Housing Action Proposed for Hagerstown Community
Recent studies highlight housing needs in Hagerstown for low income families. Hagerstown Junior College proposes a Community Development Corporation with a revolving fund to repair dilapidated properties and create self help paths, while Area Coalition for Voluntary Interracial Programs forms Hagerstown Area Projects Inc to run legal housing programs. Developments this week indicate progress and government/community action.
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Hagerstown
Community Development Corporation
America At Crossroads Dictates White Black Divide
A columnist argues mass American unity hinges on facing domestic threats from black nationalists. He portrays possible uprisings in Washington and Chicago as catalysts for civil conflict, warning that civil liberty and racist fanatics could ruin hard won gains for Negroes. The piece urges white moderates to oppose extremism and ensure equal rights, contrasting with regimes of “perfect law and order” in Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa.
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Nazi Germany
South Africa
How To Keep Well An Insight On Nutrition and Health
A reader letters page discusses nutrition politics and wealth influence on diet. It notes undernutrition stems from ignorance and appetite, urges richer foods and supplements, and cites conditions like dermatitis and glaucoma. questions on eczema and infant eye disease are addressed by Dr. Van Dellen and reader queries.
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United States
van Dellen
Jottings From Yesteryears
At the Democratic State Central Committee meeting in Baltimore yesterday the Washington County committee was chosen as advisors to the central body. Paul Shaner was elected commandant at Maryland Marine Corps League's first annual convention. Rep. J Glenn Beall said Maj. Gen. Joseph Byron of Hagerstown would run his reelection campaign. Rev. W Leigh Bell resigned as assistant pastor of St John's Church Shepherdstown to become pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg Virginia. The Washington County Court House sidewalk plan aims to improve it for visitors while three government agendas will meet. B&O Railroad told PSC it will discontinue a Saturday DC Washington to Brunswick Maryland train. An injunction will be sought against Williamsport mayor and council to build a swimming pool.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Washington County
Central Committee
Paul Shaner
Maryland Marine Corps League
W. Leigh Bell
St. John's Church
Shepherdstown
Christ Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Williamsport
Black United Front
Congress
Srront
Carmichael
District of Columbia
House
Senate
Sinc
Martin Luther King
Capitol Tin
Sutesos
Latin American Solidarity Organization
Cuba
Fidel Castro
United States
America
Community Letters Reflect Drought Fear and Court Debate
Readers discuss cloud seeding, drought, and water risk, urging proof and investigation. They recount 1966 storms and a minister's visit, then switch to gun control, Civil War era values, and praise for emergency services in Washington County. The page closes with debate on the Supreme Court and death penalty, urging moral clarity.
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E.M.S
King
Kenedy
Supreme Court
Waynesboro
Byrd denounces Stokely Carmichael over passport reinstatement
Senator Harry Byrd accuses the State Department of surreptitiously restoring Carmichael's passport after his anti US travel and vitriolic attacks from Cuba and North Vietnam. He cites casualties and says the move prompts loss of government confidence. Justice Department probe mentioned with lack of witnesses. Carmichael promotes Black United Front tactics and urban guerrilla rhetoric amid DC police control fights.
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Washington
Harry Byrd
D-Va
State Department
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
U.S
Carmichael
Byrd
Senate
Castro
Cuba
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Courkey
Justice Department
Black United Front
Washington groups plan show of force at Democratic Convention
Washington reports activists have spent months organizing protests for the Chicago National Democratic Convention. Plans include deliberate confrontations with police, mass demonstrations, and potential clashes if security is lax. Leaders from SDS, Yippies, and Black Panther Party are cited along with others aiming to expose perceived power structures.
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Chicago
Wns
Pentagon
Washington
Baltimore
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Chita
Lowell Rheinheimer
Draft Resistors
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
Rammiliie
Rennie Davis
National Conference For New Politics
Youth — International Party
Yippies
Black Panther Party
California
Prova
Students For A Democratic Society
5DS
Democratic Nations
Tha Alays
Thore
SDS
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America At Crossroads
Drew Pearson
FBI
Cleveland
Ay T. R. van Dellen
M.D
Mons Jes
K.B
Yesteryears
J. Glenn Beall
Joseph Byron
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The
Public Service Commission
Washington D,c
Brunswick, Md
New York
Nhe
Chowsville
Maryland
Hootec
Annapolis
William C. Bierley
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Mathias
Charles McC. M
Community Rescue Service
Washington Countty Hospital
George L. Kendall
Ows
Abe Fortis
United States of America
Berry's
NEA Ines Che
Stokely
Robert S. Allen
John A. Goldsmith
Johnson
Ray Cromley
Newspaper Enterprise
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