Ford Emerges As Possible GOP Presidential Pick
Rep Gerald Ford of Grand Rapids rises as a plausible Republican presidential candidate amid Goldwater backed momentum at the San Francisco convention. Ford, a conservative with imagination, could become speaker if Republicans win the House, though lacking large private means and strong Romney backing tempers a formal bid.
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Michigan
Gerald Ford
Grand Rapids
Ford
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Nixon
Rockefeller
Scranton
Romney
Morton
Hatfield
Barry
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San Francisco
Representative Ford
Washington
House of Representatives
Kennedy
House
Swift
City snow rules questioned and traffic cops criticized
A Bluefield ordinance requires property owners to clear snow three hours after a snowfall, with a morning deadline if the fall ends after 6 p.m. Downtown sidewalks remain uncleared days after storms, and enforcement is questioned. Police traffic directors face complaints of curt treatment at Federal and Scott Streets, with calls for courtesy over charm.
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Bluefield
Mother Nature
William Winters
Federal
Scott Streets
Gestapo
Winters
Afro Asian bloc at U.N. raises fear of dissolution
Commentary warns the growing Afro Asian influence in the United Nations could unravel the body as 58 members align on many votes while 55 oppose, with roots in new members like Zanzibar and Kenya and a push to expand the Security Council.
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U.N
Zanzibar
Delaware
Kenya
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Council
U.S
U.S.S.R
France
Britain
China
United States
Absentee Democrats Back Home to Vote Johnson Foreign Aid Bill
A long list of Democratic lawmakers were urged to return for a crucial Rules Committee vote on Johnsons foreign aid bill. Some were flown back by special plane after refusing to come to Washington, while others faced weather and personal delays.
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Washington
Johnson
Ed Willis
Louisiana
Un-American Activities Committee
Gulf of Mexico
Willis
Rules Committee
California
George Miller
Alameda
John Moss
Sacramento
Robert Leggett
Vallejo
Harold Johnson
Roseville
Charles Wilson
Los Angeles
Jack Shelley
San Francisco
Shelley
Congress
Martha Griffiths
Michigan
Bermuda
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Austria
Cliff Davis
Tennessee
Memphis
Herbert Bonner
Henry Fountain
North Carolina
Harold Ryan
Bernard Grabowski
Detroit
Roy Taylor
Carolina
Clarence. Cannon
Missouri
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
Thomas Abernethy
Mississippi
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Puerto Rico
Sade S Ian
Railway Telegraphers to Meet in Roanoke
Daily Telegraph notes a 50 year old item that the Railway Telegraphers union plans a meeting in Roanoke. The feature recalls past notable events including a missing French dirigible in the Sahara and a former justice of the peace dying at home.
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Roanoke
Sahara Desert
Thomas H. White
Senator Soaper Sees Ad Strategy Amid Currency Worries
An advertising expert cites free and new as compelling words while households fret over costly ads and the treasury faces a coin shortage. The public also signals anxiety over a shortage of large bills as small coins grow scarce.
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Treasury
Christmas and Court Clash Over School Prayer and Broadcasts
A Washington analysis notes the clash between Supreme Court rulings on school prayer and the use of public facilities for religious broadcasts. It cites FCC regulation of radio and TV as public facilities and questions whether future court orders could end religious programming in these media. The piece discusses constitutional limits and public opinion shaping the ongoing presence of Christmas observances.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
The Iron Railing and the Evening Stare
A speaker describes an iron railing and a wary observer on a dim sidewalk gallery. The scene blends autumn mood, copper tones in the sculpture, and a shared cold between two strangers who have traveled desolate streets. The speaker vows admiration and a song for the observer's intensity.
Best Stories Of 1963 From Art Buchwald
A compilation of notable 1963 news items including Bobby Breaker on Capitol Hill offered big money schemes, Elizabeth Whaler and Richard Curtain romance in London, Charles de Gaulle steering France away from an atom bomb, and a civil rights filibuster debate where NAACP arguments swayed Southern lawmakers.
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Bobby Breaker
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Bobby
Maryland
Haiti
Las Vegas
California
Elizabeth Whaler
Queen Victoria
Richard Curtain
Mr. Curtain
London
Miss Whaler
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mann Faces Tough Latin American Challenge in New Post
Andrew Tully Mann takes charge as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs and Special Assistant to the President, tasked with steering the Alliance for Progress amid resistance from Latin American elites who favor handouts and speed the reform process. He must sell honesty and patriotism to powerful local interests while implementing U.S. aid rules and tax reforms.
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Thomas C. Mann
Mann
Mexico
White House
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Johnson
U. S
Alliance
Uncle Sam
U.S
Congress
Diem OverthrowSeen as Serious Blunder by U N
In Rome and Saigon reports warn Washington may have blundered by greenlighting the coup against Diem. A United Nations commission privately concludes the regime is too weak to hold, while praising Diem’s strength and blaming no Buddhist persecution.
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United States
Viet Nam
Diem
Saigon
United Nations Commission
U.N
Afghanistan
Nepal
Ceylon
Morocco
Brazil
Costa Rica
South
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