Rockefeller Says Poverty War Overdue
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller endorsed the Johnson administration's war on poverty in Appalachia but said it is long overdue. He urged states to play a full role with the federal government to avoid Washington bureaucracy and spoke in Beckley West Virginia as part of a West Coast tour. He attacked Sen. Barry Goldwater and contrasted Civil Rights votes with the GOP platform, arguing economic plans for Appalachia were finally proposed in 1964 election year.
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Robert T. Gray Beckley
W.va
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Johnson
West Virginia
New York
Congress
Rockefeller
Washington
West Coast
Barry Goldwater
California
Goldwater
Appalachian
Goldwater criticizes strategy in Viet Nam and poverty fight
Senator Barry Goldwater arrived in Southern California for a campaign stop and urged a tougher approach in Vietnam aimed at interdicting supply routes from Red China Laos and Cambodia. He warned of slow U S defeat in Southeast Asia and called the war on poverty a Santa Claus of government handouts. He suggested destroying rice and opium crops in North Vietnam but did not specify U S troop involvement.
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Gene Oishi
Los Angeles
Barry Goldwater
Washington, D.C
United States
South Viet Nam
Arizona Republican
Southeast Asia
Viet Nam
Goldwater
California
Los Angeles County
San Fernando Valley
Red China
Laos
Cambodia
Bees swarm on Lambs car vent glass in Lake City
Linwood Buddy Lamb of Lake City 8.C. found a hot lot of bees swarmed on the vent glass of his car after finishing work at his bank. Laverne Smiley, a Lake City bee handler, removed them. AP Wirephol.
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Linwood
Buddy) Lamb
Lake City
8.C
Laverne Smiley
Lamb
Mississippi GOP Lost Cause Faces House Opposition
In Mississippi the bid to pass 22 anti GOP election bills backed by Gov. Paul Johnson hit strong House resistance after Senate passage. Rep. Roy Strickland, floor manager, said the GOP chairs and key Republicans led by Wirt Yerger and M. L. McAllister won their battle, signaling slim chances for the package.
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James Saggus Jackson
Miss
House
Roy Strickland
Wirt Yerger
M. L. McAllister
Sen
Dirksen
Yerger
GOP
McAllister
Mississippi
Everett M
Ill
Senate
Johnson
Rep
Abie Miller
Greene
Strickland
Roanoke Salesman Arrested After Knife Threats
A Roanoke man from Hickory, 21, was arrested after a door to door assault in which a mother said a man attacked her at knife point and forced undressing with threats of rape and sodomy. In the struggle a gunshot was fired. the suspect faced charges of rape and malicious wounding, while parole violations in North Carolina were also noted. Detective Griggs said the assailant identified himself as Clyde Morton Gantt.
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Hickory
North Caroa
Wom
Linn
E. A. An
Griggs
Sen
Clyde Morton
Gantt
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