Johnson Elector Push Seen For Democrats
In Alabama, Democrats weigh pro Johnson elector tickets or unpledged candidates in spring primaries. The state party may require a loyalty oath, but chair Roy Mayhall does not expect a strong push for it. Voters likely will choose between pro Johnson and unpledged electors as in 1960. Alabama has 38 convention votes. delegates will be elected from districts and at large with flexible formulas debated.
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Johnson
Alabama
Kennedy
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Barry Goldwater
Mayhall
Jasper
State Committee
Lawrence Countians Eye 1964 Elections
Lawrence County politics heat up toward the May Democratic primary with qualifying from February 1 for positions including probate judge superintendent of education two seats on the board of revenue two on the board of education and circuit clerk incumbents say they are waiting to see how things go while political experts name potential candidates Isaac Johnson Jr and Bill Lee among those mentioned for probate judge and Richard Turner cited as a former revenue commissioner appointed by the governor.
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Winford Turner
Moulton
Lawrence County
Board of Revenue
Board of Education
Isaac Johnson, Jr
Bill Lee
Richard Turner
Ernest Shelton
John Wilson
Robert Berryman
Lucian Royer
L. Pinkney Hopkins
Hope
Ernest Gist
Flowers To Speak At Democrat Rally In Huntsville
Alabama Attorney General Rich mond Flowers will address the kickoff rally of Democratic Voters For Johnson at Huntsville's Traylor Island Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Dudley Powell Jr and other organizers plan a statewide extension with a pro Johnson platform and pledged electors. The meeting is open to the public with phone reservations and membership drives announced.
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Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Democratic Voters For Johnson
Huntsville
Traylor Island
Dudley Powell, Jr
Powell
Democratic Party
Lyndon Johnson
Tom Caddell
LBJ Pushes $11 Billion Tax Cut to Congress
President Johnson will urge Congress to enact an $11 billion tax cut with a swift bill. Advisers say the economic report to Congress will cite a 1963 GNP of a $600 billion annual rate if applied, with a 585 billion actual figure. The aim is to curb 5 percent unemployment and raise factory utilization above 87 percent capacity.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Goldwater Attacks Johnson Poverty Plan in South Trip
Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater accused President Johnson of dividing Americans with his anti poverty program. He urged Southern Democrats to join the Republican party and said Republicans will gain in the South next November. He defended free enterprise as the path to reducing poverty and questioned civil rights measures impacting public accommodations.
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Urday
Republican Party
Goldwater
South
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F.D.R
Democratic Party
United States
Congress
House
Alabama
John Greiner
Grenier
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Helicopter Downed by Viet Cong Fire Over Mekong Delta
AP reports a U S helicopter shot down by Communist gunners in the Mekong Delta with two Americans and a Vietnamese observer missing and believed dead. Providence visits Saigon as naval forces show U S power amid ongoing operations near Kien Hoa Province with Marines on board.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong River
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Providence
Mekong
United States
Kien Hoa
Viet Nam
Red
Saigon River
South China Sea
Panama Objective Is Canal Control
A Panamanian Foreign Relations Council member says any new treaty with the United States would aim to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama. Dr. Octavio Fabrega, veteran diplomat, states U S officials will relinquish control, while a self-funded Committee of National Reaffirmation plans to travel to the United States to present Panama’s position.
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Panama
National Foreign Relations Council
United States
Panama Canal
Octavio Fabrega
Roberto Chiari
Fabrega
Committee of National
Canal
Canal Zone
U.S
McNamara Explains Carrier Cost Clash With Nuclear Push
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara told the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee that the Navy should not pursue nuclear power for a new aircraft carrier. He argued large carriers rank seventh in defense needs and rising costs threaten Navy viability. He noted nuclear power offers benefits but must cut costs, and said total defense spending could rise to 80 billion annually but is unnecessary.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Soviet Union
McNamara
Congressional Atomic Committee
Navy
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
United States
Athens area schools listed in historical document
A list of Alabama educational institutions appears in the document, including Athens High Athens Elementary Athens Bible School Trinity Negro High Ardmore High Elkmont High West Limestone High Clements High Tanner High East Limestone Mooresville Belle Mina Junior High Belle Mina Negro High and Dogwood Negro High.
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Athens High
Athens Elementary
Athens Bible School
Trinity Negro High
Ardmore High
Elkmont High
West Limestone
Clements High
Tanner High
East Limestone
Mooresville
Belle Mina
Belle Mina Negro High
Dogwood Negro High
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Paul C. Davis
E. Moulton St
Dial
Lawrence Countians Eye
Flowers
State Conservation Department
Silas Cross
Woodrow Burks
L. L. Abrams
Hazlewood High School
Town Creek
Gilbert Harris
District
Tommy Terry
Marvin Bendall
Ben Compton
Bendall
Roy Lee Terry
Russell Armstrong
J. R. Knouff
Hayes Smith
LBJ
Solons
Decatur Shrine Club
C. H. McGill
H. B. Norwood
J. W. Ferguson
Neil Kirk
A. H. Horton
O. D. Lane
Walter Mears
Fayetteville, N.C
Arizona
Malcolm W. Browne
W. R
Bill” Haffner
Decatur
Ala
Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company
By Robert Berrellez
Goodbody & CO
NEW York Stock Exchange
NEW York Cotton Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Chicago Board OF Trade
Broadway
Newell Witherspoon
Lowell DR. S.E. Huntsville
Sabin
Limestone County Schools
Decatur Schools
Lakeside High
Walter Jackson
Decatur High
Gordon-Bibb
West Decatur
Austin High
Morgan County Schools
Morgan County
Cotaco High
Crestline
Danville
Eva
Falkville
Flint
Hartselle
Lacey’s Spring
Massey
Morgan County High
Moulton Heights
Neel
Plainview
Priceville
Union Hill
West Morgan
Ryan
Morgan County Training
Somerville
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