Two Runoffs In Shoals Area
In four North Alabama cities Tuscumbia Sheffield Florence and Muscle Shoals runoff elections were set for city commission posts. Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals saw tax proposals defeated for five mill ad valor em taxes to fund school expansion. Incumbent Harold Sherer won in Sheffield over James T. Borden. L L Whitten secured Florence's city commission seat.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
City Commissions
North Alabama
Sheffield
Florence
Muscle Shoals
City Commission
W. T. Johnson
A. D. MeeNees
Gene Crump
Harold Sherer
James T. Borden
Robert Nathan
J. W. Moore
L. L. Whitten
E. H. Hunt
Stand adjusted for Johnson at Democratic Natioal Convention
A workman in Atlantic City, New Jersey, lowers a scalloped cut in the front of the speaker’s stand at Convention Hall to improve sightlines for delegates during President Johnson’s address at next week’s Democratic National Convention.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Johnson
Vention
Flowers Doubts Remap Will Stand
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers told about 1,000 people at the Madison County Coliseum that the recently passed congressional redistricting bill will not stand permanently. He urged Democratic loyalty as the party prepares for upcoming elections.
Split in South over civil rights plank in Democratic platform
Washington AP reports two Southern factions clash over the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the Democratic Platform Committee. Mobile member Pierre Pelham urges repeal of the act while Robert R. Richardson of Atlanta seeks a plank that enforces the law. Richardson aims to avert a floor fight at the Atlantic City convention, proposing a moderate option acceptable to the party.
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Washington
Democratic Patform Committee
Pierre Pelham
Mobile
Ala
Ity
Robert R. Richardson
Atlanta
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Richardson
Atlantic City
Pelham
Parking beyond others nickel sparks Burkeen grin
In Paducah Kentucky Roy Burkeen circled the block looking for a vacant meter. He found one with time left and quipped that few thrills compare to parking on what is left of the other fellow's nickel.
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Paducah, Ky
Roy Burkeen
Burkeen
Democratic rally ties Huntsville mayor race to state scene
At a political rally in Huntsville seven mayoral candidates joined Flowers who urged allegiance to the Democratic Party. Civic associations organized the event highlighting local votes amid Alabama elections.
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Flowers
Alabama
Democratic Party
Huntsville
Keating Faces GOP Challenge Over Goldwater Split
New York Rep. Paul Fino challenges Sen. Kenneth Keating for the Republican Senate nomination citing Keating’s refusal to endorse the Goldwater national ticket. Fino expects possible floor fight at the Aug. 31 state meeting and gains support from Nassau County figures. Keating says he may still back Goldwater while Clare Boothe Luce may run Conservative.
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New York
Paul A. Fino
Bronx County
Kenneth B. Keating
Rochester
GOP
U.S. Senate
Fino
Keating
Barry Goldwater
Washington
Republican State Committee
Fine
Nelson A Rockefeller
Fred A. Young
Jacob K. Javits
Bolt
Nassau County
Long Island
Frank J. Becker
Steven B. Derounian
Becker
Goldwater
William E. Miller
Miller
New York State
Clare Boothe Luce
Senate
Luce
Connecticut
Italy
Henry R. Luce
Robert F. Kennedy
Father of John Tyler served as Virginia governor
The father of John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, held the office of governor in Virginia. This ties the presidential lineage to a Virginia state leadership role. He governed during the early state period and connected the Tyler family to state-level politics.
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John Tyler
Virginia
Negroes Ask Jobs As Drivers In Tuscaloosa
In Tuscaloosa Alabama the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1262 rejected Negro demands to bypass their contract with Druid City Transit Co. and hire Negro drivers. The union said it will honor the contract and expects the company to do so, leaving bus service halted since Friday after the City Commission allowed the firm to cease operations amid a boycott. Company officials said hires require union permission due to the contract and laid off drivers have first call on openings.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Druid City Transit Co
H. Vann Waldrop
Bus Company
Amalgamated Transit Union
City Commission
Citizens For Action Committee
The Tragedy of Appalachia Explored in Post Report
Washington seeks to revive Appalachia with 228 million in federal funds for next year. Roads 90 million flood control 35 million coal rehab 13 million pasture 22 million human resources 37 million. Critics ask if money cures the basic unemployment problem or pours good money after bad.
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Appalachia
Washington
Saturday Evening Post
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