Cloture File Moves in Senate Civil Rights Debate
The Senate filed a cloture petition to end the Civil Rights debate, triggering a Wednesday vote to seek a two thirds majority. If successful it would limit further amendments to one hour per senator and could mark the first use in a civil rights fight since 1917. Senate leaders aim to end the three month dispute with a final decision on the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Ringo Starr Improves Aiding Beatle Australian Concert
Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer, was improved from tonsillitis on Monday says the group's manager. He will be well enough to fly to Australia for the Beatles first concert there on Friday.
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London
Ringo Starr
Beatles
Starr
Australia
Week Temperatures Run Eight Degrees Above Normal
Extended forecast shows daytime highs near 85 in the afternoon with temperatures around 55 at night. Cooler air moves in this weekend while rainfall totals about one half inch late in the week.
Virginia localities vote today for town treasurer and mayors
Voters in Bluefield Richlands Pocahontas Cedar Bluff Narrows Pearisburg and nearby towns go to the polls to elect town treasurers mayors and council members. Bluefield faces a tight race for treasurer with four candidates and five in the field initially. Polls open 6 am to 7 pm across Giles and Tazewell counties.
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Virginia
Bluefield
Richlands
Pocahontas
Cedar Bluff
Narrows
Pearlsburg
Tazewell
Giles
P. E. Goodman
M. R
Ellen) Callaway
Ruth Wallace
Clyde Bowling
James T. Higginbotham
Earl V. Peery
Richard J. Cooley
M. G. White
Peery D. Linkous
James Fulcher
William M. McGlanery
Tommy J. Welch
J. Horace Rawlings
G. D. Gent
J. H. Cheeks
James K. Sult, Jr
H. E. Love
J W. Whitehead
George W. Griffith
James C. Taylor
Don L. Wright
Leslie Brown
C. M. Harry
Mable C. French
Barnes J. Shumate
Posie C. Eads
Roy E. Sykes
Andrew Geisen
Pearisburg
Pembroke
Rich Creek
Giles County
W. W. Fields
M. H. Lowe
J. A. Robinson
J. Powell Royall, Jr
J. F. McFarlane
Bernard P. Neargood
James M. Peery
John C. Scott
J. H. Huffman, Jr
W. G. Jennings
L. Norman
Hank Shraer
Glen Lyn
C. Hoge Hopkins
William G. Simmons
Paul L. Thompson
Clarence F. Clevenger
Pauline R. Williams
B. Johnson
Kay M. Hale
Everett P. Dayton
O. S. Knight
Lake Thompson
Kate Smith Hurt In Shower Room Accident
Singer Kate Smith remained in satisfactory condition after a Sunday shower room accident in Palm Beach Florida. Dr Walter R Newbern said she slipped on a tile floor fell against a glass shower door and shattered it with her left elbow requiring 24 stitches.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kate Smith
Walter R. Newbern
Miss Smith
Eisenhower Urges States to Balance Federal Budgets
Former President Eisenhower urged states to amend the Constitution to require balanced budgets every two years. He praised state power to force a constitutional convention and argued for modernizing state constitutions and raising legislators’ pay while criticizing the war on poverty and central government growth. He spoke at the National Conference of Governors.
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Cleveland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower
Johnson
U.S
Nixon Seeks GOP Unity Behind Goldwater Nomination
Nixon predicts the Republican Party will unite behind Barry Goldwater for the nomination with Civil Rights support under amendments. He says Goldwater has clarified stances on major issues including the U.N. withdrawal TVA public ownership right to work and U.S.-Soviet diplomatic ties. Nixon criticizes Eisenhower era splits and backs a candidate who upholds core Republican principles.
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Detroit
Richard M. Nixon
Barry
Goldwater
Arizona
United
Nixon
San Francisco
Sidney L Christie Sworn U S District Judge in West Virginia
Sidney L Christie of Keystone is sworn in as U S District Judge for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia in a Bluefield ceremony attended by about 300. He becomes McDowell County’s first district judge, resigning from the McDowell Circuit Court for the $25 000 a year lifetime post. Christie will serve as a roving judge hearing cases from both districts and was praised by Sen. Robert Byrd and other dignitaries.
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Keystone
U. S
West Virginia
Christie
Charles F. Paul
Wheeling
McDowell
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Bluefield
Byrd
John A
Field
Paul
Mountain
U. S. Southern District
Harry Watkins
Fairmont
Chauncey Browning
State Supreme Court of Appeals
W. W. Barron
Center
Roying
Southern
John A. Field
Charleston
Inside Abby and the Graham Years Additions
Readable fragments describe Abby and Graham in a series of year by year notes. The item traverses multiple sections including classifieds Princeton comics society crosswords sports editorials and TV coverage highlighting ongoing media content.
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Abby
Graham
Princeton
Goren
Buchanan County Man Die Represents Hit and Run Victim
Ruben Lowe 41 of Oakwood Va was found near Keen Mountain Va with fatal injuries after a hit and run. Sheriff Burl Rife said Lowe, last seen alighting a Keen Mountain taxi, died before aid arrived as investigators search for the driver and scene details.
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Ruben Lowe
Oakwood
Popular Grove Hill
Keen Mountain
Buchanan County
Burl Rife
Lowe
Rife
Australia Justice
Grundy
Storey Rife
Vernon Yates
Virginia
B. B. Anderson
C. S. Price
Panamanian Politician Shot, Wounded in Panama City
Roberto Arias, 45, Panamanian politician and diplomat, was shot by Alfredo Jimenez, a member of Arias' Panamanista party, while in his car. He was taken to Santo Tomas Hospital in critical condition with a lung wound. Arias, husband of Dame Margot Fonteyn, had been Panama's ambassador to London and was elected to the National Assembly in May 10 elections.
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Panama
Roberto Arias
Arias
Margot Fonteyn
Alfredo Jimenez
Panamanista Party
Santo Tomas Hospital
National Assembly
Jimenez
Margot
Paris
London
Goldwater Faces Shift at Cleveland Governors Conference
Sen. Barry Goldwater arrived at the National Governors Conference in Cleveland amid infighting over a stop-Goldwater effort. He ruled out a summit with leaders and plans to return to Washington for a Senate vote. Eisenhower and governors discussed unity as Scranton was floated as a draft possibility.
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Michigan
George W. Romney
Romney
Cleveland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
John Anderson Jr
Kansas
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Scranton
Lost Marion Girls Spend A Chilly Night
Three Marion girls aged 15, 11, and 8 spent a cold foggy night on a mountain south of Marion before being found safe Monday morning. They went hiking Sunday afternoon near a resident’s home and ended up on Virginia 16 as authorities searched the area.
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Marion
Here
Linda Fox
Linda Stevenson
Vicky
Virginia
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