Five Perish In Mason Blaze News Briefs
President Johnson began a swift Central America tour announcing a hopeful hemispheric outlook. He visited El Salvador, then Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Guatemala, with the LBJ Ranch finale planned after leaving the region. Israel says Egypt uses peacekeeping as a negotiating delay tactic. Paris police end student siege at Rue des Saints Peres medical school. last major Bastion falls. Ohio seeks 70 year old nominees on Nov 5 ballots after court rulings. Taft names 34 member panel to revise Ohio court rules.
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Guatemala
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Paris
University of Paris
Rue Des Saints — Peres
France
Senatorial candidate Gilligan keynote at Democratic dinner
Page 2 reports Gilligan selected as keynote speaker for a Democratic event during a lengthy Fourth of July holiday in Athens County. The item notes a sequence of mishaps and a running gun control bill discussion on later pages, with local references to Athens Legion baseball and related activities.
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Athens County
HOUSE
Athens Legion
Ovis Cacipas Vasecessistsi Sehse
Tragedy In Point Pleasant: Four Children And Aunt Die In Fire
Four children and their aunt died in a blaze on Shirley Road near Route 2. Names identified: Frances McCane 24, Betty Jo Allen about four or five, Leona Allen six, Bobby Allen four or five, William Allen 16. Babysitter Frances McCane and her sister’s children perished. mother Velma Allen was a student teacher in South Charleston. Firefighters arrived after 8:15 a.m.. neighbor Mrs. Clarence Durst reported smoke earlier. Bodies taken to Crow-Hassell Funeral Home.
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Shirley Road
Route 2
Frances McCane
Betty Jo Allen
Leona Allen
Bobby Allen
William Allen
Miss McCane
Velma Allen
South Charleston
Morris Harvey College
Leonard Allen
Kananga
Clarence Durst
CORE Convention Breaks Up Over Dispute and Defection
The Congress of Racial Equality recessed its national convention as delegates split over the group’s future. Sonny Carson led a Brooklyn chapter out, threatening to form a separate civil rights group, criticizing CORE as a tool for personal fame. McKissick’s replacement was not chosen amid calls to reconvene next month for a new constitution and a shift in leadership.
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Ohio
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Robert
Sonny” Carson
Brooklyn
Carson
Floyd Mckhissick
Roy Innis
McKissick
Innes
Innis
Maryland
Florida
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Philadelphia
Kansas City
General Electric Co
Cassius Clay Seeks Supreme Court Review of Draft Conviction
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay asks the U S Supreme Court to examine his conviction for refusing to be drafted in a historical context and overturn it.
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Washington
Cassius Clay
U. S. Supreme Court
Wallace seeks Ohio ballot path via court challenge
Wallace vows to place his name on the Ohio ballot and will go to the U S Supreme Court if needed to let Ohioans vote for him. He plans July 20 signature drives for a third party, seeking 433 100 signatures, but Ohio Secretary of State Ted Brown says the filing deadline has passed and will not approve petitions. An aide says the issue will be taken to court.
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Dayton
Ohio
George C. Wallace
U. S. Supreme Court
Ted W. Brown
Brown
July Fourth Toll on Ohio Highways Hits 42
The Fourth of July traffic toll in Ohio rose to 42 deaths from Wednesday evening to Sunday midnight, surpassing forecasts. Fatal crashes included a Montgomery County two car blaze killing four aboard and a West Virginia family killed on U S 52 near Manchester when their car veered off after a possible sleep loss. A Penn Central freight collision near Alliance claimed a mother and her two children.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Montgomery County
Dayton
Ohio Highway Patrol
Thomas McLaughlin
Fairborn
Hal Long
Mad River Township
Long
Gloria
Joel
Bobby Braun
West Virginia
U. S. 52
Manchester
McCarthy Won't Become Fourth Party Candidate
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy says he would not run as an independent if he loses the Democratic nomination but could back a fourth party effort under conditions. He may cancel plans to visit Paris for talks with North Vietnamese diplomats if it interrupts peace negotiations. Humphrey backs McCarthy if he becomes the Democratic nominee, while Nixon claims the Democratic machine and primary support favor his own November candidacy. Rockefeller criticizes the Johnson administration on transportation policy, urging urgent action as president.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Paris
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
12 Nations Form Standby Credit Pact For Pound
London AP reports 12 central banks except France agreed to join a new insurance scheme to defend Britain's pound from speculators after Basel talks. No size given for the standby credits, but estimates range from 2 to 2.4 billion dollars, covering about a third of Britain's overseas sterling liabilities. The pound jumped on London and Zurich markets, trading near 2.3862 dollars and closing above the 2.3825 threshold that triggers BoE support.
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France
Britain
Bank of England
Basel
Switzerland
Zurich
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