Wilkins Urges Democrats To Back New Rights Law
Civil rights leader Roy Wilkins urged Democratic platform writers to vow vigorous enforcement of the new civil rights act and provide a clear contrast to the GOP plank. He criticized the phrase leave civil rights matters to the states as the Goldwater standard and warned against condoning riots amid national deprivation.
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Wilkins
Washington
Roy Wilkins
Democratic
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pierre Pelham
Alabama
Barry Goldwater
Woman Burned In House Fire at Chebeague Island
Mrs Ruth Savage escaped with slight burns when an oil range exploded and ignited a fire that heavily damaged her 125 year old Cape Cod home in Chebeague Island. She had turned on the range and left the kitchen as flames swept through the house.
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Chebeague Island
Ruth Savage
Cape Cod
Communications Satellite Heads Toward Position Above Pacific
The Syncom 3 satellite launched from Cape Kennedy aims for a stationary point above the Pacific to relay Olympic TV to North America and Europe. A Delta rocket propelled it into an elliptical orbit after which orbital maneuvers will place it about 22,300 miles high near the equator and date line intersection. NBC holds exclusive U.S. rights, with limited live coverage of the opening ceremony and nine minutes daily for others, while Canada and Europe plan broader use of Tokyo footage.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pacific Ocean
North America
Europe
Japan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Syncom 3
California
Montreal
Hamburg
Germany
National Broadcasting Co
U.S
Tokyo
NBC
Chuckle on a Bachelor and alimony satire
A satirical piece mocks a bachelor as cowardly cruel and selfish, accusing him of cheating a deserving woman out of her rightful alimony in a Gen. Fea Corp publication. The short note frames the bachelor as a negative example in a humor column.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Cigarette Sales Rise After Slump In June
Washington AP reports U S cigarette shipments reached 45 2 billion in June, up about 8 5 percent from June 1963 as a rebound follows January health scare links to cancer and heart disease. Small cigars fell sharply, May to June, though still higher than June 1963.
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Washington
U.S
Internal Waves Service
Luther L. Terry
Council For Tobacco Research
U.S.A
Wendell G. Scott
American Cancer Society
New York
House To Vote On Issue In Reapportionment Fight
Washington AP The House will vote on a reapportionment issue shaping the postwar agenda. A Dirksen plan to let states delay court ordered redistricting stalls in the Senate while a tougher bill to strip federal court jurisdiction is set for a House vote offered by Rep. William M. Tuck.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
William M. Tuck
D-Va
Fumes Overwhelm Tampa District After Chemical Plant Blast
An explosion at Southern Mill Creek Chemical Co. released acrolein fumes, sending more than 100 people to hospitals with eye and nose irritation cramps and nausea. Firefighters and police evacuated a 16 block area as curious crowds caused traffic jams and many workers wore gas masks.
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Tampa
Fila
Vernon Barchard
The
Tampa Tribune
L. J. Buchanan
Lionel Hernandez
Herbert Friedman
Southern Mill Creek Chemical Co
Friedman
Vietnamese Students Rally Against Khanh Move
About 200 students challenged Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh to a rally at the Student Union in Saigon accusing the United States of meddling in South Vietnam. Khanh warned of possible conscription if protests continued, urging students to study or join the national struggle with the army's open arms. Police guarded the union as leaders denounced the ruling council as unrepresentative, while Buddhist fears and US involvement sparked precautionary actions including removing a monument to John F. Kennedy.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
United States
Khanh
Can
van Mith
Johnson Fortune Revealed
Washington AP report shows the Johnson family fortune totaling 3 484 098 in net worth as of July 31 with assets of 3 682 770 and liabilities of 198 672. President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson plus daughters Lynda Bird and Luci Baines hold most assets with Mrs. Johnson atop the list.
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Washington
Johnson
Haskins & Sells
Lynda Bird
Luci Baines
Lynda Bird Johnson
Ruby Loner In Oswald Staying
Jack Ruby, in purported secret testimony to the Warren Commission, says it was his own idea to kill Lee Harvey Oswald. Reports note he denied involvement with any group or person, while noting the commission's mid September publication and quotes from Dorothy Kilgallen. Ruby also commented on Melvin Belli’s insanity defense and suggested circumstances look bad for him.
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New York
Jack Ruby
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Journal-American Comix
Dorothy Kilgallen
Ruby
Warren One
Peron
Underworld
Dallas Times-Herald
Journal-American
Commission
U.S
Earl Warren
Washington
New York Times
The
Times
Oswald
Dallas
FBI
Warren
Belli
Brutality Unveiled By Congo Driver
A Congolese driver recounts the murder of two U.N. officials during a mercy mission at a Watasi refugee camp near Bukavu. Jean Plicque and Francois Preziosi were hacked with machetes and shot by Watasi fighters and Congolese rebels while seeking to free 120 refugees. The driver described armed crowds, warnings of Watusi sympathy with rebels, and the perilous approach to the camp as the car was halted and villagers gathered.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
U.N
Jean Plicque
Bukavu
Plicque
Francois Preziosi
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Preziosi
Lake Kivu
Congo
Rwanda
George Yogolero
Yogolero
Lightning Delays Gemini Space Flight
A severe electrical storm at Cape Kennedy damaged the Titan 2 rocket and ground support gear, delaying the first manned Gemini flight of Grissom and Young from mid December to early 1965. Officials cited likely equipment replacements and revalidation, noting no visible damage but short circuits to delicate components.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Virgil S. Grissom
John W Young
Gemini
Grissom-Young
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Kennedy Memorial Library Fund
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Ann Dalton
John Camp
Bell
James Wilcox
Ellen Scammon
Susie Smart
John Leeman
Lewiston
Goldwater
Pacific
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Main Street
Saco Dial
Maine Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Kennebunk Inn
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Heavy Western
Assad Khanh
U. S
Lance
Military Council
Ameri
John F. Kennedy
Saco River
Hills Beach
Robert van Arsdale
Fro Haskins &and Sells
Everett Shiffler
Ruby Loner
Saco Valley
Gemini Space
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