Rain Dampens Washington County Primary Turnout
Heavy morning rain kept voters home across Washington County as Democratic and Republican primary races saw light participation. In Hagerstown Broadway School and the Old Post Office Building only a handful of Democrats and Republicans cast ballots while total county turnout remained low amid steady rain and thunderstorm activity. Local officials warned turnout would stay subdued as weather persisted.
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Washington County
Jacob B.mcc. Mathias
U.S. Senate
Wash-Berkson
Jnglon County
U.S
Senate
Byrom
J. Glenn
Sim
Beall
William D. Byron
Williams
House of Delesport
Rates
Senaman
Bejlor
Congress
Daniel B. Brewster
Tor
Charles{ate
Hagerstown
Root
Broadway
W. Antietam St
South
Angerstown
North Potomac Junior High School
Clear Spring
Dargua
Cumberland
Oakland
Humphrey Says Negotiated Peace Possible With Nixon Nomination
Hubert H. Humphrey argued that the Nixon and Humphrey nominations boost chances for a negotiated Vietnam peace as North Vietnam fears a tougher next president. His coast to coast campaign stop faced loud protests and chant filled crowds, with fewer than 200 in Los Angeles and about 50 demonstrators.
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Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Humphrey
Philadelphia
Denver
North
Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
County Board Asked For Backing Of War One Vet's Last Hurrah
Washington County officials are asked to contribute 2800 to fund the 10th Armistice Day parade. World War One veterans and organizers say this may be their final major celebration as veterans groups join in a countywide memorial effort with a parade, a religious service, and a nationwide moment of silence.
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Washington County
Sammel J. Cohen
Cohen
Hugh Troxell
Richard Wantz
Joseph S. Ward Sr
Funkstown
Clear Spring
Hancock
Williamsport
Boonsboro
Cascade American Legion
Morris Frock
Charles Harden
Hagerstown
Washington County American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Korea
Reading Honors Go To County Footy Ballots
City and county reading honors compete as ballots for footy are issued. A City Water Board promises action on brown water complaints while a group forms to fight city slams on page three.
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County Footyballots
Sports
City Water Board
City Section
Former Lindsay aide sentenced to 15 months
In New York AP report, former Water Commissioner James L. Marcus, 37, was sentenced to 15 months in prison for bribery conspiracy tied to kickback schemes. Marcus, once a Lindsay aide and confidant, pleaded guilty and cooperated against three other men convicted in the case. He begins his term Friday with Weinfeld noting his breach of public trust.
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NEW York
James L. Marcus
Marcus
Connecticut
John Davis Lodge
Edward Weinfeld
Weinfeld
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Ot Storney Herbert
Itkin
Henry Fried
Daniel Motto
Antonio
Tony Ducks" Core Allo
Matia
Goodell Named to RFK Senate Seat by Rockefeller
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller named U. S. Representative Charles E. Goodell of Jamestown New York to fill the vacancy created by the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Goodell a nine year House veteran was praised at the Republican National Convention as fit to carry the party platform. Kennedy's term would have run to 1971.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller Toftay
U.S
Charles E. Goodell
Robert F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Goodell
Jamestown
New York
Kennedy
NE Bypass Not Feasible, Says County Board
The county commissioners consider the northeast bypass of the city economically unfeasible due to high land requisition costs and road building problems. County president Kem Kirk says the county is not in a financial position to build bypasses.
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Kem Ke Kirk
Industry And Labor Join Forces In Low Income Housing Partnership
Washington AP Ed Kaiser named by President Johnson as chairman of the New National Housing Partnership aims to spur low income housing construction. The group plans about 60 000 homes yearly for a decade, using private investment and mortgage money to support projects in blighted areas. Kaiser and nine others will form a corporation under a 1968 act. senators must confirm incorporators.
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Washington
Edgar Kaiser
Johnson
New National Housing Partnership
Pointment
Kaiser
David Rockefeller
Avl-Cio
George Meany
George C. Wallace
Alabama
American Independent Party
Hubert J. Humphrey
Richard Mixon
Saints Retire Jimmy Taylor
New Orleans Saints announce the retirement of fullback Jimmy Taylor, with the club stating he will likely go down as Louisiana's greatest football playset.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Saints
Jimmy Taylor
Louisiana
Jury Won't Indict Officer In Killing Of Suspect
Salisbury AP Mason a Salisbury police detective faced an indictment after Daniel K Henry a 22 year old deaf mute died during an attempted escape May 18 A Wicomico County jury said no bill of indictment after nearly six hours of deliberation Foreman A Norman Holland announced We came up will no bill of indictment The grand jury will present its regular report on all cases caught before it concludes its session Mason a white officer testified before 23 jurors and was suspended as a detective with uncertainty about returning to duty
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Humphrey
Johmson
Redondo Beach
Houston
Slite
National
Mason
Norman Holland de
Grand
White
Nixon Eyes Black Vote In South
Nixon aims to win black votes in the South while curbing George Wallace support. Advisers say the South is key as Nixon plans coast to coast stops, meeting with Nelson Rockefeller then addressing a White Plains rally. Wallace is viewed as drawing Southern GOP votes, with some saying combined Nixon and Wallace totals could exceed half in every Southern district. Louisiana's path is seen as tough compared to Eisenhower in 1956 and Goldwater in 1964.
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Bill Boyarsky
New York
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Nixon
South
North Carolina
Louisiana
Midwest
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
White Plains
Northamlina
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Goldwater
Rev Abernathy Jailed After Sit Down Protest in Atlanta
In Atlanta AP reports Rev Ralph David Abernathy and several leading civil rights figures were arrested while joining striking garbage workers in a sit down to block a city garbage truck. Also taken into custody were Rev King, Rev Answen J. Young, Rev Joseph Tawery, and Trosea T. Williams, as the strike entered its eighth day.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Fe. Marlin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Tenn
Se Unity
Ac. King
Ans Wen J. Young
SCLC
Joseph Tawery
Trosea T. Williams
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Spire T. Agnew
Tire
Annapolis
Wircphats
W. Edward Heimel
C. Neill Bayley
Lester Wolford
Ronald Horine
H. B. Anderson
William
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Ig TV
RFK
Ernest Arbuckle
Wells Fargo Bank
Edward Etherington
Wesleyan University
Edward Daley
World Airways
John Loeb
Carl M. Loeb
Rhoades and Co
Everett Matson
Pesident, Lomas and Nettleton West, Inc
Haus, Tex
Murtgauge Bank
John Wheeler
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Durham
N.C
James King
Liog-Tem¢co Vought
Dallas, Tex
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Saints
Rev. Abernathy
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