Third Term Hard Level In Limestone County
Limestone officials debate third term bids as several leaders contemplate re election. James Newby already serves a third term as tax assessor while Melvin Holt held a third term as board of revenue chair in the 1940s. Multiple contenders emerge for superintendent and circuit clerk posts amid prior losses and near misses.
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James Newby
Melvin Holt
Limestone County Board of Revenue
Newby
Holt
Mason Freeman
Rockefeller recalls vicuna coat gift in White House history
In Boston, Nelson Rockefeller links a 1949 vicuna coat given to a top Eisenhower aide with a later controversy over a stereo gift to senator Johnson. He cites Adams resignation after a similar gift and critiques Goldwater as not representing the party. Rockefeller spoke at a Dartmouth alumni gathering.
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Boston
Lyndon B. Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Senate Rules Committee
Johnson
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Dartmouth College
Alabama Dem Delegates Cut to 56 for National Convention
Roy Mayhall, chair of the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, says the state’s convention delegates are reduced from 74 to 56. The party weighs sending 36 delegates with full votes, while the remaining 20 or split votes are discussed. A Birmingham meeting Saturday will draft rules for the May primary and decide if delegates are chosen by district or at large.
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Jasper
Ala
Alabama
National Democratic Party
Roy Mayhall
State Democratic Executive Committee
Mayhall
Birmingham
Lar
GOP Plans For Alabama 1964 Nomination Method Debated
Alabama Republicans gather for an urban seminar to prepare for the 1964 election. Friday session leads into Saturday State Republican Executive Committee talks on primaries versus conventions. Julian Elgin of Montgomery urges primary method for best presidential prospects.
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Mobile
Alabama
Republican Executive Committee
GOP
John Grenier
Birmingham
Craig Truax
Pennsylvania
Tandy Little
Montgomery
Julian Elgin
Elgin
Little
Fire Damage Hits Athens Homes and Car
Fire damaged the home of Alvis Carter at 714 1st Ave in Athens Wednesday at 1 20 p m and destroyed Ruby Suttons car near Lowrey Sewell store on Elkmont Rd at 4 40 p m Thursday. A false alarm rang in on Browns Ferry Rd at 2 58 p m.
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Athens
Alvis Carter
1St Ave
Ruby Sutton
Lowrey Sewell
Elkmont Rd
Browns Ferry
Goldwater Says Rockefeller Echoes Johnson on Many Points
Senator Barry Goldwater charged in New Hampshire that Nelson Rockefeller often mirrors President Johnson on numerous issues. He warned Rockefeller would risk political backlash if nominated, and spoke on Cuba, Khrushchev, and the Bay of Pigs plan as he campaigns toward the 1964 GOP primary.
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Walter R. Mears
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Sen
Barry Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
Arizona
Gov. Rockefeller
Laconia
China
United Nations
U.S
Khrushchev
Russia
GOP
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Organization of American States
United States
Hemisphere
Wallace Delegation Pledge May Be Placed Before Alabama Democrats
Alabama Democratic Executive Committee members may consider pledging the state's delegates to Gov George Wallace at a Birmingham meeting. Vice chair Joe Phillips said he likely supports the idea of delegates pledged to Wallace being released at his discretion, a practice seen in other states. Wallace has been leading in polls as candidates vie for the national convention seats in Atlantic City.
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Cuba
Castro
Goldwater
Birmingham
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
George Wallace
Joe Phillips
Sylacauga
Phillips
Wallace
Atlantic City
Alleged Alabama prison guard freed on bond
Daniel Barnes Vick Jr. 34 of Grove Hill is free on bond after being charged in a federal case alleging he beat prisoner George R. Jesse, 26, of Mobile, with a stick while working as a guard at a Highway Department prison camp on June 10. Jesse is serving a three year term for grand larceny.
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Daniel Barnes Vick Jr
Grove Hill
U.S
Atty. Vernor R. Jansen Jr
Federal Grand Jury
George R. Jesse
Mobile
Vick
Alabama Highway Department
Jesse
Demo Hopefuls May Qualify On Saturday
Prospective Democratic candidates can qualify with Secretary of State Agnes Baggett at the State Democratic Executive Committee meeting on Saturday. Baggett said she will have the required papers, and her Montgomery office will be open. Candidates must qualify with both the secretary of state and committee chairman Roy Mayhall.
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Montgomery
Agnes Baggett
Democratic Executive Committee
Democrats Plan Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Birmingham
A slate of unpledged electors will be discussed as the State Democrats gather in Birmingham for a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner Friday night priced at 15 dollars per plate. The featured speaker is from Florida.
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Birmingham
Florida
Meat consumption in Argentina averages 267 pounds per person
The article cites an annual per person meat consumption figure of 267 pounds for Argentina, highlighting dietary trends and potential implications for food supply and health.
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Argentina
Dutton Acquitted By Circuit Jury
In Birmingham a circuit court jury acquitted Jerry Q. Dutton of charges he paraded or demonstrated without a permit on May 14. The trial followed a Recorder's Court conviction that fined him 100 dollars, costs, and 180 days in jail. Dutton was arrested before a downtown building housing federal offices.
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Birmingham
National States Rights Party
Jerry Q. Dutton
Dutton
Recorder’s Court
FBI
Freeman Seeks Land Use Focus To Fight Rural Poverty
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman outlines a rural poverty strategy prioritizing land use and development of small towns. He criticizes land idling and promotes RAD program efforts under John A. Baker to keep displaced farmers in their communities. A separate report notes fewer boll weevils entered dormancy this winter across several southern states.
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Ovid
Martin Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville _L. Freeman
Freeman
Johnson
Department
Asst
John A. Baker
Soviet urges scrap of multilateral nuclear force
Geneva AP The Soviet Union demands scrapping of the proposed multilateral nuclear force before any accord to curb nuclear weapons spread. Tsarapkin says the force must go and notes Moscow will respond to Johnson's five point plan later. Western officials doubt NATO's force will survive if broad disarmament succeeds.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Johnson
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Tsarapkin
NATO
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By Winford Turner
Limestone County
Floyd Johnson
Elkmont High School
State Education Department
George Roberts
Roberts
Floyd, Jr
West Limestone High School
T. J. Lewter
Elkmont
Robert Witt
Ardmore
C. S. Pettus
Mooresville-Belle Mina
Harry Richter
Piney Chapel
Issac Thomas
Thomas
Carl Edgeman
Robert Allen Tinnon
Owens Junior High
Tinnon
Clyde Ennis
Leonard Moyers
Ennis
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Moyers
Bobby Thornton
Rocky
Vicuna
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Xy Angel
Ritts
Paris
Liz
Goodzyear
Lee & Line
Dial
Lbj
Goldie
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Mos
Pear Stoner
T. R. Cowden
Washington
Agriculture Department
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Nikita
M&j
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