Many Election Change Questions On Ballots
AP report on voter age and residency issues across states for November ballots. Michigan considers lowering voting age to 18, joining Georgia Alaska and Hawaii with lower ages in the union. Florida debates a one year residency rule to vote in state and local elections. North Dakota Wisconsin and Washington discuss residency or presidential voting questions and constitutional amendments.
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Michigan
United States
Florida
Air Losses Pass 400 In Viet War Heaviest Raids
Reported today that U S B 52s conducted three major raids over North Vietnam and the demilitarized zone while allied air and ground efforts continue. Ground officials noted record briefing sorties and a rising tally of planes and personnel arriving from the Philippines to bolster South Vietnam forces. In Saigon the economy showed signs of a turn from inflation to mild recession due to import rules and a shipping backlog.
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Robert Tuckman
U.S
North Viet
Philip U.S
Ippine Civie Action Group
Jones
Philippines
Viet Nam
Saigon
GE Contract Settlement Ends Nationwide Unions Victory
The tentative agreement ends a near three week labor stalemate with General Electric plants nationwide. The deal averts a threatened nationwide strike and boosts wages by about 5.1 percent over three years for workers represented by the AFL CIO affiliated unions. Major defense concerns and political calculations surround the settlement as negotiators avert the Taft Hartley injunction and avert broader labor unrest.
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Sfashington
AFL
Tohagon
Pohicio International Union
Elec- Electrical
Cal
General Elec
Johnson
Trarco
Jon
Longest Clerks of Court Record Highlight Local Tenures
The piece lists the longest serving clerks in Washington County history with terms from 1777 to 1965. Notable tenures include Elie Williams 1777 to 1800 and O H Williams 1800 to 1845, followed by Isaac Nesbitt 1845 to 1965 and Edward Oswald 1900 to 1917 along with others up to 1954.
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Incovement Agua
Wibington County
Williams
Edward Oxwald
Elie Williams
H. Williams
Isaac Nesbitt
Lewis B. Nyman
William Ms. K. Kepler
George B. Oswald
Harry E. Baker
Edward Oswald
J. Guy Weagley
G. Merlin Snyder
Aiddleweight Boxer Held a Triple Holdup Slaying
Paterson New Jersey police charged boxer Rubin Carter and a second man with murder after a triple holdup slaying at the Ette Grill tavern. The four victims included two dead at the scene and one later in hospital. one survivor. The victims were in a loss to champion Joey della in 1964, and Carter’s prior fights included a bout in Rosario City, Argentina.
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Terson
Rubin
Jeane
Carter
Teday
Paterson
Joey Della
Kate
Ofer
Artis
Mure
Hawn
Carlier
Rosario City
Argentina
Juan Carlos Rivera
Agnew Will Visit Hancock Gubernatorial Candidate to Meet Voters
Spiro Agnew the Republican candidate for governor is scheduled to visit Hancock on Friday to address the Hancock Republican Club at p.m. Before the speech he will meet local voters in Hancock for conversations and questions.
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Agnew
Hancock
Spiro Agnew
Nancock
Hancock Republican Club
Voters N
City Slum Bill OK'd in House Demonstration Cities Plan
The House passed the 1.17 billion demonstration cities bill by a 179 to 14 vote, overriding opposition that the program lacks local-government control. In Washington AP reports Judge Sirica sentenced Imperial Klansman Robert M Stelios to a year in prison and a $1600 fine for contempt of Congress after he refused to produce records.
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North Dakota
Washington
Johnson
Bert
Congress
House
U.S
Johm J. Sirica
Robert M Stelios
Shelwn
Tuscaloosa
Ala
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Wallace warns HEW agents over school access in Alabama
Gov George Wallace directly warned the US Department of Health Education and Welfare that agents interfering with Alabama schools would be arrested. The move followed state police stopping two HEW workers at Montgomery Airport on Wallace’s orders, Richard Fairley and Woodrow Bankhead refused to answer questions when confronted.
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Montgomery
Ala
George Wallace
US. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wallace
Alabama
Richard Fairley
Woodrow Bankhead
Dumping 3rd Class Mail To Relieve P. O. Jam
CHICAGO AP A plan to destroy third class mail to ease a post office backlog aims to reduce postage refunds and relieve the Chicago hub. Deputy postmaster general Hartigan and acting Chicago postmaster McGee cited high advertising mail volume and staffing shortages as causes, with thousands of sacks of third class mail awaiting processing and effect felt nationwide.
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Chicago
Eral
Chicago Post
William Harti
Mi Agaz
Ington
Kiew
Henry W. McGee
Chi- Chicago
United States
Hannot
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Hartigan
Fair Share drive to fund 21 agencies reaches 56 percent
The United Fund aimed for 307194 to meet the needs of 21 member agencies. Friday’s report shows 214243 raised, about 56 percent, with Fair Share defined as one day’s wages for hourly staff or one percent of salary for salaried workers. Leaders including Rev Ray Blansch and Jesse Kay expect strong results given 1000 volunteers.
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United Fund
Schurz
Schura
Ray E. Blansch
Jesse L. Kay
Washington City
American Red Cross
Big Brothers
Boys’ Club
Boy Scouts
Cerebral Palsy Association
Comunity Services Council
Council On Alcoholism
Ers
Family Service Agency
Girls’ Club
Girl Scouts
Goodwill Industries
Haglerstown Playground Association
Mental Health Association
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
North Street
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
N. Potomae St. Y.M.C.A
Met
Spending Tops 1 Million in Maryland Governor Primary
Maryland primary filings show major Democratic candidates spent 1.07 million with Mahoney at 124 028 for governor and 124 attachments for attorney general. Agnew reported 301 867 18. Post primary reports detail expenditures and remaining balances for each slate and candidate.
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Annapolis
Maryland
George P. Mahoney
Secretary of State
Mahoney
Ernest N. Cory
Genext
Thomas Bo Pini Eridela B. Burch-Louis L
Francis X. Gallagher
Spiro T. Agnew
Aero Opicera
Pressman Proposes Abolishing Earnings Tax for Md
Baltimore AP Hyman Pressman independent gubernatorial candidate outlines an 11 point plan including abolishing the earnings tax, a mildly graduated income tax from 3 to 1 percent, rebinding the state tax to the subdivision, raising corporate tax on over $25,000 to 7 percent, and more uniform business taxes. He says the plan aims for immediate fiscal reform and requires groundwork before a state lottery.
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Baltimore
Hyman
Pressman
Preskman
Temperatures In 70s Here
Washington County weather observers J Howard Beckenbaugh of Boonsboro and D Paul Oswald of Bridgeport recorded Friday highs of 70 and 71. Lows were around 55 with overnight readings near 8.
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Washington County
J. Howard Beckenbaugh
Boonsboro
D. Paul Oswald
Bridgeport
Rockefeller 22 Seeks Harlem Post Amid Army Reserve Duty
Wealthy Laurance Rockefeller, 22, says he wants to live and work in Harlem while serving in the Army Reserve and as a VISTA worker. He would devote full time to Harlem duties if called to active duty, accepting only room and board and $50 a month, until Army service begins.
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Laurance Rockefeller
Harlem
Young Rockefeller
Army Reserve Strategic Intelligence Corps
VISTA
Rockefeller
Mary
Laurance &. Rockefeller
Harvard Universit
Obituary notices span Hagerstown and Maryland deaths
Dalby Stonebraker of Miami Beach dies at 86 former Hagestown Silk Co manager and part owner survived by wife Lilian and brothers Carl and Richard. service in Florida and Tipton. Thomas Moser death noted in Tipton Ind following auto crash injuries. Betty Jane Smith dies at 29 of Williamsport Sanitarium born in Hagerstown. survived by husband John, daughter Susan Kay, two sons Douglas Morrison and David Bradford, sisters and many nieces and nephews. services at Norment Funeral Home. Car crash in Baltimore results in deaths of Robert Harris and Brenda Fowler.
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S. Dalby Stonebraker
Hagerstown
Miami Beach
Fila
Mr. Stonebraker
Lillian Midge Stonebraker
Carl K
Richard D. Stonebraker
J. Clarence Stonebraker
Florida
Betty Jane Smith
Radcliffe Ave
John M. Smith
Williamsport
William James
Esta May Gordon
Douglas Morrison Smith
David Bradford Smith
Shirley May Weaver
Jean Marie Barnes
Nhieces
Associated Press
Norment
Fred
H. Lee Tauto
East Baltimore
Honore
Robert 8. Harris
Brenda B. Fowler
Baltimore
Mrs Annie Otschefski Funeral Details Released
Friends and relatives of Mrs Annie Schultz Otschefski may call at the Grove Funeral Home in Hancock in the evening from 8 to for further arrangements.
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Annie Otschefski
Annie Schultz Otschefski
Grove Funeral Home
Hancock
Prayer Today Urges Rich to Share for Kingdom Here and Now
A prayer from Roy H. Stetler of Harrisburg Pa urges affluent readers to view wealth as a loan to use for others. The message calls on the rich to act generously, aiding the hungry and lonely, to become citizens of Christ's kingdom in the present.
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Christ’s Kingdom
Roy H. Stetler
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brethren Church
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