08 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1964
Page
1
The Greek Cypriot government said four Turkish Air Force Sabre jets attacked Polis village and hit an Italian ship there on Friday, while Turkey denied the accusation.
The article describes a near passage of a 97.5 million poverty bill with a final House vote and Senate alignment, while detailing Cyprus tensions including Greek and Turkish forces, U S involvement, and regional alarms. It notes the bill’s aims such as job corps, education, and loans, alongside political maneuvers by Johnson supporters and opponents.
Rome AP report says President Antonio Segni suffered a cerebral stroke Friday during talks with Premier More and Foreign Minister Savagat. He was briefly unconscious, later regaining awareness. Officials called his condition satisfactory, with the attack described as circulatory cerebral disturbances. Pope Paul VI offered a blessing as meetings were canceled and leaders monitored the palace.
President Alexander Zawacdski, a coal miner's son who rose through Poland's Communist hierarchy, died Friday in Warsaw after a battle with cancer. He was 65.
Governor Brown states after talks with President Johnson that Johnson has not chosen a vice presidential running mate. He says Johnson wants to keep the situation fluid and that the choice will not alter the election. Brown notes Johnson’s strong position in California and cites Vietnam and employment as helping factors.
Goldwater moves toward party unity as he nears his goal in the GOP presidential nomination. Key items include Scranton and Maigh statements supporting unity and Doolittle and Clare Boothe Luce heading a national Citizens for Goldwater group. Keating and Javits remain notable New York figures with varied signals on support. Brown criticizes a harmful Harlem-street morale comment and backs Hayten and Jackson amendments affecting water projects. Page 8.
Four Athens men named in state warrants as Ku Klux Klansmen were arrested by federal agents and charged with murder under the Civil Rights Act. James Lackey admitted complicity in the shotgun slaying of Lonell Penn, a Washington, D C Negro. The others, Wehrers Guest Cecil Myers and Joseph Howard Sims, were held on $25,000 bonds. FBI said they conspired to threaten injure oppress intimidate and kill Negroes to deny civil rights. Penn was an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel en route home from Ft Benning when his car was blasted July 4. Other Negro officers were unhurt.
FBI agents search for the weapon used in the slayings of three civil rights workers. A Meridian church service heard a minister say the men died doing what they had to do as emotions ran high. Autopsy details remain unreleased amid ongoing investigations and delays in arrests.
The House 414 to 0 and Senate 88 to 2 endorse President Johnson's Southeast Asia measures. Morse and Gruening opposed in Senate. Goldwater supported. Johnson calls it unity and necessary to defend forces and deter aggression. In Saigon, Khanh imposes martial law, curbs strikes, censorship, and mobilizes resources amid North Vietnam tension.
A marauding band connected to Alice the prophetess killed 17 people and captured 80 in a night raid in Lundazi district, Northern Rhodesia, authorities reported Friday.
Secretary McNamara told President Johnson to announce a limited air strike on North Vietnam to reassure the public and show action was directed only at North Vietnam. Chronologies show the first bombs released after carrier launches as Johnson addressed radio and TV networks.
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