Mitchell predicts Democratic gains in Maryland seats
National Democratic Chairman Stephen Mitchell forecast that the party would win at least three Maryland congressional seats next November. Speaking at a Baltimore luncheon with party leaders, Mitchell cited a Democratic tide and referenced Maine’s gubernatorial win as proof of possible gains. He noted economic issues and broiler prices as factors Dems could exploit against Republicans. He also highlighted Maryland candidates including Mahanoy Byrd and other incumbents in Baltimore and Eastern Shore districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
National Democratic
Stephen A. Mitchell
Maryland
Congress
Democratic Party
Mitchell
H. C. Byrd
George P. Mahoney
Byrd
Maine
House
Senate
Edmund S
Muskie
National Party
Edward Turner
Edward T. Miller
Turner
Samuel N. Friedel
George H. Fallon
Hawara Agarmatz
Del
Richard E. Lankford
William F. Bolton
Edward J. Ryan
Dr Strother and Six Others Indicted in Abortion Case
WARRENTON Va Sept 27 A grand jury indicted Dr George Thomas Strother Brunswick Md on five counts of performing abortions. Six others including Strothers wife Ruth and three other Brunswick Alexandria and Washington residents were charged with aiding and abetting. Arraignments set for Nov 9 and 22 with ongoing defense strategy. Police raid traced to a Fauquier County farmhouse near Paris where seven were arrested and cash found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
George Thomas Strother
Brunswick
Strother
Ruth Strother
Mary C. Boyer
Helen Grimes
Jesse F. Grimes
Alexandria
Frank B. French
Melvin Lee Rainer
Washington
D. C
Rayner V. Snead
Fauquier County
S. S. Hall
Paris
Fauquier
Baltimore
Understanding World Neighbors Through Tolerance Address
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Frederick opened its year at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with a talk by Virginia Kles about life in Japan during the occupation. She urged learning neighbors customs to lift esteem and lower barriers, noting Japan’s experience of easing laws against fraternizing as understanding grew.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Virginia Kles
Japan
Kles
Eleanor Everhart
International Relations Committee
Mice Mower Muck
Sweden
Jean Eckard
Hallowe'en
Denton
Bird Display to Feature Fall Flower Show
Frederick notices celebrate Forget-Me-Not Week with mayoral pinning ceremony as DAV Auxiliary launches sale of forget-me-nots to aid veterans rehabilitation. International relations display highlights cross cultural exchange. local club reports on meetings, scholarships, and attendance for October events. Diego Rivera readmitted to the Communist Party in Mexico City after years of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan A. Derr
Charlotte Main
DAV
Frederick
Main
Derr
Edna Yelton
Charles R. Smith
Hiltner-Roelke
Washington and Lee
Forgetane Nots
Ctty
Charles W. Yinger
Mexico City
Diego Rivera
Soviet
Russia
Communist National Convention
Gapland Man Held For Action By Jury
Gapland man Elwood O Eakle was held for grand jury investigation on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill after a Brunswick preliminary hearing. He was jailed on 1000 bond. State Police arrested him on information from Robert Sites of Knoxville who was stabbed in the cheek chest and right hand but not hospitalized. The alleged cutting occurred during a Brunswick Petersville road brawl early Sunday. Investigators say Eakle and Sites were living together in the same house before the brawl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood O. Eakle
Gapland
C. L. Moata
Brunswick
Eakle
Robert Sites
Knoxville
Sites
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Brunswick-Petersville Road
Sités
Region Five Federated Garden Clubs Show Set in Frederick
A large regional flower show gathers entries from Garden Club groups across Maryland including Hagerstown Chevy Chase Rockville and Garrett County. The two day event at the Francis Scott Key Hotel features artistic arrangements with home grown flowers six classes in section one and specimen classes, with luncheon reservations managed by Mrs. A. Austin Pearce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Women's Club of
Hagerstown
Woodland Garden Club
Community Garden Club of
Rockville
Howard County Garden Club
Carroll County Garden Club
Chevy Chase Garden Club
Kenwood ‘Garden Club
Richard Crowther
Hag
Showerstown
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Frederick
A. Austin Pearce
Region
Chevy Chase
Kenwood
Garrett County
Jennings Bailey
Mutton Hill
Buckeystown
Prospects Brighten For Trieste Settlement
London reports Secretary of State John Foster Dulles personally intervened in the Trieste dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia. A diplomat said the situation looks very encouraging with a potential agreement in days. Zones A and B would be divided, Italy gaining Zone A, Tito’s Zone B remaining, with Yugoslavia receiving port rights and minority protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
P.U
John Foster Dulles
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Dulles
Gaetano Martino
Adriatic
Yugoslav
Marshal Tito
Balkan Pact Organization
Turkey
Greece
Zone A
Powell Loan Tied to Queens interracial coop project
In Senate Banking Committee testimony Rep Adam Clayton Powell of New York is linked to a $3000 loan not repaid, from builder David Kent, to help Powell buy a sports car for an interracial cooperative apartment project in Queens. Kent says two of Powell's congressional secretaries oversee the project. Powell, a Harlem Democrat, had no immediate comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Senate Banking Committee
Queens
David Kent
Powell
Kent
Harlem
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Herschel Himes
Charles L. Moats
House of Correction
Dr. Strother
Monocacy Oil Company
Frederick, Md
Saveun
Sieglers
Siegler
William 8. Hood, Inc
West
Patrick St. Frederick
William S. Hood
Kelvinator
William S. Hood, Itc
William S
Francis Scott Key
Patrick ST
Civil Defense
David Maxwell Fyfe
Jhome
Atlantic City
Insulation Frederick Homes CO
EAGLE
E. Third St
Economy Oil CO
St. Cyr Miltary Academy of
France
Kates Kaempf & Harris
C. E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Frederick Tropical Aquarium
Hamilton Homes, Inc
East Second ST
H. MacKenzie
Kaempe & Harris
Rocky Springs
Rederick
Sam Miller
South Market Street
Jack
Jug Bridge
Bartonsville Road
Oes
Is Maulag
Better Homes Equip. Co
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