Justices Are Called Those Screwballs' WASHINGTON AP
A Senate debate over court ordered reapportionment of state legislatures erupted after Sen. Strom Thurmond objected to a routine second reading of the House bill. Liberal Democrats led by Douglas and Proxmire clashed with Southern opponents as Thurmond signaled plans to move the measure to the Senate calendar for debate after the Democratic National Convention.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Thurmond
House
Judiciary Committee
South Carolina
Russell B. Long
D-La
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
George Aiken
R-Vt
Dirksen
Philadelphia
Detroit
Chicago
Aiken
189th American Killed In Viet Nam
A U S Army special forces enlisted man becomes the 189th American to die in Vietnam. Viet Cong ambushes near My Tho and Phu Tuc leave 4 American advisers dead, 63 wounded, 14 captured, and heavy enemy losses reported.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Red
Nguyen Khanh
U.S. Army
An Shau
Ben Tre
Phu Tuc
Wallace Calls for Civil Rights Act Repeal Plank
Atlantic City AP Wallace demands a Democratic platform plank calling for outright repeal of the Civil Rights Act and hints at a new third party movement. He warns of an uprising against party leadership and pledges to start a movement for representative government after November 3 using opinion and the ballot box.
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Atlantic City
N.J
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Wisconsin
Indiana
Maryland
Republican Party
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Platform Committee
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Hayes
Democratic Party
South
The
United States
Goldwater backs Social Security hike and NATO access stance
Senator Barry Goldwater endorses a five percent Social Security benefit increase and calls for greater access to small tactical nuclear weapons for NATO. He rejects making personal finances a campaign issue while urging a united Western policy on trade with the Communists and noting concerns about the Minute Man missiles.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate
Soviet Union
Johnson
Goldwater
House
Paul Wagner
Capitol Hill
NATO Unity
Albert H. Quie
Minnesota
NATO
Quie
Four Negro teens terrorize bus in Charlotte shooting
Four teenage boys on a City Coach Co. bus in Charlotte terrorized passengers with foul language and pistol fire. Women protected the driver, forcing the youths off the bus, after which the attackers fired at the vehicle while pursued by the driver and police. No injuries were reported.
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Charlotte
N. C
City
Donald Lee
Lee
Syncom 3 Orbit Not Perfectly Straight Yet
Washington AP Syncom 3, a 145 pound communications satellite, Arc around Earth in near perfect orbit. It drifts 17 miles north and south of the equator and has an apogee of 23 550 miles and a perigee of 21 235 miles. Engineers aim for a precise 22 289 mile orbit to enable Olympic telecasts from Tokyo beginning October 10.
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Syncom 3
Olympic Star
Syncom Project
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sumatra
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Syncom
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Ellice Islands
Central Pacific
Point Mugu
Calif
Tokyo
Justice of the Peace Ends Case With Snake Stop
Bluefield Justice of the Peace Charles Caffee reportedly sentences and executes a copperhead in broad daylight on Federal Street before a crowd. He used chrome as a tool to kill the snake then disposed of it in the sewer, citing crowd safety and surprise at the dramatic scene.
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Justice of the Peace
Charles Caffee
Bluefield
Law and Commerce
Federal Street
Squire Caffee
Federal
Tough Togliatti Dies In Russia
Moscow reports Palmiro Togliatti longtime head of Italy's Communist party died after a stroke at 71. He survived imprisonment exile and assassination attempts and had steered the party to Moscow alignment while balancing internal factions. Khrushchev visited the camp after his death as Italy mourned the veteran revolutionary.
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Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Communist Party
Kremlin
Aldo Moro
Togliatti
Luigi Longo
Yalta
Paul VI
Antonio Segni
Khrushchev
U.S. House Committee On Un-American Activities
Peking
Civil rights split at Democratic Convention over Mississippi
Mississippi Democrats bring a civil rights clash to Atlantic City as Freedom Democrats challenge seating of regular delegates. Alabama, Mississippi battles loom in Credentials and Platform panels ahead of Johnson favored ticket decisions and possible White House demonstrations.
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Philadelphia
Democratic Freedom Party of
Mississippi
Freedom Democrats
White House
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Alabama
Orrell Billingsley
Alabama Democratic Conference
Birmingham
Democratic National Committee
Wylie Sues for Libel in West Virginia Press Suit
Dr Ward Wylie of Mullens files a 250000 libel suit in Wyoming County Circuit Court claiming an August Sunday Gazette Mail editorial damaged him personally and professionally. The suit targets the Charleston Gazette The Charleston Mail and Newspaper Agency Corp seeking 150000 punitive and 100000 compensatory damages. Wylie, a Democratic state senator since 1935 and Senate president pro tempore for three sessions, lost the May primary to Tracy W Hylton of Mullens.
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Ward Wylie
Mullens
Wyoming County
Charleston News
Wylie
Charleston Gazette Mail
Charleston Gazette
The
Charleston Mail
Newspaper Agency Corp
Dr. Wylie
Senate
Tracy W. Hylton
Taylor To Report On Viet Situation
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor will report in depth to President Johnson and top leaders on return to Washington about the South Viet Nam war. He plans briefings for Senate and House committees and is not expected to seek new U.S. support for the South Viet Nam government.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
South Viet Nam
Johnson
State
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
House
Taylor
Fire destroys Red Barn Supper Club on 21 Bypass
Fire gutted the Red Barn Supper Club on the 21 Bypass near Bluefield city limits Friday. Estimated damage tops $30,000 as the structure and contents burned. owner co‑op Andy Anderson was away in Florida. Green Valley volunteers fought the blaze from 5 am until it was beyond saving, with Bluefield Fire Dept on standby. Fire officials suspect the kitchen or furnace area as the origin.
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Red Barn Supper Club
Bluefield
Andy Anderson
Florida
Anderson
W. L. Warden
Green Valley
Cleo Becomes First Hurricane Of Season Heads For Leeward Islands
Tropical storm Cleo intensified into the season's first hurricane and veered toward the Leeward Islands with winds over 80 mph. Weather authorities warned Guadeloupe Antigua Barbuda Montserrat and nearby waters to brace for dangerous winds and tides as forecasts expected strengthening Saturday. Flora's deadly impact looms as a comparison.
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Fla
Cleo
Leeward Islands
Guadeloupe
Antigua
Weather Bureau
Islands
Caribbean Sea
Flora
Atlantic
Haiti
Cuba
Barbuda
Montserrat
Little Girl Treated For Whisky Effects
A two and a half year old girl from Pocahontas in Tazewell County Virginia was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium after consuming whisky. Police say she found a pint and drank some, leaving her unconscious but hospital staff reported she was expected to recover by Friday night.
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Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Bluefield Sanitarium
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