Governor race to be decided by Maryland General Assembly
The Maryland General Assembly will choose a Governor for a two year term after Gov. O Connor’s resignation and Gov. Lane’s interim. Key contenders include Col. William Lauck, Sen. William James, Sen. Harry Hughes, and others. Legislation and forums are urged to inform districts before the Assembly vote.
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William James
Senate
Harry Hughes
Hughes
Cooper-Hughes
Dale Anderson
Baltimore County
Francis Burch
Louis Goldstein
Richard Schifter
Montgomery County
Shifting Responsibility in State Welfare Payments
The Citizens Budget Commission of New York compares ten states with the lowest welfare payments averaging 72 575 a month for a four person family to ten states with the highest at 206 60 a month. It urges federal standardization to prevent relief disparities and aid relocation of beneficiaries to states with lower costs and better opportunities.
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Back to Africa movement founders and Liberia link
A 1967 Liberia migration is outlined with 173 African Americans traveling to Liberia as part of a back-to-Africa plan led by the American Colonization Society. The article notes 65 returned, 59 unaccounted for, and quotes settlers who question prospects of civil rights change in the United States and reflect on leaving behind past life.
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Liberia
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Black Power
Black Panthers
Israel
West Africa
Noise in the Home and Other Editorial Glimpses
A survey notes North American home noise has more than doubled in 40 years, causing fatigue and possible hearing loss. Other items discuss Montreal radar enforcement, rear view glasses patent, plastic finger joints, morality questions at the Board of Elections, Byrd praising Moscow streets, Wallace support among Black voters, Pennsylvania employee strike proposals, care for mental retardation, a dean's take on 1964 voters, law and order fears among women, Northwestern housing segregation fears, triticale as a future crop, and juvenile confinement statistics.
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Plant Administration and Engineering
Shifts of Power in Religion and Politics Across Institutions
An essay analyzes how power transfers ripple through politics and church hierarchies. It cites Cardinal O Boyle threatening discipline over birth control defiance, Archbishop Lucey confronting seminary insurrection in San Antonio, and a broader Vatican leadership crisis. The piece frames these as a historical reconfiguration of authority within the Roman Catholic and Protestant spheres amid social change.
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Daily News
Washington
San Antonio
Los Angeles
Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle
Vatican
Robert E. Lucey
Assumption
Vatican HH
Latin America
Eastern University
Armistice Release Sets 2532 Prisoners Free
News reports that more than 2 532 American prisoners in German camps were released immediately under the armistice terms as prepared by the American Red Cross in Switzerland. German soldiers are said to be committing violence and destruction in violation of the armistice, per a French official wireless message. In northern county, public school attendance remains uncertain as parents keep children home, with the Myersville case centered on vaccination requirements for three students.
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STIR
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Juvenule Court Foundation
Cross
Switzerland
Myersville
Wolfsville
Berlin dispute urged to be settled at once by world powers
The President of the Nations Assembly and the U N Secretary General pressed the United States Russia Britain and France to resolve the Berlin dispute promptly. Middletown led Frederick County League with a 5 to 1 win over New Windsor while Brunswick upset Walkersville 3 to 1 in four extra rounds. Large dead fish appeared along Culler Lake but no foreign substance suspected.
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United States
Russia
Britain
France
Berlin
Middletown
New Windsor
Carroll County
Brunswick
Walkersville
Culler Lake
Nixon pledge of nonpartisan foreign policy to guide transition
President-elect Nixon after meeting Johnson pledges nonpartisan foreign policy, saying the current administration will pursue goals in Vietnam, the Middle East, and NATO with continuity. He emphasizes decisive action for urgent issues and continued U.S. stance in Paris talks and Soviet relations.
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Washington
Nixon
Johnson
White House
United States
Vietnam
Mideast
Soviet Union
Clark Clifford
South Vietnam
Brussels
Mediterranean
North Vietnam
Middle East
Senate
Congress
Attacks on Germany and British Drink Driving Reform
A digest notes U S positions on West Germany defense and NATO unity after a Czech invasion. It cites Britain cutting traffic deaths by 16.7 percent since stricter drink driving laws, with breath tests and penalties. It also recalls Rose Wilder Lane’s death at 80 and Pennsylvania’s 92.5 percent rise in per capita higher education aid under Gov Shafer.
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Raymond P. Shafer
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