History item notes gold rush start and other events
A June 16 history roundup recalls the 1897 Alaska gold rush beginning after Bonanza Creek news. It also notes the League of Nations first public meeting in 1920, Roosevelt signing the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933, and other historical milestones through recent years.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Bonanza Creek
Council of the
League of Nations
St. James Palace
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Adolf Tiitler
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Thailand
United Nations Security Council
USN
Indochina
House of Commons
Kenya
Space
Viet Cong relocated to strategic hamlets amid scorched earth drive
In Saigon reports say Viet Cong supply areas near the Cambodian border are being rebuilt after a last week scorched earth sweep by American and Vietnamese special forces along the Vao Oriental River. Families relocated, propaganda leaflets, and offers for weapon buyback aid ongoing.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Vaio Oriental
Mekong River
Cambodia
Ninh
Special Forces
Tay Ninh
World Bait Casting Record Set by Jack Willson Jr
In Columbus Ohio Jack Willson Jr of Berkeley set a new world bait casting record with a five eighths ounce plug traveling 505 feet at the Great Lakes Casting Tournament. Representing the Ferguson Casting Club of St Louis he was named all around tournament champion and achieved a tourney grand slam by winning all accuracy events and the all around accuracy.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jack Willson Jr
Berkeley
Mom Willson
Great Lakes
Willson
Ferguson
St. Louis
Tennessee to Impose Use Tax
The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee may levy its 3 percent use tax on private use of government property by Union Carbide Corp and H. K. Ferguson Co at Oak Ridge plants run under Atomic Energy Commission contracts. Justice White delivered the unanimous decision sustaining the state. The United States pays any use taxes collected from the contractors under their contracts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Comission
Byron R. White
Union Carbide Corp
H. K. Ferguson Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Justice Department
United States
Carbide and Ferguson
Observance of Shots That Started World War I in Sarajevo
In Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, a quiet observance marks the 50th anniversary of the June 28, 1914 pistol shots. A two week memorial begins with a simple meeting and will culminate June 28 with plaques and wreaths. The event reflects on the war that killed millions and led to World War II.
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Sarajevo
Yugoslavia
Gavrilo Princip
Back-to-Back Crowns Becomes Family Affair
Louisville Seneca captured the Kentucky schoolboy basketball title for 1964, repeating 1963 under coach Bob Mulcahy. The piece notes Ashland as a prior back-to-back winner and mentions Mulcahy’s connection through his father-in-law Ernie Chattin, who assisted Ashland in earlier years.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Louisville Seneca
Bob Mulcahy
Ashland
Ernie Chattin
Mulcahy
Egg industry boom near Cottonwood Falls
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas an egg business is expanding as Marketing eggs produced by 60 000 hens would seem to be enough work for one firm.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Henry Schoap Jr
Schoaps
Chesé County
Valley Foods
Schoap
M.E. Jackson
Kansas State University
C. R. Roberts
Claude L. King
Salina Prep Miler To West Coast Relays
Gene McClain, Salina high school miler, will compete in the Golden West invitational at East Los Angeles College June 20. To preserve amateur status, the Salina Junior Chamber raised funds for his expenses. McClain’s fastest 4 13.8 came at the AAT meet in Kansas City. he plans KU track scholarship.
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Salina, Kan
Gene McClain
Salina
East Los Angeles College
McClain
MPs Studying Vital Stats After Ten MPs Die Young
London AP reports MPs examine vital statistics amid a trend of MPs dying young. The last ten members of the British House of Commons averaged 59 at death, with life expectancy in the country cited as about ten years higher.
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London
House of Commons
Man of the Month honors Prudential Agent in Hutchinson
Prudential reports Agent Jack H. Devalld recognized as Man of the Month for outstanding performance and high service standards in the Hutchinson District Office. Contact details list telephone AR 8 5219 and address 1213 Pinecrest Garden City for inquiries.
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Prudential
Jack H. Devalld
Hutchinson
Jack H. Devyalld
Pinecrest
Garden City
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Albuquerque HM
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Wisconsin
BATRA
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Harley Sales CO
Wichita, Kansas
Memphis, Tenn
D. E. Pitts
Memphis
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