motter Avenue and Tenth Street with cars at the polls as early as 6 30 am. The scene captures the excitement of Election Day and first time voters who struggle with lever machines and constitutional amendments.
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Maurice Rowe
Frederick County
Staley Field House
Motter Avenue
Tenth Street
Very Heavy Balloting In Frederick County Areas
Frederick County voters showed heavy early turnout with up to 25 percent of registered voters casting ballots by 10 a.m. Precincts reported strong Democratic interest and close races for U S Senate and the Sixth Congressional District, with notable turnout in Brunswick Adamsown Emmitsburg New Market Thurmont and Unionville. Absentee ballots also ran high, potentially affecting close local results.
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Frederick County
J Glenn Beall
Joseph D. Tydings
US Senate
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Royce Hanson
Mathias
Brunswick
Adamstown
Emmitsburg
W. F. Smith
Singanore
Unionville
Lewistown
Burkittsville
Goldwater
James Messersmith
Board of Election Supervisors
Winchester Hall
Messersmith
Early Ban Sought on Election Projections by Networks
Republican National Chairman Dean Burch urged the three major networks in telegrams to refrain from any early projections or interpretations of voting trends until West Coast polls close. He cited 1960 when early results inaccurately suggested a Kennedy landslide.
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New York
Dean Burch
West Coast
Burch
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Hanson Boosters Flood Polls in Frederick City
Royce Hanson a political science professor from American University organized at least two of his students or Montgomery County high school girls at every Frederick City polling place. At the National Guard Armory seven Hanson volunteers staffed polls while Republicans lagged behind in turnout. The effort included Tydings literature and support for Johnson and Sykes alongside Hanson. The South End Civic Association precincts reported heavy early voting with mixed party majorities and notable Black turnout indicating opposition to Barry Goldwater.
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Royce Hanson
Frederick City
American University
Montgomery County
Hanson
American Univeristy
Washington
Johnson and Sickes
South End
Auto Makers Report Boom Year
Detroit AP reports 1964 as a boom year for the auto industry with all three majors posting nine month earnings records. General Motors tops with a $1.36 billion profit and a $569 million dividend of $2 per share to 1.15 million stockholders, boosting pre-Christmas money flow. Ford and Chrysler also report record nine month earnings.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
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