Explosion Threat After Train Wreck in Chillicothe
A Milwaukee freight wreck in Chillicothe Missouri forced about 1500 residents to evacuate within a three block radius as fire raged in multiple potash naphtha and diesel cars. A burning bridge on the Grand River fell as a likely hot box caused the disasters. City officials feared lightning could ignite remaining debris as a thunderstorm passed.
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Grand River
Missouri
Rains Help Some Crops in Kansas
In Kansas last week general rains aided late planted row crops pastures and hay lands improving seedbed prep for fall planting. Benefits vary due to prior drought and maturity of sorghum corn and soybean fields while eastern ponds refilled and western runoff remained light and local water supplies stayed low. Television owes a debt to a 16th century Irish telegrapher Louis May discovered selenium translates light into electric impulses in 1873.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
Marconi
Louis May
Democrats Seek Unity In 1964 Platform Speech
James Marlow reports from Atlantic City that the Democratic platform aims to prevent party splits by balancing appeals to blacks Southerners city dwellers and farmers. It touts prosperity under Kennedy Johnson while urging civil rights reforms and restraint on reapportionment and filibusters amid a clash with the Republican stance led by Goldwater.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N.J
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Washington
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John Birch Society
Pastore
Goldwater
Congress
Four Fronts Fight Mosquito Battle In Houston
Houston fights a four front war against encephalitis and its carriers. Nine new suspected cases admitted at Ben Taub Hospital with 120 cases reported citywide and four confirmed by lab tests. Health officials coordinate with CDC teams from Atlanta to map cases and expand reporting. Entomologists set mosquito traps as spraying crews push to finish phase one by tonight.
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Houston
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A. Pigford
Pigford
U.S. Public Wealth Service
Atlanta
William D. Sudia
Atlanta Center
Jim Henry
Houston Civil Defense Office
Ecity
Democratic Platform Avoids Reapportionment Mention
A Platform Committee source says Johnson urged no reference to reapportionment in the party platform. He believed any stance would alienate urban and rural voters alike. The remarks come amid debate over how the platform should address the subject.
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