War on Poverty Passes Senate Now Faces House
President Johnson’s war on poverty bill wins Senate approval by about two to one and heads to the House Rules Committee. The measure authorizes an 840 million dollar Appalachian highway program and 10 state funding. includes job corps, community action financing, and support for farmers and small businesses.
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West Virginia
Peace Returns as CORE Pickets Face Jeering Crowd in NYC
Police guard two riot damaged Manhattan districts after peaceful CORE led picketing to protest police brutality. An inspector was struck in the eye by a stone, a commissioner survived an egg shower, and seven whites were arrested for disorderly conduct as clashes continued near police headquarters.
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Michael J. Murphy
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Bandit Snatches $30000 From Fairmont Credit Union
Clarence L. Baker, treasurer of the Fairmont United Federal Credit Union, reports a bandit grabbed a bag with $30,000 and fled with a female accomplice in a light colored 1956 or earlier model car. The robbery follows another regional hold up this month, July 3.
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Air Crash Kills Three From Mansfield Ohio
A single engine Cessna 172 crashed on the Harriman estate near Harriman New York killing three men from Ohio. Charles Scott 50 mayor of Mansfield James McGinty 56 Mansfield pilot and Edmund Brumigan 50 Novelty Ohio. McGinty sought to take off on a dirt road when the crash occurred after an emergency landing for fuel.
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Cleveland
Maria Callas to Return as Tosca at the Met
Rudolf Bing announced soprano Maria Callas will reprise Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera next season after a dispute earlier in the year. The 1958 incidents centered on her rights to choose performances and dates.
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Rudolf Bing
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Vocational Education Expansion Studied In Three Counties
Logan and Hocking schools repair facilities and recruit teachers as part of a region wide vocational education expansion under review. Industry and universities in Ohio Valley urged to cooperate to support growth. Reds finally defeat the Mets in a low scoring clash.
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Big Three Automakers Report Record Sales and Profits
General Motors Chrysler and Ford report record quarterly profits and high sales as economic activity boosts consumer confidence. GM earned 602 million in Q2, Ford 179.7 million, Chrysler 60.6 million, with per share gains cited.
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Comedian Henry Morgan Walks Off Mike Douglas Show
Henry Morgan walked off KYW TV’s Mike Douglas Show as Samuel H. Sheppard and his wife Ariane appeared. Sheppard, convicted of his first wife Marilyn’s 1954 murder, discussed life in prison and plans to reapply for his medical license while attorney F Lee Bailey stood nearby. Morgan criticized the program’s lineup before exiting.
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Kenley
Life of Drudgery Ends in Record Divorce Settlement
Mrs. Ednah Race Capron, 74, receives an interim divorce decree and a $16 million settlement from husband George H. Capron amid claims of cruelty after a 55 year marriage. She testified of frugal living, denial of care, and her husband’s secret $30 million fortune built through property trades. Capron retains option to buy back Laguna Niguel land with a $16 million cashier’s check by late February 1965. Columbus brief notes 8000 Ohio National Guard troops on two weeks active duty at Camp Grayling.
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Laguna Beach
California
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Horace E. Dodge Jr
Columbus
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio National Guard
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Michigan
Goldwater and LBJ Face Civil Rights Tensions in Campaign
Goldwater and President Johnson meet amid sharp words on civil rights. Goldwater votes against Johnson’s poverty program, says no formal pact to keep civil rights out of politics, aims for broad discussion to avoid trouble. He opposes parts of the Civil Rights Act but pledges to let the law work.
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Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Arizona
Goldwater
Senate
White House
Little Girl Found Wandering After Midnight Heat
In Gallipolis a three year old girl wandered from home in a white quilt and panties at 2 a.m. She was found by Mrs. Delores Magnani and taken to the police station before being returned to a missing-child report later that morning. Father Cheryl Day was notified and retrieved his child.
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Delores Magnani
State St., Extension
Walter Plants
Day
Clashes Shrink as Singapore Riots Leave 19 Dead
Singapore reports 19 dead as Chinese and Malays clash for a fourth day in a state of emergency. Police and troops quell daily curfew breaches, with hundreds injured and over a thousand arrested amid mounting tensions. Lee Kuan Yew blames Malay extremists for the unrest.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Midwest leaders seek more government R and D contracts
Governors and senators from 12 Midwest states led by Ohio met in a bipartisan effort to secure greater government research and development contracts for the region.
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Midwest
Ohio
Fourth ambush in South Vietnam kills American soldier
Saigon reports the Communist forces conducted a fourth ambush of the week in South Vietnam Thursday night. An American Special Forces enlisted man was killed and a U.S. officer was wounded.
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