Griffin's Black Like Me Author Stirs White America
John Griffin, who lived as a Black man in the South in 1959 for his book Black Like Me, spoke at Frederick Community College. He described the experience as shattering and said the crisis of prejudice demands Black-led solutions and pride. He noted ongoing health treatments to adjust his skin tone and plans for further medical steps, while affirming he would repeat the experiment.
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John Howard Griffin
South
America
Griffin
Frederick Comm
Smeide Raie
Nevroes
John Griffin
Phl
Nicalaus
Machine age drives Tokyo vending boom in labor shortage
The vending machine industry reports a boom as Japan faces a manpower shortage and rising labor costs. Spokesmen say machine sales reached 28.7 million units last year, 46 times the 1965 volume.
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Tokyo
Woodros Wilson Earned Doctorate at Johns Hopkins in 1834
Woodros Wilson earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1834 after studying history and politics.
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Woodros Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
Black Like Me Speaker Grips New Market Audience As Store Closes
Frederick Community College hosted John Howard Griffin who spoke on racism, identity, and Black Power, urging White and Black Americans to abandon white leaders and pursue dignity. In New Market, mayor and townsfolk mourn the closing of the last general store run by G. Roland Warfield, owner for 12 years, amid a surge of antique trade and proposals to repurpose the building into a rustic country store or brace for a broader shift in local retail.
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John Howard Griffin
Frederick Community College
Amos L. Brown
Gene Han
Roland M. Warfield
New Market
Franklin M. Shaw
Warfield
Shaw
Singing fish and Tomi of the Unknown Soldier inscription
The sapo, a South American name for various toad fishes, is known as the singing fish for a humming noise from its air bladder. Col Daniel Haston Torrey wrote the inscription on the Tomi of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery.
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Col
Daniel Haston Torrey
Arlington Cemetery
Hughes Campaigns In Frederick Dinner And Luncheon
George R. Hughes Jr. Republican candidate for Congress from Maryland’s Sixth District spent a campaign day in Frederick. A noon luncheon at Red Horse Steak House drew business leaders, followed by a $25 reception hosted by the Hughes For Congress Committee with local party leaders. Hughes, a Navy World War I veteran and Maryland jurist, outlined views on the federal budget, inflation, and the need for a Republican Congress, emphasizing not shelving responsibility and supporting Beall. Dozens of local figures attended and questioned him on welfare, education, law and order, and federalism.
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George R. Hughes Jr
Congress
Maryland
Sixth
Frederick
Hughes
Cumberland
Red Horse
Hughes For Congress Committee
U.S
Charles McC. Mathias
Frederick County
Lorene W. Bowlus
Melvin H. Derr
DB. Eldred Rinehart
University of Maryland Law
Maryland House of Delegates
State Senate
Maryland Tax Court
Nixon
J. Glenn Beall
Beall
C&o
Senate
Arnold Amass
Westminster
Richard C. Brady
Arthur Buglar
Francis W. Bush Sr
Albert T. Cohen
Dwight Collinus
Joseph F. Degen
George B. Delaplaine Jr
James W. Freeman
Sam G. Grillo
Eugene Kefauver
Guy E. Kelly
Marshall JE. Long Jr
Edward J. McGuiness
Milton L. McKenna
David Meadows
W. Jerome Offutt
Chester Pele
M. Robert Ritchie Jr
Calvin E. Sayler
Harold R. Schilling
Benjamin J. Shuff
John Staub
Carl, Vv. Weakley
Edwin E. Wells
Jack Winder
George H. Hughes Jr
Frederick Area
Red Horse Steak House
Milton
Peaceful Rally at U of Md Supports Kent State Indictees
About 1,500 University of Maryland students heard speeches at a peaceful rally in College Park on Friday supporting the 23 individuals indicted by a Kent, Ohio grand jury. Student leaders and Mort Sahl urged backing those charged in the May 4 Kent State disturbances and the shooting of four students by National Guardsmen.
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College Park
Cap
University of Maryland
Kent
Ohio
Mort Sahl
Kent State University
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