Red Chief: Communist Call to Attack GOP in 1964 Elections
The American Communist Party urged followers to attack Republican candidates in 1964. Gus Hall, party secretary, accuses both major parties of capitalism while praising Kennedy for Cuba policy and civil rights gestures. He portrays Rockefeller and Goldwater as dangerous leaders aiding imperialism and predicts GOP leadership by a Rockefeller-Goldwater cabal.
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Washington
Communist Party Today
Gus Hall
The
Worker
Hall
Kennedy
Cuba
Russia
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sen
Barry) Goldwater
Ariz
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Kenneth B. Keating
John Tower
Tex
Kennedy links riots to daily insults in civil rights stance
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy says the main reason for civil rights demonstrations is that Negroes are insulted daily when seeking service in all white establishments. He notes the public accommodations section of the civil rights bill is essential and discusses possible small business exemptions. He opposes violence and expects congressional passage without pressure.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
NBC
Meet the Press
Congress
Wheat referendum memo sparks drive for public service air time
A June Washington memorandum by ASC deputy Ray Fitzgerald urges state officials to press for free public service time on radio and TV to promote agricultural policy. Rep. Paul Findley calls the plan an example of brain washing and pressure, amid coverage of the defeated wheat referendum.
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Washington
Paul Findley
R. I
Illinois
Ray Fitzgerald
State
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASC
Fitzgerald
Department
Findley
Kennedy
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kennedy says more clues found in Beckwith Evers slaying
Attorney General Kennedy announced on NBC Meet the Press that more evidence exists against segregationist Byron De La Beckwith in Medgar Evers murder but he cannot discuss details. FBI traces telescope sight and latent fingerprints to Beckwith, linking him to the June 12 ambush in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Medgar Evers
NBC Meet the Press
Byron de la Beckwith
Jackson
Miss
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
FBI
Beckwith
Kennedy
Greenwood, Miss
Mississippi
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Pacific
Weather observations from Amarillo and cities across 1963
The report notes sun across Amarillo with 164 of 174 readings available in 1963. Comparative readings show 3 pm at Sunday with wind and visibility data. Overcast conditions reported for Houston and Oklahoma City with varying mile visibility and soil descriptions.
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Amarillo
Clay Houston
Dalles
City Okla
City
Kennedy Adresses Adenauer as West German Visit Opens
President Kennedy lauds West Germany policy as crowds cheer in Bonn. He vows U S troops will guard European freedom as long as needed and stresses a lasting alliance through peaceful prosperity and shared liberty.
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Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Wahn
Bonn
Ireland
Britain
Italy
Vatican
Adenauer
Washington
West Germany
United States
America
Europe
Cologne
Roads Closed as Heavy Rains Hit Littlefield Area
Heavy rains isolated Littlefield area around 6 p m closing Highway 84 between Littlefield and Sudan FM 105 from Earth to Amherst FM 303 to Sudan and FM 54 to Enochs. Reports say one tornado touched down near Cotton Center and another southwest of Littlefield. Hail ranged marble to golf ball size with cotton damage and a stranded family on US 84.
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Littlefield
Sudan
Earth
Amherst
Here
Enochs
the Highway Patrol
Cotton Center
Olton
Spade
US 84
Highway Partor
Idalou and
Ralls
Hayes wins 1963 Amarillo Soap Box Derby crown
Fifteen year old Billy Hayes clinched the 1963 Am arillo Soap Box Derby with a 28.6 second run. He will represent Amarillo and the Panhandle in Akron Ohio on July 1 for the national derby. A block-long shed at the Texas Tech Research Farm in Pantex was destroyed by a large fire.
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Billy Hayes
Amarillo
Young Hayes
the Panhandle
Akron
Ohio
Texas Tech
Pantex
Family of Five Dead in Artesia Highway Crash
A mother father and three children died when their vehicle collided on a highway near Artesia New Mexico Saturday night. Assistant Roswell attorney C Morris was charged with manslaughter in the crash.
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Artesia
N.M
Roswell
C. N. Morris
Weather Summary for Northwest Texas and Northern New Mexico
Northwest Texas sees clear to partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures through Tuesday and scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms mainly in the north. Highs reach 88 to 98. Northern New Mexico reports minimal changes with warm conditions. no precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 6 am yesterday. Sunrise 5:33 a.m. Sunset 8:05 p.m.
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Texas
New Mexico
Aducs
Amarillo
Owere
Democrats Lean to Atlantic City for Kennedy Convention
Washington reports Democrats circling Atlantic City as likely site for Kennedy renomination in August next year. New Jersey delegates push Atlantic City over Chicago, offering 690000 dollars to the Democratic National Committee, while seven cities bid. Republicans already chose the Cow Palace near San Francisco for their July convention.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Lake Front
Chicago
Kennedy
New Jersey
Washington
Edward G. Wilms
Democratic Committee
Wilms
Democratic National Committee
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Baltimore
Detroit
Vie Ams Beach
Philadelphia
Jack Reilly
Richard J. Daley
Humphrey pushes fair employment division amid civil rights fight
In Washington Sen. Hubert Humphrey D Minn announces a bill to create a fair employment practices division in the Labor Department and to add a controversial provision to Kennedy's civil rights program as Southern Democrats plan for a possible filibuster Keating criticizes obstruction and urges a two thirds vote with Johnson’s cooperation while Kuchel warns of potential violence if no civil rights bill passes.
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Washington
Hubert Ho Humphrey
D- Minn
Labor Department
Humphrey
Senate
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Keating
Lyndon B. Johnson
Thomas Kuchel
R-Calif
Kucher
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