East battleground forms in Johnson Goldwater race
President Johnson and Republican nominee Barry Goldwater sharpened focus on the Eastern industrial states as a key election arena. Johnson tapped liberal Sen. John Pastore of Rhode Island as Atlantic City conventions keynote, while Goldwater named Ohio strategist Ray Bliss and former party chair Leonard Hall to steer his campaign.
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Barry Goldwater
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Johnson
Democratic Arrangements Committee
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Atlantic City
N.J
South
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Pastore
Senate
Goldwater
Ohio State
Ray Bliss
National Party
Leonard W. Hall
Candidates Focus On Aged Problems In Kansas
AP reports McDill Bner Huck Boyd seeks Republican governor nomination arguing one in nine Kansans is 65 or older. He outlined four goals to study aging, keep seniors active, coordinate agencies, and propose legislation. In Paola Keith Martin, Democrat for lieutenant governor, predicted many Republicans will back Democrats highlighting a lack of progressives in the GOP. He framed current GOP as extremism versus moderation.
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Phillipsburg
U. S
Kansas
Frank Carlson
James Pearson
Senate
Mel Clingan
Loyd
Betty Boyd
Topeka
Manhattan
Russell
Paola
Kan
Keith Martin
Martin
John Anderson
Dick Rogers
Republican Party
Recreation Facilities Urged by Wiles
Kansas must provide more and improved recreation facilities said Harry W. Wiles the Democratic candidate for governor in Pittsburg noting that thousands of tourists and neighbors from other states would visit Kansas if its state parks were properly equipped. He said Kansans travel to surrounding states to enjoy recreation facilities.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Ap' Kansas
Harry W. Wiles
Wiles
Kansas
Death of Boy Listed as death by own action
In Atlanta an official medical examiner certificate cites asphyxia due to hanging as the cause, labeling 14 year old Jerry Maxey's July 1 death as death by his own action. Father Robert Maxey Sr. rejects the suicide ruling and doubts the boy took his own life.
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Brian Doreisor
Princeton
Shrine
Atlanta
Henry M. Snell
Fulton County
Jerry Maxey
Robert Maxey Sr
Jerry
Property Tax Base Favored by Kansas Candidate
AP reports Republican governor hopeful Rep. William Avery says he would back the state taking a larger share of elementary and secondary school costs. He cites a 31 million dollar rise in local property taxes last year and proposes raising state funding to 40 percent to lessen local tax reliance.
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Topeka
William Avery
Kansas
Avery
Driver Is Robbed Of Cash and Cigarettes in Kansas City
Anthony Gulotta a 68 year old cigarette vending truck driver for B and G Vending Co said two gunmen tied him with his shirt blindfolded him and left him inside the locked truck after taking from him 900 in cash and 1400 in cigarettes during a delivery at 2711 Troost. He freed himself after about 20 minutes and alerted police.
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Kansas City
Anthony Gulotta
Gulotta
B. & G. Vending Co
Troost
Avery Favors Long Range Road Plan
Rep. William H. Avery urged Kansas to begin planning the next interstate phase. He said the current program will meet only half the requirements by 1971 and backed a House resolution to start an immediate Commerce Department study. He supported a 4 lane east west corridor across Southern Kansas and a north south route in the east.
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Wichita
William H. Avery
Kansas
Avery
House of Representatives
Secretary of Commerce
Con Avery
Kan
Hiett criticizes GOP, pledges state tour for openness
Ralph J. Hiett campaigned for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor denouncing the current administration's secrecy and promising to inform Kansans about government actions. He said he would travel the state at least twice yearly to report on gov activities, whether good or bad, if elected. Delano previews 1964 fair in Neosho County.
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Wichita
Ralph J. Hiett
Hiett
Kansas
Castro’s sister Juanita Castro Seeks Asylum in Mexico
MEXICO CITY AP Fidel Castro’s sister Juanita Castro, 31, has been granted political asylum in Mexico after arriving from Havana June 20 and requesting asylum last Monday night. She said on a TV program she defected from her brother’s regime because it betrayed the revolution. MIAMI BEACH AP Dorothy Johnson, 19, of Pocatello Idaho, the sole Black contestant in Miss USA, said she’s treated equally at home and did not place in the finals.
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Willard Bright
Dale Tredway
Harvey Steele
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Glenn Crosby
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Cherryvale
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Kansas City
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Ed McAlexander
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Mexico City
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Mexico
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Havana
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Fla
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Pocatello
Idaho
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