Hurricane Alma Pummels Havana and Threatens Florida
Hurricane Alma slammed Havana with 85 mph sustained winds and 107 mph gusts, with torrential rains and hundreds of casualties in Central America. Forecasters warned Alma could move toward Fort Myers after brushing Florida Keys, prompting watches on both coasts and evacuations in Cuba.
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Fla
Alma
Havana
Florida
Weather Bureau
Fort Myers
Key West
Florida Keys
Cuba
Florida Straits
Daytona Beach
Atlantic
Cedar Key
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
Ami
Tavernier
Key Largo
Marchers Protected as Civil Rights Walk Continues
In Hernando Mississippi major civil rights leaders press on with James Meredith's 225 mile march to Jackson despite earlier shooting. Aubrey Norvell 40 Memphis man held on 25000 bond after wounding Meredith. Floyd McKissick says Chicago sympathizers will join. MLK predicts growing turnout. Gov Johnson calls for peaceful march and warns demonstrators to act non provocatively.
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Hernando
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Aubrey J. Norvell
Memphis
Meredith
Chicago
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ervin says Meredith shooting won’t rush civil rights bill
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr commented that the Meredith ambush will not hasten hearings on the administration civil rights bill. He noted the bill has many potential risks and cannot be moved quickly. House Republicans urged breaking the omnibus bill into a separate civil rights measure amid testimony by Atty. Gen. Katzenbach.
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
James H. Meredith
Nicholas Katzenbach
Ervin
House
Emanuel Celler
D-N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Reagan and Brown Win California Primaries
Ronald Reagan surged to the Republican nomination for California governor defeating George Christopher and Sam Yorty. Edmund G. Brown led Democrats as expected, defeating Yorty and maintaining a party edge into the runoff. Precinct totals show Reagan and Brown with large margins in their respective races.
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San Francisco
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
George Christopher
Los Angeles
Samuel W. Yorty
Brown
Yorty
Christopher
Hoffa Moves to Block Gibbons Power Grab at Union Meet
Teamsters President James R. Hoffa acts to derail Harold Gibbons bid for executive vice president as Hoffa faces possible prison. Hoffa says Gibbons will not run. 2200 delegates will reelect Hoffa at the July 4 Miami Beach convention.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Hoffa
Gibbons
Miami Beach
Supreme Court
Detroit
Frank Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Reams Criticizes Rhodes On Ohio Water Pollution
State Sen. Frazier Reams Jr. of Toledo accused Gov. James A. Rhodes of exaggerating Ohio’s success in Lake Erie pollution control. He said fresh water supplies are near contamination and criticized Board enforcement as lenient while urging a political upset in November.
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Mansfield
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Frazier Reams Jr
Toledo
Rhodes
Lake Erie
Reams
Richland County
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Toledoan
OU to Build Speech Building With Federal Grant
U S Representative Walter Moeller announced a 150 042 federal grant to Ohio University for a radio television speech and communication building. The 2 3 million project will be between Baker Center and the Speech Theater on College Street with state funds matching it. Architects have worked with faculty and OU officials as bids are planned for fall. TV facilities will move from the nearby Washington Street lot to the new building upon completion.
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U. S
Walter Moeller
Ohio University
Federal Office of Education
Ohio U
Vernon Alden
Baker Center
Speech Theater
College St. Alden
Laverne Lausche
E. Washington St. City Parking Lot
Service station attendant beaten robbed and shot in Columbus
A Payless service station attendant Kyle E. Chapman, 36, was accosted by two men early today on Columbus South Side, beaten, robbed of about 40 dollars, and shot twice. He remained in critical condition at Mercy Hospital. In Brussels the future role of 72000 French troops in Germany was debated as foreign ministers shifted decision to their governments amid a NATO crisis.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
101St Airborne Brigade
Columbus
Kyle E. Chapman
Columbus’ South Side
Mercy Hospital
Brussels
Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Josef Luns
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
GOP Gala Nets $250000 for Campaign Fund
At the Washington Hilton Tuesday night the GOP commemorated the party's 100th anniversary with Republic Ann the 250 pound elephant leading the event. Over 1200 tickets were sold at 250 each, raising about 250000 for the 1966 congressional campaign fund.
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Washington
Republic Ann
Republican Congressional Committee
Washington Hilton
GOP
Athens Street Paving Projects Near Completion
The Messenger reports two major Athens paving projects nearing completion while Athens High prepares to award diplomas to 169 graduates in Friday commencement exercises. The issue also notes Ohio University baseball players drafted by major league clubs and regional notices across Pomeroy Nelsonville Chauncey Logan and Logan area pages.
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Athens Street
Athens High
Sheppard
Hocking County
Scotto
Fae
Ohio University
Ohio lifts ban on Wonderful World of Ohio decanters
Liquor Director Donald Cook resumes sale of Jim Beam shaped decanters through state stores on special order after Gov. Rhodes’ ban and citizen complaints. Each case of 12 fifths costs 94.80 dollars to individuals. permit holders pay 82.90 dollars per case. Ohio has 1650 cases in stores, with orders limited to special procurement.
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Columbus
Donald Cook
Wonderful World of Ohio
Cook
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Eastland and four congressmen win in Mississippi primary
In Jackson Mississippi Senator James Eastland and four Democratic incumbents Thomas Abernethy Jamie Whitten John Bell Williams and William Colmer scored decisive re election victories. Negro turnout rose to a century high yet a Negro backed ticket captured only about 12 percent of the vote amid rising registration.
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Thomas Abernethy
Jamie Whitten
John Bell Williams
William Colmer
James H. Meredith
Karl E. Mundt
U. S. Senate
South Dakota
Richard Murphy
Sioux Falls
Dawn Wright
White Lake
Ohio bus purchase plan halted by dealers injunction
Ohio bus dealers and equipment firms filed a new injunction in Franklin County Court to stop the states centralized bus purchasing plan. The filing follows a May ruling that districts must buy buses by competitive bidding, with the board attempting a workaround. About 500 districts had participated under the May 9 cooperative bidding arrangement, now under challenge.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Education
E. E. Holt
Henry Holden
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Ohio Department of Education
Holt
Western Union Strike Halts Telegraphed Messages Nationwide
About 20 000 Western Union workers walked off their jobs at midnight in a dispute over wages and benefits. Supervisory personnel kept government and private communications functioning with no reported disruption. The CWA representing 3400 New York City area employees had an agreement earlier. The Athens office on 16 W Union St closed Wednesday morning with a sign reading this office temporarily used due to strike. CTU members blocked crossing lines in New York.
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Washington
Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Western Union
New York City
Athens
W. Union St
Vsea
New York
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