Public Forum letters call for Flint City officials’ resignations
A reader urges Flint City leaders to resign after an audit shows slipshod management and few civic improvements. The letter cites streets, traffic signs, garb age pickup, and a new city hall as insufficient without broader reform and public service by the council and mayor.
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Rt. 4
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily
Flint City
Flint
Sterling Sams
Cit
Gilbert D. Ed
Redstone Arsenal to Stage Largest Civil Defense Drill
Redstone Arsenal will host Exercise Chez-Pup a major 24 hour fallout shelter test with more than 40 soldiers and volunteer families. The drill will evacuate 20 000 people from the 40 000 acre site including Army Missile Command units Marshall Space Flight Center and contractors to test the post passive defense plan with civilian off post personnel participating.
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Redstone Arsenal
Redstone
North
Alabama
Civil Defense
Huntsville
Madison
Army Missile Command
Army Missile Support Command
Army Guided Missile School
Marshall Space Flight Center
California Florida Voices Grow In GOP Convention Delegates
California and Florida gain delegates for the 1964 Republican convention while states like West Virginia Pennsylvania Nevada Connecticut and Louisiana lose seats. The apportionment totals 1308 votes, with New York still leading at 92. The plan adds bonuses for GOP wins or governors and districts with sufficient Republican votes.
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Larry Osius Washington
California
Florida
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Nevada
Connecticut
Louisiana
San
Republican National Committee
Atlantic City
GOP
New York
Kentucky
Mississippi
Capillary Action Experiment From Bob Brown
A science feature explains capillary action with a simple setup using a pan of water a sponge and a folded cloth. Water rises quickly through the sponge but slowly through the cloth due to fiber density. The text notes capillary action powers lamp wicks and water movement and cites Bob Brown's book of experiments.
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Bob Brown
General Features Corp
Eisenhower Vetoed Program Still Benefiting Local Communities
A reader urges continuation of a decade old federal program vetoed twice by President Eisenhower. The writer argues Alabama congressmen should have supported extension, noting its impact on local communities and calling for a change in vote.
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Eisenhower
Alabama
D. D
Nelson
Disabled Funds Sought In State
Pens ons and Security Commissioner Ruben King says more funds are needed to provide a minimum of decency for permanently and disabled persons in Alabama who do not receive enough money to meet actual necessities.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Fayette County
Alabama
Fayette
Berry
Ala
Carl Elliott
Montgomery
Pensions and Security
Ruben King
Redstone shelter tests to study fallout readiness and evacuation
The report outlines occupancy criteria and shelter stay tests covering ventilation humidity temperature and radiation protection. It notes periodic updates to Redstone organization reps during July as readiness postures rise and Emergency Operating Forces relocate to sites to test warning nets signals shelter procedures and reactivation file relocation.
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Redstone
Faked Death Rumors Circulate Over Rachman Case
Mandy Rice Davies told the Commons rumors claim a shadowy figure in the Profumo affair faked Rachman death. She said no body switch occurred and that Peter Rachman is dead, though Fleet Street whispers persist about a phantom corpse and cross world sightings. Audrey Rachman identified the body. Lord Denning conducted the inquiry.
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Raymond E. Palmer
London
Mandy Rice Davies
Rachman
Commons
West End
Fleet Street
Peter Rachman
Una
Mandy
Paris
Bermuda
Clicking heart valve saves life of 11 month old
Theresa Mazzari, 11 months, in Yonkers, received an artificial heart valve June 18. Her mother, Mrs Albert Mazzari, reports a quiet room reveals a distinct click from inside her daughter's heart. Dr Dennison Young of Montefiore Hospital notes Theresa may be the first infant with an artificial valve.
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Yonkers
N.Y
Albert Mazzari
Theresa Mazzari
Theresa
Dennison Young
Montefiore Hospital
Child Heart Clinic
House Changes Rule On Barge Lighting
Washington AP The House passed a bill to modify lighting and fog signal rules for barges anchored in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound. The measure, amended from the Senate version, returns to the Senate for further action and would require a single light per barge rather than two, with barges as a unit observing standard signals.
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Washington
House
Mobile Bay
Mississippi Sound
Senate
Political Peace Hints Show Argentina Presidential Vote Split
In Buenos Aires the Popular Radical party led by Arturo Illia claimed about 25 percent of ballots while the intransigent Radical party headed by Oscar Alende gained roughly 16 percent. The Electoral College faces a 51 percent hurdle for Illia with potential Alende support shaping a possible late-month outcome.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Aan
Popular Radical Party
Arturo Illia
Radical Party
Oscar Alende
Tilia
Alende
Radical
Wind Damage Hits Andalusia in Thunderstorm
High winds in Andalusia cause thousands of dollars in damage. No injuries were reported. Power outages affected Alabama Textile Products Co and Gulf Naval Stores and disrupted Alabama Electric Cooperative service. A downtown substation was struck by lightning, glass storefronts shattered, streets blocked by fallen trees, and a big oak collapsed onto the home of former Probate Judge Hiram Brogdden Sr.
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Andalusia
Ala
Alabama Textile Products Co
Gulf Naval Stores
Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc
Hiram Brogdden Sr
Duffers Disturbed By Doffing Of Duds
DETROIT AP Bonnie Brook witnesses report a man seen nude running along golf fairways six to eight times this year. Police and grounds crew have chased him, but he escaped into the rough.
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Detroit
Bonnie Brook
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