Johnson drops Kennedy from VP mix amid wide cull
President Johnson ousts Atty. Gen. Kennedy and other top contenders for the Democratic vice presidency. Johnson signals Humphrey or McCarthy as likely running mate though only six hours after a quick briefing. Secretaries Rusk Freeman and others receive personal refusals. Kennedy says prospects are slight after White House visit.
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Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Robert S. McNamara
U.N
Adla‘n Stevenson
Atlantic City
N.J
White House
Burr Oak Master Plan Is Approved
The State Controlling Board approved a $12 180 master plan for Burr Oak Park in Athens and Morgan counties. The plan seeks funds to expand campsite space and sewage facilities with an expanded beach in planning. The board also authorized over $1 million for various state institutions, including $11 700 for Athens State Hospital to replace a 10 inch water line from standpipe to meter, with the old line kept for emergency use.
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Morgan Counties
Associated Press
Department of Natural Resources
Athens State Hospital
Ranger 7 lunar photos show clear detail before impact
Spacecraft Ranger 7 sent six working cameras capturing 4000 stills from 1300 miles above the moon. Images to be released within 24 hours after scientists study them, with experts noting light and shadow detail and potential features the size of a Volkswagen.
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Ranger
Harris M. Schurmeier
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Schurmeier
Homer Newell
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johnson
Newell
Goldstone
Three Held in Ohio Check Forgery Ring
Columbus detectives and Ohio Highway Patrol arrested three men over a scheme that forged and cashed checks stolen from the state auditor’s data processing center. Joseph Morgan Daniels Sr., 44, confessed to cashing 11 checks. 1576 faulty checks worth 437 806 dollars vanished prior to destruction. A fired 22 year old auditor employee and two others deny involvement.
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Ohio Highway Patrol
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Joseph Morgan Daniels Sr
Daniels
State Auditor’s
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Charge says Red Chinese advisors led Cai Be attack
South Viet Nam charged that Red Chinese advisers directed regulars from Communist North Viet Nam in the Mekong delta assault on Cai Be on July 20. Raiders killed 16 women and 24 children and wounded 40 others, with about 40 troops killed or wounded. The government claimed Red Chinese advisers shouted commands during the battle.
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
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U.S
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North Viet Nam
Red China
Goldwater fears assassination during California vacation
Barry Goldwater vacationing at Bohemian Grove near Monte Rio while his sons disclose fears of an assassination attempt. Barry Jr and Mike cite heightened security after Honolulu remarks about possible threats from fanatical opponents. Goldwater arrives from Washington and avoids press at Santa Rosa Airport.
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Goldwater
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Herbert Hoover Jr
Barry Jr
Mike
Honolulu
Dad
Washington
Santa Rosa
GOP
Bliss To Remain Chief In Ohio GOP
Ray Bliss of Akron will stay on indefinitely as Republican state chairman and lead Ohio’s Goldwater campaign. A telegram from Goldwater said the campaign in Ohio will be run through the Republican State Central Committee with Bliss directing fund-raising and citizen campaigns.
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Ray Bliss
Akron
Barry Goldwater
Ohio
Bliss
Goldwater
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Republican State Finance Committee
Sinatra Case Attorneys Are Set Free
Los Angeles based attorneys Gladys Towles Root and George A Forde were freed without bail after arraignment on charges including influencing, intimidating and impeding a witness perjury and obstructing justice. They represented two of three men linked to the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping earlier this year. Plea set for Aug. 31.
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Gladys Towles Root
George A. Forde
Administration of Justice
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Root
Forde
John William Irwin
Miss Universe semifinalists rehearse after Nigeria collapse
Beauty queens from 15 nations gathered in Miami Beach for Saturdays finals while Edna Park Miss Nigeria sobbed and collapsed backstage after not making the cut. She cried for about 30 minutes and was carried to a dressing room. In New Delhi India a cholera epidemic has 202 deaths since July 1.
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Fla
Edna Park
Nigeria
Miss Park
New Delhi
India
Appalachia Aid Plan Approved to Debated Floor
The House Public Works Committee backed a revised 1 billion Appalachian Development program for 11 states including West Virginia and parts of Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maryland North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia. It would run to 1970 with 840 million for highways and 237.2 million for public works mine restoration and vocational education. Republican opposition warned of floor fights as six South Carolina counties and nine in Ohio and Kentucky were added.
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House Public Works Committee
Johnson
Appalachia
Rules Committee
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Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
William C. Cramer
Florida
Appalachian Development Corporation
Forces quell Lumpa rebellion in Northern Rhodesia
Government reports heavy Lumpa casualties after troops mopped up the sects headquarters and clashed in Chinsali district. Sixty five Lumpas killed and 50 wounded in a March operation. reports claim 200 villagers murdered nearby and Alice Lenshina remains elusive.
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Northern Rhodesia
Chinsali
Rhodesia
Britain
Lumpa
Alice Lenshina
Stone
Alice
Mine Taps Raise Hopes For Survivors In France
In Champagne Marie area the lime stone mine beneath Mt Riv el, Chantagne, France, shows renewed hope four days after a cave in. Tapping heard for hours at regular intervals last night and this morning, with a drill set above the spot. Nine rescued miners receive food and clothing as two missing men were last known to be in a tunnel that collapsed with fourteen men entombed.
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Champagnole
France
Mt. Rivel
Albrecht Wins Charity Raffle Dog Prize in San Bernardino
Fred Albrecht, a San Bernardino dog catcher, bought the last ticket in the Elks Club charity raffle and won a pedigreed six-week-old Brittany spaniel. He clearly knows his dogs.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Fred Albrecht
Elks Club
Albrecht
Edie Adams Plans Aug 16 Beverly Hills Wedding
Edie Adams widow of Ernie Kovacs told friends she will marry Martin Hager Mills, music publishing executive, August 16 at her Beverly Hills home. The couple solidifies plans in Hollywood social circles.
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Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Martin Hager Mills
Miss Adams
Beverly Hills
House approves wilderness preservation system bill
The House passes a national wilderness preservation bill by 373 to 1 with allowances for limited grazing, mining, and prospecting on designated wilderness lands.
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June cost of living up modestly as prices rise
The Labor Department reported a two tenths of one percent rise in the cost of living for June driven by seasonal increases in food prices.
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Washington
Labor Department
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