The Nation Faces a Civil Rights Collision in Alabama
A 1963 view warns of a potential federal versus state clash over desegregation in Alabama. It analyzes Governor Wallace’s stance at the University of Alabama, predicts possible violence, and urges timely national reflection on whether the United States is indivisible or dominated by state power. It notes Ole Miss and Little Rock precedents and calls for clear public opinion in shaping federal response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Faubus
Little Rock
Eisenhower
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
U.S
Alabama
George Wallace
University
Richmond Flowers
Ole Miss
Kennedy
Oxford
Miss
Wallace
Congress
United States
Reagan
Youth Drives 120 MPH Then Receives Sentence
A 17 year old was sentenced after speeding at 120 mph. He must serve a term in jail and spend a weekend in the emergency room observing the consequences of auto accidents as part of the sentence. The magistrate urged reflecting on harm to others and weighing actions before acting. The guidance cited Luke 13 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil
Bimeel
Retirement vision clashes with aging workers and youth
Hal Boyle explores how attitudes toward retirement evolve with age and suggests reforms to ease aging workers into later life. He argues that long careers and fixed schedules burden older employees, proposing staged vacations and shorter work weeks starting in mid career to build ongoing purpose and reduce loneliness in old age.
Jottings From Yesteryears 40 Years Ago Highlights
Edward G. McGil moved eight houses from Surrey Avenue to Maryland Avenue for sewer work. Brewer and Long planned a new potato chip factory at 3 Pennsylvania Avenue, using part of a building for dried beef processing. Anna Stoner Frounfelter opened a north town hair dressing shop in Grey Gables Apartments offering mid packs. The Misses Mary and Ethel and Dr. Althea Miller marked 25 years in Miller's Marinello Shop. Edward Spangler of Hagerstown were the soldier who helped rescue two Army members in the Panama crisis. Charles M. Danver Jr. and William Frederick Reynolds Jr. graduated from Nerersburg Academy with local graduates speaking at the Street High ceremony. Western Maryland Jersey Field Day at Boonsboro drew 92 entries. Yerby R. Holman named director of personnel for Western Maryland Railway Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. McGil
Surrey Ave
Maryland Ave
Brewer
Long
Pennsylvania Ave
Anna Stoner Frounfelter
Grey Gables
Flag Week and nostalgia for a vanished era in Germantown
The Voice of the People laments the loss of public flag displays and old customs, urging revival during Flag Week June 30 to July 15. It contrasts patriotic symbols with changes in society and recalls a jeweler’s tale about a $4.50 dollar watch, urging readers to embrace steadier values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ras Arum
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Walt
I Would Rather Have Happy Neighbors And Homes
A reflective verse about valuing family neighbors and simple joys over wealth or fame. The speaker prefers the fellowship of friends and familiar places, cherishing memories, trust, and loved ones. Strangers praise distant wealth, but neighbors know one’s true worth and character.
How To Keep Well Life In a Navy Shelter
A survey of 100 volunteer navy personnel in a Bethesda shelter shows lack of washing water, monotony of food, overcrowding, dirt, and behavior as the main psychologic discomforts. Two meals daily used survival crackers with jellies or peanut butter, hot soup, instant coffee, and water. winter and summer groups reported water shortages for bathing as a primary complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Hethesda
John BE. Rasmoyasen
Institute
The Allen-SCott Report: Senate Warns of Russian Might
Senate Armed Services briefing by CIA Director McCone warns Russia may deploy 50 to 100 megaton warheads capable of crippling U S missile forces. He notes potential to disrupt second strike and questions McNamara’s invulnerability theory as analysts urge tests of our big bombs for defense. General Norstad careers and Kennedy adviser Sorensen commentary appear in inside items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central Intelligence
John MecCone
Senate
Armed Services Preparedness
Russia
Cuba
McCone
Arctic
Wineter
CIA
Defense
McNamara
U.S
Air Force
Thas
Wheat referendum muddies farm policy outlook in 1964
Washington dispatch notes the farmers rejection of the Kennedy wheat program clouds 1964 farm policy. Republicans push for varied wheat legislation to lift prices and limit controls while Democrats resist new bills before August. Observers warn the outcome could delay cotton and dairy programs and prolong farm policy battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Ieaders Hall
GOP
Albert H. Quie
Minnesota
Bob Dola
Kansas
Dor
Department of Agriculture
Charles B. Hoeven
Town
House
Senate
Congress
American Farm Bueau Federation
Freeman
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Ft. Sumter
By James Keller
Hal Boyle
New York
Curbstone
Pavement
Plato
Moody
Many & Fon
Total
Geriatricians
Hove
Yesteryears
Mary and
Ethe
Althea Miller
Miller
Marinello Shop
Edward Spangler
Hagerstown
Panama
Charles M. Danver Jr
Willam Frederick Reynolds Jr
Nereersburg Academy
Street High
Allen Chandler
Gloria "Weathers
Maryland
Boonsboro
Roscoe Brown
Yerby R. Holman
Western Maryland Railway Company
W. Arthur Grotz
Presi
Voice of the People
Reir
Address Your
Daily Mall
Haegerstown
Afaryland
Tex
Edgar A. Guest
T. R. van Dellen
M.D
Allen-Scott Report
By Robert S. Allen and
Paul Scott
Jolot Eda
Joint Chiefs
Lauria Norstad
NATO
Noratad
Republican Citizens Committee
Hershey
Norstad
Theodore Sorensen
White House
Columbia University
Sorensen
Sorenson
Peter Edson
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