Ten Million Hungry in U S Report Details Hunger Across Regions
A Citizens' Board report finds at least 10 million Americans suffer hunger across the Deep South New England Indian reservations Appalachia and other regions. It urges a national emergency declaration and emergency food programs in 256 counties, migrant camps and reservations.
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Ashington
Deep South
New England
Appalachia
Citizens’ Board of Intry
United States
Johnson
Agriculture Department
Citizens’ Group
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Leslie W. Dunbar
The
Field Foundation
New York
Georgia
William Burson
Virginia
Otis L. Brown
Department of Welfare and Institutions
City voter registration under way ahead of June elections
Registration hours set today and tomorrow 1 to 5 p.m. in City Hall Council Chamber and May 7 8 11 as key dates. Voters must be U S citizens 21 by election day and meet state city precinct residency requirements. For info call Registrar Mrs. Robert M. Grim at 662 8129.
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Council Chamber
U.S
Robert M. Grim
Water and Sewer Project Nears Feasibility in Wea Villa Dye Area
Frederick County Sanitation Authority reports 131st of 175 required subscriptions secured for the Wea Villa Dye area water and sewer project. The contract deadline extends to May 4 with a May 8 meeting to decide next steps, as several large owners and out of state signatories remain undecided.
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Wea Villa
Paper Mill Road
James L. Bowman
Frederick
Sanitation Authority
Bowman
Wea
William and Mary Choir to Perform Concerts Tomorrow
The College of William and Mary Choir presents the first of two local concerts tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music auditorium under Conservatory sponsorship. A Thursday morning concert will be held at Handley High School for students. Two of the 40 singers hail from Winchester, Steven W. Shrader and Barbara Nold.
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College of William and Mary
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
The
Conservatory
Handley High School
Winchester
Steven W. Shrader
Barbara Nold
Print Pattern 4539 Misses' Sizes 12 14 16 18 20
Sewing pattern notice invites orders for Misses sizes 12 through 20 with fabric guidance and price. The advert lists 45 inch fabric needs for size 14 and includes mailing instructions to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star. Also promotes a Spring-Summer catalog and an instant sewing book offer with prices.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Dr King Sr Reports Threatening Phone Call
Dr Martin Luther King Sr the Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor in Atlanta says he received a threatening telephone call the day after his son was buried. He said he will keep preaching and has faced dangerous calls for a long time while speaking at a Detroit news conference.
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Detroit
Martin Luther King Sr
King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta
Marches Planned on Richmond and Waverly Virginia
The Virginia SCLC announced nonviolent demonstrations in Richmond and Waverly to dramatize racial grievances. Curtis W Harris Jr said dates align with the Poor People’s March on Washington next month. Harris said about 200 Virginians will join the Washington effort, with participants from the region and a bus caravan from the South.
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Petersburg
Richmond
Waverly
Virginia
The
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Curtis W. Harris Jr
Hopewell
Virginia Sclc
Washington
Harris
Martin, Luther) King
Mills
Godwin Jr
Sussex County
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Danville
SCLC
Southside
Tidewater
White leaders urged to lead mass march on Washington
Whitney M. Young Jr of the National Urban League called for a massive march on Washington led by white leaders to oppose racism. He urged industrialists and labor figures such as Henry Ford, David Rockefeller and George Meany to head a nationwide demonstration to push antipoverty and decency across the country.
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New York
Whitney Im, Young Jr
National Urban League
Washington
Young
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
Henry Ford
David Rockefeller
George Meany
Kenya Reports Diverse Bat Species Count
About 73 bat species have been identified in Kenya indicating high biodiversity. Researchers note the variety spans multiple genera and habitats across the country.
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Kenya
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Dee Er TE Rots
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Sanitary Dairy
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