17 Aug 1964
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1964
Page
1
Patchy fog and partial cloud cover expected in the morning with little temperature change. Tonight’s forecast shows winds from the west at 19 to 22 mph and temperatures in the low range.
A weather summary covers the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern and Central California regions through Tuesday. Fair to mostly fair conditions with some coastal overcast, light to moderate northwest winds, and high temperatures ranging from the 60s to the upper 90s across multiple zones including San Francisco, the Sierra, Sacramento Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Salinas Valley, and the Morterey Bay Area.
Tide tables for August 18 show Helegi time and haunt low tides with figures around 754, plus sunrise and sunset times. The excerpt references light figures in the morning and evening, with computations for Pow and F. notations.
Rep Samuel Stratton of Amsterdam formally announced a Democratic bid for the U S Senate as Kennedy gains county leaders backing. Stratton warned Kennedy's nomination could be a million dollar issue for Republicans and urged a state resident as the NY representative. Kennedy backers include 12 prominent Democrats and Edward Costikyan, with Mayor Wagner signaling cautious support.
The fragmentary OCR text from an old newspaper page is largely garbled and inconclusive. It preserves few clear entities or events, making a definitive summary difficult while still noting the damaged nature of the source.
More than 600 attended a memorial at First Congregational Church for three Mississippi civil rights workers slain in 1964. Louis Lomax criticized both white violence and Black leaders as he urged unity and rejected internal dissension amid the grief and candlelight vigil.
California's Democratic State Central Committee adopted a fighting liberal stance on extremism and civil rights, pledging to back a mixed platform at Atlantic City. They denounced Goldwater and urged support for an integrated Mississippi delegation, opposing Prop 14 and Prop 16, while calling for vigorous minority voter registration and federal protection in the South.
A secret high level strategy meeting for Johnson's California campaign was planned in San Francisco with Governor Brown Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and other state Democrats. Kenneth O'Donnell would report on top leadership for Southern California while Don Bradley directs the statewide effort and handles Senator Salinger's race.
Police sources say Mrs John F Kennedy intends to fly back to the United States on Thursday with sister Princess Lee Radziwill. They have stayed at a villa on the Argentario peninsula since Aug 11 after driving from Rome following a five day Adriatic coast cruise.
California Democrats unveil a 1964 platform urging expanded human rights protections and anti discrimination housing laws while opposing extremist groups. It backs a California Youth Corps public health funding, housing and urban renewal, education expansion, labor retraining, consumer protections, water resource planning, and a stronger government with a full time legislature. The platform also supports Prop 1 parks bonds, fisheries programs, and tighter billboard controls alongside modernizing corrections and pension plans.
Robert Coate has been re-elected to a Northern California post as treasurer for 1964-65. Other officers include Roger Kent as chairman, Mrs. Carmen H. Warshaw as Southern California vice chairman, Leo Goodell as Northern California vice chairman, Billy G. Mills as Southern California secretary, Byron Rumford as Northern California secretary, Mrs. Trudy Owens, Veros: Paros, Mrs. Ann Anderson, San Francisco, and Mrs. Dian McFlinness, La Totay, as women’s chairmen. Assemblyman Tom C. Carrell serves as Southern California treasurer.
Sacramento AF reports 49 Democratic electors named by the party to cast California’s presidential vote for Lyndon Johnson if he wins in November. Electors listed by district and city include Engle of Red Bluff, Prescott of Los Angeles, Schultz of Mill Valley, Rumford of Berkeley, Bee of Hayward, Alquist of San Jose, Crossth of Watsonville, Weingand of Santa Barbara, Miller of Martinez, and many others across the state.
The Syneen communications satellite launch is postponed until Wednesday morning due to a faulty electrical connection in the booster rocket.
Almanac entry for Monday August 17 1968 notes the 230th day of the year with 136 remaining, celestial objects visible, and “In history” events including the 1790 move of the federal capital to Philadelphia, Fulton’s steamboat on the Hudson, the 1915 Galveston hurricane, Gehrig’s consecutive games record, and a thought for the day by Charles Dickens.
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