May 18 History Highlights From 1964 Newswire
Today marks May 18 the 139th day of 1964 with notable events listed. Roosevelt signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act in 1938 to aid a 40000 square mile region. Other milestones include Napoleon becoming emperor in 1804 and Wilson signing the Selective Service Act in 1917.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tennessee River
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Woodrow Wilson
Antwerp
Ethiopia
United Nations
New York City
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Christian A. Herter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Germany
John F. Kennedy
Nashville
Tenn
From Rabbits to Coney Island’s Seashore Kingdom
Coney Island rose from a rabbit plagued shore to a famed seaside destination. The name is believed to derive from the Dutch rabbit Konljn, reflecting its early notoriety before Brooklyn's rise as a hot dog capital.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn
Methodists Explore Unity and Racial Issue at Conference
At the Methodist General Conference in Pittsburgh the race problem loomed large as the church studied integration amid mergers with Evangelical United Brethren and talks of union with other denominations. Leaders noted democracy and growth while weighing social issues and city life challenges as merger prospects continue.
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B. Schwartz II
Pittsburgh
Methodist Church
Methodist General Conference
Howard Jones
Kentucky
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Church
Wicke
Norman Trott
Wesley Theological Seminary
Conference
Commission On Union
Topeka Man Heads Radio and TV Group
Carl J. Sisskind news director of WIBW Topeka was elected chairman of the Kansas Associated Press Radio and Television Association at its annual meeting He succeeds Don Hopkins of KGNO Dodge City Paul Threlfall of KAKE Wichita was named chairman of the continuing study committee succeeding Sisskind
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Lawrence
Kan
Carl J. Sisskind
WIBW
Topeka
Kansas Associated Press Radio and Television Association
Don Hopkins
KGNO
Dodge City
Paul Threlfall
KAKE
Wichita
Sisskind
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Michael A. Berti, MD
Green Ciy Telorra
TVA
Fidelit State Bank
Gerald Kennedy
Los Angeles
Baltimore
John Wesley
Wesley
Lloyd Wicke
Council of Bishops
Methodist Conference
Hutchinson, Kan
Central Kansas
The
J. Russell Throckmorton
Salina
Hutchinson
Paul Matthaei
McPherson
George Richards
Raymond Dewey
Washington, D.C
African Methodist Episcopal Church
African Methodist Episcopal Church Zion
Christian Methodist Church
United Presbyterian Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
United Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
Roy Campanella
Dodgers
Elston Howard
Yankees
Campy
Catalina
Pontiac
the Western Motor Co., Inc
Fifth & Fulton
Garden City
Fidelity State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Man Heads
Onty Fe
Sandy McDonald
McDonald’s
Danfield
Tate Rayon
Tex
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