Drought and Fires Grip Large Parts of the Nation
Drought and wildfires flag many regions from the Northeast to the Midwest with hay shortages and livestock feed declines. Great Lakes water levels fall as communities face shortages, while Indiana Illinois drought losses may reach 35 to 50 million dollars. Some storms bring rare rain, including Hutchinson Kansas and Miami Florida reports.
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Shotgun approach to jobs under Ohio development plan
Ohio’s Little Hoover Commission criticizes the Department of Development as vague with a shotgun approach to objectives. It urges focused goals to increase employment, recommends using existing state and federal data, placing printing under information, and using bids through the State Bindery. Gov Rhoden aims to create 200,000 new jobs.
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Ohio
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Algeria Mobilizes as Ben Bella Decrees General Draft
Thousands answer President Ahmed Ben Bella's mobilization decree amid renewed fighting with Morocco. About 130,000 former soldiers called to report for service, with volunteers flocking to Algiers barracks. Authorities seek settlement despite war fever. officials say crisis unlikely to escalate to war.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
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Ben Bella
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Park Is Apparent Winner In Korea
In Seoul a spokesman for Yun Po-sun’s Civil Rule party conceded, while Park’s camp urged unity. Unofficial counts show Park leading by about 92,216 votes with 4,471,300 to 4,379,084 for Yun, plus 780,201 for three minor anti-government candidates.
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Korea
Yun Po-sun
Civil Rule Party
Chung Hee Park
Yun
Park
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White Segregationist Tops Negro In Voling Voling
In Albany Georgia a 45 year old white segregationist won the Democratic mayoral nomination in a racially charged race. James V Davis led with 7220 votes as Slater King and Edward V Jones followed. Davis pledged to advance colored people within segregation while King urged biracial talks. Voter turnout exceeded 11500 amid 1200 arrests in two years of demonstrations. The city of 58000 has about 24000 Negro residents and 4600 Negro voters. A five day forecast follows with warm, mostly fair weather and little rain.
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Slater King
Edward V. Jones
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Strike Reaches Seventeenth Day At Marietta Plant
Workers at the Marietta Manufacturing Co strike entered the seventeenth day with the plant idle since October 1 over a time study check. Seven craft contracts expired October 8 and officials report no meetings scheduled.
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Marietta Manufacturing Co
Ohio Task Force Seeks Industry Across Nation
Lt. Gov. John Brown will lead a 20 member Ohio task force aiming to attract industry. The group will tour the New York City area for a week starting November 11 and plans trips to Illinois California Missouri and possibly Southern states next year.
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Weapons In Space Ban Is Assured
United States and the Soviet Union win overwhelming U N approval for a ban on orbiting nuclear weapons in space. The 111 nation committee adopts a resolution outlawing nuclear armed satellites paving the way for General Assembly passage. The step follows an Oct 3 agreement by Rusk Gromyko and Home.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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Mirror Folds In New York
The financially distressed New York Mirror ceases publication after 39 years and some assets are sold to the New York Daily News. John Hearst Jr. laments the loss, citing the toll on his family legacy amid the paper’s demise. Washington reports unemployment fell to 3.5 million in September but shows little change in the job outlook from August with modest near-term expectations.
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Pearson government survives two more votes of confidence
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and his minority Liberal government surviving two additional no confidence votes Tuesday night. Moscow reports the season's first snowfall gracing the city as cold weather settles in.
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Lester B. Pearson
Democrats May Trim The National Convention
The Democratic National Committee may reduce its size and alter voting rules for 1964. A subcommittee led by Jacob Arvey is studying options such as bonuses for Kennedy states, population basis plus bonuses, and the one man one vote concept. In 1960 the Los Angeles convention authorized 3042 delegates producing 1521 votes.
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Erhard Becomes West Germany Chancellor After Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard was elected chancellor by the Bundestag 279 to 180 to succeed Konrad Adenauer. The 66 year old economics minister inherits a coalition run government and will take the oath today before presenting his cabinet to President Heinrich Luebke Thursday. Erhard vows to uphold Western alliance policy and German reunification while pursuing reconciliation with France.
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Konrad Adenauer
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Gerhard Schroeder
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Kennedy urges milder civil rights bill version
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy asks the House Judiciary Committee to pare the bill to the milder proportions urged four months ago by President Kennedy. He argues a softer bill can pass by year’s end, while a strengthened version risks alienating liberal supporters and potentially creating a national police force. The measure must move through House Rules, Senate, and conference committees before final passage.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Laotian Assembly Extends Premier Souvanna Powers
The Laotian national assembly extended Premier Souvanna Phouma's extraordinary powers for another year in a brief session. The measure solidifies his authority amid postwar instability and consolidates leadership in the capital.
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Vietiane
Laos
Laotian National Assembly
Souvanna Phouma
Hourly hot line tests link Pentagon and Kremlin
The so called hot line between Washington and Moscow conducts hourly teletype tests to ensure alert readiness in case of emergency. Since opening Aug 30, any Kennedy Khrushchev talks remain undisclosed. Officials hint a test once described Moscow sunset. In Venezuela, police arrest 60 Communists over alleged school system panic threats.
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British troops held on Berlin Autobahn by Soviets for nine hours
A British military convoy of nine vehicles carrying 28 men was halted at Babelsberg near Berlin by Soviet forces for nine hours. The blockade ended after the Russians dropped the demand that soldiers dismount to be counted, with a second checkpoint at Marienborn still ahead. A U S convoy faced no similar delay.
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Potsdam
Truck Slams Into Pole Cracking Gas Line On Ohio 16
A Logan-bound tractor-trailer from New Philadelphia struck a power pole on Ohio 16 after a front tire blew out. The cab burned. driver Don Kiener of Dover, 25, escaped. Firefighters from Frazersburg and Hanover responded to the scene. The truck carried 19 tons of salt to the Logan Water Works.
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