Mississippi Negro Vote Grows but Gubernatorial Runoff Unclear
A decade after a small eligible Negro vote, Mississippi saw nearly 200000 eligible and 11 Negroes winning county level posts. In the Democratic governor runoff, seven candidates included William Winter and John Bell Williams. Negro voters may swing the race if organized, testing political power in the Deep South.
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Mississippi
William Winter
John Bell Williams
Williams
Jimmy Swan
Ross R. Barnett
University of Mississippi
Winter
Lyndon
George Wallace
Alabama
Louisana
Rising Medical Costs Prompt Health Department Push
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is boosting efforts to curb rising hospital and physician costs. Secretary John Gardner told President Johnson that funds will shift toward hospital modernization and automated systems, while doctor fees remain set individually and harder to constrain. If better management spreads, costs may fall within a year, easing burdens on middle income Americans.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
John Gardner
Johnson
Gardner
World Jamboree Held in Idaho Amid Global Scout Gatherings
The first world scout jamboree in the United States closed at Farragut State Park Idaho near Coeur D Alene after hosting about 12 000 scouts from 74 countries. US delegates reached 5 000 with Britain 1 300 and Canada 1 200 among others. Ages ranged 14 to 20.
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United States
Idaho
Farragut State Park
Coeur D'Alene
Britain
Canada
Washington gains limited home rule reform
The President secured the first home rule reform since 1878, but it stops short of electorate governed city government. The plan would auto take effect unless Congress objects within 60 days, with Senate leadership waiving objections.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
House of Congress
Senate
Home Rule Approved by House in Surprise Vote
The House approved home rule by 244 to 160, enabling the President to appoint a May or assistant mayor and a 9-member City Council with at least three Republicans. The 1964 census put Washington at 763,956 city population and 2,323,000 metro. The core city is two-thirds Black, giving Blacks a dominant voice on the council. This marks a shift to representative government by indirection.
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House
Washington
James Marlow on Civil Rights Leaders Expanding Focus
Marlow notes SNCC leaders Carmichael and Brown attacking Jews and Arab crimes, King denouncing the Vietnam War and proposing nonviolent mass protest including a Washington campout to press Congress on slum and job issues. He warns such action could spark riots, referencing the 1963 Birmingham case and court injunctions.
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Joseph Kraft
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SNCC
Palestine
Gaza Strip
Irwin Shulman
Southeastern
Anti-Defamation League
Arab Propaganda Publica
Andrew J. Young
King
Freedom House
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Senate
Brown and
Carmichael
Washington
Mississippi
Congress
U. S
Supreme Court
Birmingham
Reconciliation Sermon Divides on Vietnam Policy
William F Buckley Jr notes Bishop Sheen urged a National Day of Prayer for Peace while Lincoln’s Civil War reflections warned against pride and self sufficiency. The piece questions whether withdrawing troops from Vietnam truly serves reconciliation or leaves South Vietnam to Vietcong domination.
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Johnson
Fulton J. Sheen
Rochester
Abraham Lincoln
Vietnam
Lincoln
Sheen
South
Conclusions and Quips by Hal Boyle on Everyday Vices
A roundup of Hal Boyle aphorisms on gender, money, and manners. Notes that red clothes spark mixed reactions among men and their wives, shopping boasts ruin friendships, and charitable giving hinges on mood. Observations on dogs vs cats, sports stars, economists, lottery finance, and aging women wrap a satirical sendup of modern life.
Churchill Stalin meet on war decisions disclosed in Moscow
The Messenger reported in Moscow that Prime Minister Churchill met Premier Stalin to map decisive wartime strategies. B. M. Pickens of New Lyme named supervisor of music at Nelsonville High, succeeding W. W. Seelbach. German troops destroyed St Quenton Cathedral in France, looted homes, and burned property. A Detroit businessman praised Middleport as a potential site for a city with large industries.
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Moscow
Churchill
Stalin
B. M. Pickens
New Lyme
Nelsonville High School
W. W. Seelbach
St. Quenton
France
Detroit
Middleport
Testimonial funds linked to Dodd and Dulski ethics case
Report reveals Rep Thaddeus Dulski accepted 11000 dollars from a testimonial dinner for personal use. Dulski defends it as a personal tribute not political contribution, echoing Sen Thomas Dodd's prior censure. Sen Charles Percy contemplates a favorite son bid to test national appeal in multiple states.
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Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Senate
Thaddeus J. Dulski
New York
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Dodd
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Governor welcomes activist at rally in Jacksonville
H. Rap Brown spoke to a Jacksonville rally as Gov. Claude Kirk approached, took the microphone, and urged Brown not to discuss guns. Brown urged listeners to arm themselves, the crowd surrounded the governor and extended handshakes, with the governor briefly stealing the scene.
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H. Rap Brown
Jacksonville
Fla
Claude Kirk
Brown
Athens Losses and a Pioneer’s Smart Water Ideals
The piece honors Fred Chase as superintendent of Athens non graded high school, notes Ohio’s first sanitary toilet by a pioneer, and remarks that his departure is a gain for Harrisburg. It frames progress from water power to education and praises Chase’s impact while wishing him success in his new venture.
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SNCC
Ralph Featherston
King’s
Lincoln
the Messenger
Appalachians
Seaboard
Ohio Country
Ohio
Fred Chase
Athens
Harrisburg
G. C. Sutton
Urbanization Ties to Butterfly Population Decline
Miss Ivy LeMon of the Massachusetts Audubon Society links rising urbanization to a sharp drop in the nation's butterflies, estimating declines up to 75 percent. The narrator laments missing the bright insects this past summer as the cause is identified.
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Ivy LeMon
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Athens Messenger publishing details and delivery rates
The Athens Messenger notes daily publication except Saturdays and outlines delivery options. Rates list per week, month, and year for daily and Sunday editions, with prices for mail delivery in Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. The paper is a Second Class matter at Athens Post Office and mails to The Messenger Publishing Co. at 43 W Union St, Athens, Ohio.
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W.va
U.S . Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
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