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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
10
Atlantic City critics note banners and souvenirs praising Lyndon B. Johnson with LBJ hats and buttons along the Boardwalk. A convention hall sign announces the Democrats will begin choosing their presidential candidate next week, with 502 meetings scheduled citywide this year.
New York Stock Exchange data show continued high trading volume in 25 leading issues during the first half of 1964, with many names recurring from 1962. Automakers remain strong, American Telephone and Telegraph falls then rises to sixth, while Texas Gulf Sulphur surges after Canada land deposit reports.
Beersheba based Sheik Su leiman Al Huzail seeks an American wife with a $50,000 prize and one year in his oasis harem. Marie Miller, 23, divorced mother of two, cables interest hoping for financial security for her children. The sheik, in his mid-70s with 140 children, claims Bedouin royalty and assets exceeding $12 million.
The Senate Judiciary Committee designated October 12 Columbus Day as the faction's ninth official holiday along with New Year's Day Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Veterans' Day Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Grady Lee Steen, 26, drove through Spartanburg with a brunette in a night gown on the hood of his car. Joyce Kay LeFevres and Stacy Lavern Bigham, both from Kannapolis, were arrested after the bizarre incident and turned over to the FBI on kidnaping charges.
Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island plans a platform plank endorsing 100 mile per hour rail service from Boston to Washington. The proposal, already championed in the Boston-Washington corridor, follows Johnson’s order for more technical studies and a Commerce Department endorsement.
A church bus on U S 101 near Camp Pendleton collided head on with three cars killing eight people including Debbie Rogers 12 adopted daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Sixty seven passengers were aboard and 56 were hospitalized after the 1943 bus struck a tire blowout and crossed into oncoming traffic. Joan Russell 8 also died along with six others riding in a station wagon.
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