Editorial notes on third parties in 1964 race
The piece argues third party efforts within both major parties are unlikely to derail Kennedy’s renomination. It cites historical examples from 1860 and 1912 and warns that any third party would risk throwing the election to the House, ultimately aiding the Democratic nominee.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Taft
GOP
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Kennedy
House
Local two car accidents reported in Decatur area
Police investigated two collisions Friday. A 1955 truck driven by Allen Cullens and Mimmie Grace Turney sustained only slight damage in an alley between 2nd and 1st Avenues Southeast. A 1961 Comet and a 1955 Plymouth collided at 2nd Street Southwest and 5th Avenue Southwest with both drivers reporting a green light. Dr James F Jekel will speak to Rotary at Lyons Hotel at 12 15 p.m. Monday on Conquered Disease. The Morgan County Library Association Committee will meet Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at 16th Avenue Baptist Church with all librarians invited. See Diary on Page 2.
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1St Ave
Allen Cullens
Falkville
Mimmie Grace Turney
2Nd St
5Th Ave
James Arthur Posey
Decatur
Jasper Earl Royer
James F. Jekel
U. S. Public Health Service
Huntsville
Rotary Club
Lyons Hotel
Morgan County Library Association Committee
16Th Ave. Baptist Church
McNamara Korth clash over atomic powered carrier policy
In Washington the dispute over funding an atomic powered Navy carrier heated up between Secretary of Defense McNamara and Secretary of the Navy Korth. McNamara favored delaying extra money, while Korth pressed for nuclear propulsion and urged revival of support. Congress authorized a conventional carrier and a final decision remained pending.
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Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of the Navy
Fred Korth
Navy
McNamara
Congress
Korth
Naval
Defense Department
Complete Service for Frigidaire and All Make Appliances
An advertisement notes repair service for Frigidaire and other appliance brands offered by Robin Son on Second Ave. The small classified-style item emphasizes a complete service solution for household machines.
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Robinson’s
Second Ave
Adv
U S protests South Korea grain purchases under easy terms
The United States protested a South Korean grain buy of 5 million dollars from Canada and Australia after Washington supplied over one million tons on generous terms. Kim Hak yol complained that Seoul’s actions embarrass him in Washington as Korean buyers used Mitsubishi and Mitsui to obtain 40 000 tons Canadian wheat 25 000 tons Canadian barley and 10 000 13 000 tons Australian wheat with easy credit.
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South Korea
Canada
Australia
America
Kim Hakyol
South Korean Economic Planning Board
U.S
Agriculture and
State Department
Kim
Washington
South Korean Agriculture Ministry
Agriculture Department
Mitsubishi and
Mitsui
Berlin Blockade Protests Ignored
Soviet forces at Marienborn blocked a U S Army convoy into Berlin as 205 U S and 144 Soviet soldiers faced off. Two convoys were halted with one rolling out. clashes marked the sharpest postwar U S Soviet confrontation since October 1961.
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John O. Koehler
Associated Press
Berlin
U.S
Marienborn
Red Wall
East Berlin
West Germany
Birmingham Teens Indicted in Negro Death
Two white teenagers, Michael Lee Farley and Larry Joe Sims, both 16, were indicted for first degree murder in the pistol death of Virgil Ware 13 during post bombing disorders. Bond set at 10,000 dollars. grand jury did not indict Officer Jack Parker in a fatal shooting of a 16 year old Negro. Three men convicted of illegal explosives possession remain free on appeal bonds.
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Birmingham
Ala
Michael Lee Farley
Larry Joe Sims
Jefferson
Birmingham) County
Virgil Ware
Jack Parker
John Robinson
Robinson
J.O. Butler
Parker
Resignation Of Adenauer Told
Kon rad Adenauer submitted his resignation Friday as West German chancellor a post he has held for 14 years. The move takes effect next Tuesday before Parliament elects Ludwig Erhard as the new chancellor. Adenauer will serve as acting chancellor until Erhard is sworn in.
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Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
Ludgwig Erhard
Erhard
Luebke
Jackie Kennedy to Visit Morocco Next Week
Rabat Morocco AP reports that Jacqueline Kennedy wife of the American President will make a four day visit to Morocco next week as guest of King Hassan II. She is due in Rabat on Sunday and will travel by plane to Marrakech in the interior.
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Rabat
Morocco
Jacqueline Kennedy
Hassan II
Italian Disaster Seen as Avoidable by Authorities
Italian disaster at Vaiont dam may have been prevented with timely warning. Communist lawmakers accuse technicians and authorities of failing to issue alerts after a landslide from Mt Toc unleashed millions of tons of rock into the Vaiont river reservoir.
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Domenico Giordano Belluno
Italy
Vaient
Venice
Vaiont
Mt. Toc
Decatur Red Raider Sweatshirts on Sale at Sears
Students are urged to buy Decatur Red Raider sweatshirts at Sears located at 108 Second Ave in Decatur.
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Decatur
Sears
Second Ave
Two For Two Swap Second In Three Years
Two accused Russian spies were exchanged for two American citizens held in the Soviet Union in a late night trade. Rev. Walter Ciszek and Marvin W. Makinen were flown from Moscow to Idlewild via London and British Overseas Airways, while the Soviet officers Ivan D. Egorov and Aleksandra fled toward Copenhagen and Moscow. The swap forestalled a death penalty trial and marked the second such exchange in less than three years following the 1962 Powers case.
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New York
Idlewild
United States
Soviet Union
Walter Ciszek
Russia
Siberia
Father Ciszek
Marvin W. Makinen
Ashburnham
Mass
Moscow
London
British Overseas Airways Corp
Moscow- Washington
Francis Gary Powers
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