Johnson Visits St. Louis During Bicentennial Week
President Johnson visited St Louis for the citys 200th birthday celebration amid large crowds and heavy security. He greeted about 2500 fans at Lambert Field, toured to the Gateway Arch, spoke at St Louis University to 4000, and announced Stan Musial will head the nations physical fitness program. Dignitaries including Herve Alphand Gov Dalton and Mayor Tucker attended.
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Johnson
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Gateway
Mississippi River
St. Louis Cardinal
Stan Musial
Musial
Cardinals
Stan
Herve Alphand
John M. Dalton
Raymond R. Tucker
Critics Chided In Main Address After Banquet
President Johnson used a St Louis banquet speech to defend U S image while urging fair debate of differences at home and abroad. He warned against political gain from baseless denunciation and stressed progress, freedom, and unity in cities and nations. He offered no specific targets.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Johnson
America
United States
Bilingual Marks On Canada's Freight Cars
Canada introduces bilingual markings on 100000 railroad freight cars with French on one side and English on the opposite side, aligning with official bilingual status.
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Montreal
Canada
Nossenko seeks asylum in United States after Geneva escape
Soviet secret police defector Yuri I Nossenko told Washington officials he wants political asylum in the United States and will be interviewed by Soviet representatives. State Department said the request will be granted and noted Nossenko is in the United States. The case triggered Cold War tensions as Moscow protested to Washington and Geneva officials.
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Yuri I. Nossenko
United States
State Department
Richard ¥. Phillips
Nossenko
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Moscow
Lnhead
KGB
Richard S. Phillips
Phillips
Kremlin
Demonstrators Arrested Picketing President at St. Louis
About 100 civil rights demonstrators were arrested Friday night as they marched toward the Chase Park Plaza Hotel where President Johnson was to speak at St Louis 200th birthday events. CORE had planned the protest to spotlight racial unrest. police confined demonstrators with nightsticks unused.
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Johnson
St. Louis
Committee of Racial Equality
Chase Park Plaza
Forest Park
West St. Louis
Rodney Weiss
Weiss
Lady Bird Johnson Receives Valentine Greetings En Route
President Johnson phoned his wife to wish her a happy Valentine as she rode in a White House limousine toward a Heart Association luncheon in Rock Creek Park. The event drew about 1400 guests, with pink decor and a fashion show, before Mrs. Johnson returned to the White House.
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Johnson
Heart Association
White House
Rock Creek Park
Executive Mansion
Johnsons
St. Louis
Bus Crash Kills Fifteen in Bolivia Ravine
COCHABAMBA Bolivia AP report says a bus plunged from a mountain road into a ravine near here Thursday killing fifteen passengers and injuring thirty five, twenty two seriously. Local rescue teams recovered victims and transported the injured to area hospitals.
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Cochabamba
Bolivia
Beatles decline in British top ten chart
London AP reports the Beatles have no record in the British top ten for the first time in 11 months. Their hit I Want to Hold Your Hand peaks at seven, just three places ahead of their first single.
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London
British Spending To Set Record In 1964 65 Budget
London AP reports the British government expects record spending for 1964 65 totaling eight billion pounds 22.4 billion dollars. Ordinary budget estimates reach 6 549 000 000 pounds 18 337 20 000 with a 0 7 percent rise over the current year. An additional 2 000 000 000 pounds 5.6 billion is required for debt service and other government payments.
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London
Reginald Maudling
Guantanamo stand changed reporters invited to fly to base
Washington AP The Defense Department abruptly altered course and invited a pool of reporters and photographers to fly to Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. Three days earlier the Pentagon had said government sponsored transport of newsmen to Guantanamo was not in the national interest. A spokesman could not explain the change. Eleven newsmen from wire services newspapers magazines radio and television planned to depart by air late Friday night.
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Defense Department
Ter
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Pentagon
United States
Guantanamo
Naval Base
National Airlines Walkout Looms After Mediation Fails
National Airlines faces a likely shutdown at one minute after midnight as the National Mediation Board declines to certify White House intervention. About 1,800 clerical workers are affected, with 2,000 based in Miami and a $15 million annual payroll. Union seeks a $60 across the board raise, while the company offers a $36 to $51 monthly scale over three years.
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Pla
National Airlines
National Mediation Board
White House
Warren Lane
NMB
Air Line Employer Association
National
Basketball scores from local games
NEL St. Joe's (P) 58, St. Joe's {NA} 51. Wahconah 54, SBL Lee 71. Lenox 70, Williams 7. Mount Everett 95, Chester 46. North Adams 82, Keene 72. Cincinnati 126, New York 114. Adams 73, Wahconah 54. Searles 53, Lenox 70. Drury 67, Adams 73. College North Adams 82, Keene 72. NBA game results listed.
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Wittsfield
Drury
Adams
Wahconah
SBL
Lee
Searles
Lenox
Williams
Mount Everett
Chester
College North Adams
Keene
NBA Cincinnati
New York
Four Killed and Two Wounded by Gunman Near Athens
Four members of the Wildman family are dead and two relatives wounded in a rural residence about six miles west of Athens. Sheriff deputies hunt Rudy Amoroso, 20, said to be armed with two guns and living with the family. Victims include Eugene Wildman and Geneva Pierce. Pat Pierce, 22, and Danny Pierce were treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital in fair and good condition respectively.
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Athens
Ohio
Rudy Amoroso
Wildman
Eugene
Geneva Pierce
Pat
Danny Pierce
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Woman testifies on rail plan delaying son’s 50 mile trip
In Wolverton England a mother told an inquiry that a six hour forty minute journey from her son's home to London would result if Castle Thorpe station closes under the government railway reorganization. She contrasted it with stagecoach travel 120 years ago and no action was taken on her bequest.
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Wolverton
England
CPT
London
Castle Thorpe
Khrushchev warns farmers on mass dismissals for old methods
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told farm bureaucrats to adopt Western science and practices or be replaced, urging immediate streamlining of farm administration. He defended studying capitalist advances, warned against distortions in the corn campaign, and outlined plans tied to fertilizers and new research into Western science. He also attacked CIA growth estimates and Chinese Communist leaders as Trotskyites.
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Kiushchev
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CIA
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