Preconvention Ballots Give Little Trend Indication
Washington AP reports California and South Dakota voters will cast preconvention ballots next Tuesday for delegate slates rather than individual candidates. Kennedy leads in several primaries, but rivals argue results reflect limited state support. Nixon shows strength for Republicans. South Dakota Democratic delegates appear pledged to Humphrey despite his withdrawal.
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Pat) Brown
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Lawrence Rejects Delegate Unit Rule
Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Democratic leaders seek harmony as Gov. Lawrence rejects a unit rule for the delegation to the presidential nominating convention. He backs an uncommitted Los Angeles delegation and plans to poll the delegation on July 10 with no immediate move to bind votes. Kennedy supporters push for freedom of choice while Allegheny County officials align with neutrality.
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Republicans Outvote Democrats in National Totals
Republicans led with 4 124 569 votes to 3 836 184, though many GOP votes rested in Illinois and Pennsylvania where Nixon ran but Democrats were write ins. Democratic gains appeared in Indiana Massachusetts Wisconsin West Virginia Nebraska Oregon Ohio while Republicans led in New Hampshire New Jersey and Nebraska. Oregon and Wisconsin saw Democratic turnout rise as Nixon largely avoided campaigning.
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Dairy Month Proclaimed by Pennsylvania Governor
Gov Lawrence urged observance of June as Dairy Month in Pennsylvania praising the state as a great milk producer and calling for statewide participation in the observance.
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Race Commission Receives $18,763 Referendum Bill
The bill covers the cost of the April pari mutuel betting referendum. Allegheny County officials sent the bill to the State Harness Racing Commission for ballot preparation advertising and mailing costs after voters rejected the legalization proposal.
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Myrna Loy Ends 4th Marriage in Quickie Mexico Divorce
Myrna Loy, famed for on screen ideal wife roles, ends her fourth marriage with an uncontested quickie divorce in Juarez Mexico. Producer Howland Sargeant, a former assistant deputy secretary of state, did not contest. A separate property settlement was signed in New York last month. The couple, married in 1951, had reportedly been separated for two years.
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New York
House Tabs on Travel Checked
The Knight newspapers report altered expense accounts for dozens of House members. Receipts show hotel and bar charges misrepresented to justify trips, meals, and resort stays. Oren Harris and Omar Burleson deny knowledge, while access to records is restricted. Travel, hotel, and meal costs tied to committee business are the government chargeable items.
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Harris
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Camden Vice Squad Leader Indicted in City
Camden, N J AP The head of the Camden police department new vice squad Lt Harold Melehy age 32 was indicted by a grand jury investigating possible links between police and gamblers He was charged with falsely swearing by giving incomplete answers about his finances Edwin Shapiro 56 a detective also indicted by the Special grand jury Thus far five members or former members have been indicted
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Union Rift Taken to U.S. Judge
Union rift over control of Teamsters monitor board reaches federal court as Bufalino and Hoffa clash with Board Chairman O Donoghue. Letts receives complaint accusing intimidation and misuse of monitor duties. Letters were snatched, then returned to the chairman.
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Marlin F. O’donoghue
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O'Donoghue
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Verwoerd Reaffirms Apartheid In Postattack Speech
In Bloemfontein Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, writing after an April 9 shooting attempt, defended apartheid and racial segregation. He urged a union of hearts between English and Dutch blood citizens and touted a republic linked to Britain, promising peace and prosperity while a dove symbol fell to the ground.
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Connor Easy Victor In Democratic Vote
James J. Connor defeated Hubert P. Earle to become chair of the Delaware County Democratic Party at Nether Providence High School. Connor carried key delegations including Upper Darby, while Earle won Haverford Township and several smaller areas before conceding. The gathering, attended by 536 of 641 eligible committee members and women, featured calls for party unity and endorsements for Democratic candidates in November.
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Montgomery Urges China Unification
London dispatch reports Field Marshal Montgomery advocating one China and that Formosa should be part of China after talks in Peiping. He said Hong Kong was not discussed and preferred Peiping's government to Chiang Kai-shek era, calling the new China preferable.
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De Gaulle Calls for Methodic Diplomacy Before Talks
President Charles de Gaulle urged no more summit conferences until methodic diplomatic work clears the path to agreement. He said France would host again after strong preparation by four powers, stressing disarmament and East-West cooperation over public speeches. de Gaulle also criticized Khrushchev for pressuring Eisenhower over the U2 and warned against wrecking the parley while France stays ready to defend itself.
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Charles de Gaulle
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France
United Nations
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
de’ Gaulle
Rockefeller praises Eisenhower after summit clash
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller told an overflow crowd of over 800 in New York County that Americans can be proud of President Eisenhower for his conduct at the summit conference disrupted by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Rockefeller
Dean Nelson praised after Vanderbilt resignation protest
Dean J Robert Nelson says he has received numerous laudatory messages following his resignation from Vanderbilt University's divinity school. He led a Monday protest with Assistant Dean James D Sellers and eight faculty members over the school's refusal to reinstate Rev James M Lawson, a Black student expelled last March for lunch counter film demonstrations.
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J. Robert Nelson
Vanderbilt University
Divinity School
Nelson
James D. Sellers
James M. Lawson
South Africa Turmoil But Natives Stand Far From Revolt
SAUL PETT reports from Johannesburg on rising native restlessness under apartheid. Workers and students voice anger at exclusion from rights while most natives remain politically uninformed. Some see a future of underground groups and possible riots after emergency rule ends, yet a chief seeks nonviolent reform and parliamentary voice.
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