Crew Stays the Same on LBJ's Ship of State
AP analysis compares Johnson and Truman transitions after sudden presidencies. Johnson inherits 14 months left from Kennedy term and plans cabinet testing while seeking 1964 election. Administration moves to close or shrink 26 bases, prompting congressional reaction and economic pressure.
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Mourn Dead First President Theodor Heuss
Flags across West Germany flew at half staff for Theodor Heuss 79 who died in Stuttgart after a circulatory failure. Parliament honored him with a moment of silence and leaders praised his postwar work to restore Germany’s civil standing. Heuss will be buried beside his wife Elly. successor Heinrich Luebke called him a great statesman.
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ICC approves merger forming Seaboard Coastline Rail Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the merger of Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line Railroads. The new system will be Seaboard Coastline Railroad with ACL as holding company and Seaboard as surviving entity. Murphys praise efficiency and cost cuts amid rail competition. ACL spans 5500 miles from Richmond to Florida, Seaboard covers 4100 miles from Richmond to Miami and Homestead. Frances Fincke Hand, 87, widow of Judge Learned Hand, dies after active suffrage years and late life pneumonia. survived by three daughters.
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