Scranton launches six state delegate chase in GOP race
Gov. William W. Scranton opens a six state quest for delegates to the Republican national convention. He plans stops in Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri and Massachusetts. He says he can win and aims to pull back Goldwater delegates with daily speeches and person to person outreach.
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Scranton
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Peka
Kan
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Louis
Denver
Colo
Massachusetts
16 Year Old Must Undergo Surgery After Beating
Ronald Fry, 16, of Pomeroy Route 1, was beaten and forced off Forest Run Rd near Maplewood Lake by a West Virginia car. He suffers a broken collar bone facial fractures and an injured eye. He was hospitalized at Meigs Memorial and then Columbus before surgery and recovery at a local hospital.
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University Hospital
Ronald Fry
Marsha Capehart
Fry
Meigs Memorial Hospital
Columbus Hospital
Eva Hysell
West Virginia
Maplewood Lake
Hysell
Forest Run Rd
George Hicks
Hicks
Capehart
Columbus
Lodge Term Resignation Reports Totally Untrue
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Saigon calls resignation rumors totally untrue. Reports cited NYT and ABC claims he would leave within 30 days for health, which the White House and Lodge deny. Lodge, 61, held a write in NH primary lead and back Scranton support move via son George.
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South Viet Nam
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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New York Times
White House
Johnson
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Charles P. Arnot
United States
New Hampshire
San Francisco
George Cabot Lodge
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Gov. Scranton
John F. Kennedy
Supreme Court orders equal population in state legislatures
The Supreme Court rules that state legislatures must be apportioned by population in both houses. Chief Justice Warren says equal protection requires honest efforts to keep districts as equal as practicable and that voting power should not be unconstitutionally diluted. The ruling comes from Alabama cases. Actress Joan Crawford is hospitalized with a respiratory infection but listed in good condition.
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Cedars of Lebanon
Bus drivers strike cripples Los Angeles transit system
Police feared a massive traffic jam as more than 2,500 bus drivers walked out of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, halting service across four counties. Riders, some traveling 25 miles, faced limited alternatives while officers redirected traffic with helicopters and expanded motorcycle patrols. The strike, led by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, disrupted daily travel for over 500,000 riders.
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Los Angeles
Metropolitan Transit Authority
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Haiti Dictator Duvalier Refuses Loose Rule For Life
Haiti leader Francois Papa Doc Duvalier, 57, pledged to rule with firmness and savagery after a rare public appearance following a vote to elect him president for life.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier
Six Drown Over State Weekend In Ohio
Drowning replaced traffic accidents as the major killer in Ohio over the weekend. From 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday at least six persons died by drowning in the state, while traffic deaths were three. At least three additional fatalities occurred in miscellaneous mishaps.
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Columbus
Ohio
Khrushchev Heads Nordic Tour Push for Nuclear Ban
Soviet Premier Khrushchev left Moscow for an 18 day Scandinavian swing through Denmark Norway and Sweden to press for a ban on nuclear weapons in central Europe Scandinavia and the Baltic as part of a broader effort to curb arms in NATO and East Germany.
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Copenhagen
Europe
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Denmark
Norway
Sweden
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Scandinavia
West Germany
NATO
Court Expands Fifth Amendment Protection Statewide
The Supreme Court rules that the Fifth Amendment against self incrimination applies to state as well as federal proceedings. Justice Brennan writes the majority, saying the Connecticut Supreme Court erred in denying the petitioner's privilege claim under 14th Amendment standards.
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Supreme Court
Connecticut
High Court
William J. Brennan
Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors
Auto Crash Kills Former Meigs Youth
A Meigs County youth William Jackson Jr. 17 was killed in a Saturday night auto crash in Gila Bend Arizona. His 15 year old brother James remains in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital. Their ambulance service father rushed to the scene unaware the victims were his sons. Surviving relatives include another brother Steven a sister Vickie and grandmothers Minnie Louise Jackson and Golda Yeanger. Services will be in Gila Bend.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Gila Bend
Ariz
William Jackson, Jr
James
Phoenix
Steven
Vickie
Minnie Louise Jackson
Golda Yeanger
Missile launches from Vandenberg on Pacific range
The Air Force announced the morning launch of a Minuteman ICBM from Vandenberg AFB California. Initial data showed the missile steered toward a preselected target over 5000 miles away. This marked the 49th launch in the series.
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Air Force Today
Pacific Missile Range
Boys State Assembly To Hear Gov Rhodes At 8 P.M.
Ohio Governor James H Rhodes will address Buckeye Boys State at an 8 p.m. assembly in Bird Arena Athens as 1300 youths begin the mock government program. Gregory L McKenzie leads the Nationalist Party sweep for top offices with 780 votes to 504 for Bruce Core. Other Nationalists win major posts while Atlas Jones tops the Federalists for state treasurer. The bar exam results show 448 candidates passed with one Supreme Court member failing.
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Cincinnati
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Nationalist Party
Bruce Core
Washington Court House
Atlas Jones
Chillicothe
Jones
James Sell
Leesville
Geoffrey Utterback
Alliance
Robert Stacy
Fairborn
William Liber
Samuel Skidmore
Louis Schwartz
Warren
Robert Brown
Mansfield
Kenneth Moore
Youngstown
Bryan Moore
State Supreme Court
James Vanzant
Bainbridge
General Assembly
Hetuk
Bay State
Supreme Court
Keating Says Soviets Halt Cuba Troop Withdrawal
Senator Kenneth B. Keating of New York states the Soviet Union has stopped withdrawing troops from Cuba, signaling stalled progress in the crisis.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Soviet Union
Cuba
Goldwater Aims for 56 Texas Delegates in Nominating Run
Texas voters will designate 56 Republican delegates to the national convention with Goldwater favored to win all in Texas and most of Montana. Scranton campaigns seek uncommitted or opposing delegates while Nixon keeps options open if chosen to break a deadlock. The Arizona senator leads with 619 votes to reach 655, as conventions in several states yield mixed support.
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Barry Goldwater
Texas
Arizona
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Goldwater
Associated Press
Montana
San Francisco
Idaho
Utah
New Mexico
Virginia
Missouri
Connecticut
Maryland
Minnesota
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Civil rights bill nears passage as Senate prep rises
Senate leaders push to pass the civil rights bill this week with a vote likely by Wednesday or Thursday. Southern foes concede victory but seek revisions to public accommodation and private employment provisions. House measures await Senate action, including a $533 million federal pay increase bill and potential hearings on Johnson's $962 million anti poverty program.
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Washington
Senate
Barry Goldwater
Denison Kitchel
Goldwater
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Johnson
Desert Strike War Games Cost 54 Million Dollars
The Desert Strike joint Army Air Force mock war in California Arizona and Nevada cost about 54 million dollars, the Pentagon said. About 27.9 million covered commercial transport of armor and heavy equipment. The exercise allowed two armored divisions to maneuver freely and test tactical nuclear weapon use and joint air ground operations.
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iPi
Far West
Associated Press
California
Arizona
Nevada
Pentagon
Paper Strike Talks Sought in Columbus
Federal mediator George F. Bell hopes to arrange a negotiating session this week between union and management over Columbus newspaper strikes. The walkout began a week ago over a management pension proposal, with no progress reported to date.
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Columbus
George F. Bell
Two Men Beaten After Broadside On Broadway
In New York on Broadway two men attacked two Black people over alleged mistreatment of their wives. Eight Black bystanders mobbed and defeated the assailants minutes later as hundreds of strollers watched. A bystander called police but the attackers had fled before officers arrived.
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