Governor Brown to Attend Governors Conference in Cleveland
California Governor Edmund Brown relaxes in a Cleveland hotel after arriving for the 56th Governors Conference. He announces Pierre Salinger has been invited and will likely attend Monday. Brown says past differences with Salinger are resolved and Salinger will receive party backing in November.
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California
Edmund
Pat” Brown
Cleveland
Pierre Salinger
Brown
Salinger
John F. Kennedy
U. S. Senate
Bank Bandit Captured in Delavan Heist
A middle aged man robbed the Farmers State Bank in Delavan and was captured when escape routes were blocked by bank employee Bob Greenwald. Clinton Jake Kesselring, 61, from Huntley Minn., was held by Faribault County authorities after a door chase and alert residents helped secure the arrest. The robber used a toy gun and wore a false nose mask. no customers were present and the cash amount was not learned.
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Delavan
Minn
Farmers State Bank
Faribault
Clinton
Jake) Kesselring
Huntley
Winnebago
al Heppner
Kesselring
Greenwald
Lady Attlee Dies After Collapse In England
Lady Attlee, 69, wife of former Prime Minister Clement Attlee, died Sunday night in Great Missenden England from a cerebral hemorrhage. She collapsed at home seven hours earlier.
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Great Missenden
England
Lady Attlee
Clemente Attlee
Gunfire chase in Amarillo ends in patrolman death and youth killings
In Amarillo a midnight chase at high speed left Patrolman William Meadows dead after a shotgun blast struck him through the windshield. A 14-year-old riding in a stolen pickup, Jimmy May, was killed, and an 11-year-old was wounded. The suspects, Felix Fesmire, 15, and an unnamed youth, fled after a ditch crash, with authorities tying the incident to a Boys Ranch departure and possible farm robbery.
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Amarillo
Tex
Jim Keith
William Meadows
Meadows
Jimmy May
Felix Fesmire
Sign mix up on Equitable Life building floors in Chicago
In downtown Chicago a street level view shows incorrect floor labels on the Equitable Life Assurance Society building. The 28th and 40th floor signs are swapped or missing, causing a double take for onlookers as construction crews work.
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Chicago
Equitable Life Assurrance Society
Goldwater Nears 600 Delegates as GOP Nominating Push Gains
Senator Barry Goldwater edges toward about 600 pledged delegates with 146 chosen in 10 states as conventions in Minnesota Maryland and Connecticut loom. Rockefeller Scranton Lodge Nixon and others hold scattered support while Indiana New York and Utah GOPs weigh endorsements and at large delegates.
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Larry Osius Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Associated Press
Goldwater
Montana
Texas
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William W. Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Margaret Chase Smith
Indiana
New York
Republican State Committee
Rockefeller
Minnesota
Maryland
Connecticut
Missouri
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Virginia
Senate
Donald C. Bruce
William G. Bray
Vance Hartke
Goldwater Calls No Coalition To Stop presidential bid
Barry Goldwater says Eisenhower Nixon and Scranton would need to oppose him to derail his run. He doubts such a move exists and notes they disavow any stop-Goldwater effort. He expects the nomination at the San Francisco convention and favors a balanced ticket with an Eastern moderate. Nixon says he will not join a stop-Goldwater movement.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Chester
Scranton
Johnson
Nixon
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Cleveland
Ohio
Johnson urges Swarthmore grads not to feel alien
President Johnson tells Swarthmore College graduates that government is not a major menace to liberty and urges them not to fear the future. He argues government can liberate individuals, cites civil rights and anti poverty aims, and counters fears about federal power while highlighting equality and opportunity.
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LBJ
Swarthmore Grads
Frank Cormier
Swarthmore
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Swarthmore College
Five Weekend Deaths Include Jazz Pianist Lux Lewis
Five people died in Minnesota traffic crashes over the weekend. Notably jazz pianist Lux Lewis, 58, of Los Angeles, was killed in a collision near Minneapolis after performing at a Golden Valley club. Other victims included Minneapolis youth Jimmy Dobbins, 19, and Stillwater resident John Melstrom, 24, with multiple injuries reported in St Paul and surrounding areas. The state toll for 1964 rose to 300.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Meade (Lux) Lewis
Minneapolis
Lewis
Jimmy Dobbins
Bates
Sherry Kerkendahl
Melody Hawes
Dobbins
Pauline K. Peters
Hastings
Minn
St. Paul
Deborah
Pemela
Son Durwood
John Melstrom
Stillwater
Lorraine Berggren
Katherine Deering
Shakopee
Waconia
Miss Minnesota Barbara Hasselberg Crowned in Rochester
Barbara Hasselberg, 20 of Bloomington, won the Miss Minnesota title at a state pageant in Rochester on Saturday night. She represents Bloomington where her father serves as mayor and is a junior at the university. She has dark brown hair blue eyes and a 35 22 35 figure.
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Barbara Hasselberg
Bloomington
Minnesota
Rochester
Hasselberg
Ing
The
University
Cloudburst hits Winthrop. seven inch rainfall causes damage
A cloudburst in Winthrop Minnesota unofficially measured at about seven inches, flooding basements and damaging corn and grain fields. The storm stalled dozens of cars along Highway 19 as winds knocked down a few trees in a narrow south central Minnesota strip.
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Winthrop
Minn
Minnesota
Highway 19
Gibbon
Name New Reformatory Head in Des Moines
Charles Haugh, 56, a federal penal official for 26 years, was named warden of the Men’s Reformatory in Des Moines. The State Board of Control set the appointment to take effect July 5 with a salary of 11 500 dollars per year.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Haugh
State Board of Control
Haugh
Madame Ngo to Return to U S After Coup
South Viet Nam first lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, toppled in a bloody coup, plans return to the United States as tensions ease and prospects for asylum unfold in New York and Washington.
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New York
Ngo Dinh Nhu
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Kate Smith Hospitalized After Plate Glass Door Cut
Singer Kate Smith, 55, was severely cut in a plate glass doorway incident in West Palm Beach. Dr. Walter R. Newbern said 25 stitches were needed to close the wounds. The accident occurred at a home where she has been in seclusion since the death of Ted Collins, her longtime manager and friend.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Kate Smith
Walter R. Newbern
Miss Smith
Ted Collins
Pilots Receive Orders to Fire Over Laos
U S jet fighter planes over Laos were ordered to fire on Communist military installations when needed to safeguard unarmed photo reconnaissance aircraft.
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Washington
U. S
Laos
Senators file cloture petition in civil rights showdown
Thirty-eight senators filed a petition to stop the Senate filibuster against the House civil rights bill. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield sent the petition to the desk and it will come to a vote one hour after the Senate meets on Wednesday.
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Connecticut
John Davis Lodge
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
Dodd
Idaho
South Carolina
House
Robert T. Ashmore
W.J.B. Dorn
Robert W. Hemphill
John Chadwick Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Johnson
Two Fishermen Drown In Weekend Incidents In Minnesota
In northern St Louis County near the Canadian border, Ancil Gookin and Charles L Snyder drowned over the weekend. Gookin 41 from Des Moines Iowa disappeared Sunday in the Vermillion River near Crane Lake. his son Jon 17 and James Vincent 42 survived after leaping from a failing motor launch. Snyder 30 from Britt Minnesota drowned after stepping into 15 feet of water while fishing from shore at Rams Head Lake, 17 miles northwest of Ely. Sheriff Dick Floyd described a motor failure that forced the trio to jump into rapids. divers were to search for Gookin’s body.
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Virginia
Minn
St. Louis County
Ancil Gookin
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles L. Snyder
Britt
Gookin
Vermillion River
Crane Lake
Jon
James Vincent
Cedar Falls
Dick Floyd
St. Louis
Jon Gookin
Vincent
Merle Thomas
Pine Lodge
Snyder
Rams Head Lake
Ely
Traffic Deaths State Today and Years Ago
A brief data note shows Iowa traffic deaths today at 307 with a count of 2 for a year-ago comparison. The page labels distinguish state totals and historical figures, highlighting shifts in fatality counts over time.
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State
Iowa
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