Poverty Bill Near Passage Gains After Friday Vote
Washington AP The House pushed President Johnson antipoverty legislation toward final passage after a 228 190 preliminary vote. A technical demand for a printed copy delayed final action until today as Democrats and Republicans maneuvered amid threats to strike the enacting clause and a crucial oath amendment was approved 144 to 112.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Howard W. Smith
Smith
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Senate
John Bell Williams
D-Miss
Laos Feud May Be Resolved in Vientiane Tense Power Shuffle
Reports from Vientiane describe a fragile effort to patch a feud between rightist military factions that could topple Laos' shaky government. Key figure Gen Siho Lam is said to resist choosing sides as troops moved toward the capital and officials insisted the crisis was being peacefully settled.
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Estelle Holt
Vientiane
Laos
Siho Lam
Phoutacoul
Iheeasy
Vietsuard
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Finance and Economics Committee
National Lottery, Casino and Customs
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Paksane
Pentane
Cap
Siho
Goldwater says foreign policy to lead 1964 campaign
Washington AP reports Sen. Barry Goldwater told Republican candidates that foreign policy and Vietnam will dominate the campaign if President Johnson shifts his strategy in Southeast Asia. Reporters heard Goldwater say Johnson must continue what he began or risk making Vietnam the central issue.
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Barry Goldwater
Andj
Viet Nam
Johnson
Asia
GOP
Goldwater
Arizona
PTA
Republican Party
Party of Peace
Lodge
William W. Scranton
William E. Miller
New York
Youth Plagued By Misfortune
Gary Ellis, 19, faced a string of car mishaps in Napoleon Michigan as his sister's 1956 model car broke frame after rope repair. A neighbor towed the car, a flat spare failed, and the wheel threw sparks starting five grass fires later extinguished by the Napoleon Fire Department. Ellis kept the car as a relic upon reaching home.
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Napoleon, Mich
Gary Ellis
Gary
Napoleon
Rockefeller to skip personal campaign for Goldwater Miller ticket
In New York August 24 a spokesman said Governor Rockefeller has no plans to campaign personally for the Goldwater Miller ticket. Goldwater pledged to back the party’s farm plank in campaigning in the prairie states.
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New York
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefefeller
Goldwater-Miller
Girl dives under train to save dogs in Michigan
Lorri Campbell, 9, dived toward railroad tracks to save her dachshunds Pogo and Quanda as a switch engine car and caboose passed at about 10 mph. One dog was saved, Quanda died. Lorri broke her collarbone and suffered minor injuries but was reported doing fine at the hospital.
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Evelyn August
Associated Press
Belding
Mich
Lorri
Donald Campbell
Old Water Mill near High Point Featured in Sunday Enterprise
The Sunday Enterprise spotlights the Old Water Mill on Highway 68 north of High Point, tracing its history from the Old Mill to Guilford and its current corn and wheat grinding activity as a picturesque relic. It also profiles Louis Armstrong, The Great Satchmo, highlighting his enduring influence through records and live performances.
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High Point
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Louis Armstrong
Satchmo
Sunday Enterprise
Viet Nam War Crisis Easing Amid Bipartisan Support
U S officials said a major expansion of the Vietnam war was unlikely as no mass troop movements by China or North Vietnam were detected. Congress overwhelmingly backed Johnsons flexible military response, while South Vietnam stayed under near martial law and redeployments continued. Henry Cabot Lodge visited allied capitals to align aims with U S policy as House and Senate approved the resolution.
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Washington
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U. S
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Asia
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Eugene B. Siler
R-Ky
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Turkish Jets Over Cyprus Escalate Cyprus Crisis
Turkish air force jets flew over Cyprus in a show of support for Turkish Cypriots amid three days of Greek Turkish clashes. Reports say jets did not open fire initially, but were ordered to intervene when necessary. Greek Cypriot authorities alleged strafing of Polis harbor and damage to the Italian freighter St. George, prompting UN and Greek defense actions.
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Cyprus
Cronus
Hes Aia Lnto
Fri Lish
Drieboe
Polis
Peter Garoufalias
St. George
Turkish air strikes hit Greek Cypriot positions near Kokkina
UN reports two strafing runs by Turkish jets against Greek Cypriot forces around Kokkina in northwest Cyprus. Three planes fired from the sea in a late afternoon attack as Kokkina remains encircled by Greek Cypriots. Turkey seeks an urgent Security Council meeting over Greek Cypriot attacks on Turkish Cypriots.
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Cyprus
United Nations Command
Kokkina
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United Nations
United Nations, N. Y
Turkey
UN Security Council
JFK’s Grandmother Fitzgerald Dies at 97 in Boston News Photo
Mrs John F Fitzgerald the grandmother of President John F Kennedy died at 97 in Boston at her son Thomas Fitzgeralds home after a fall in August 1980. She watched Kennedy inauguration and other events on television and prayed for him. Born Josephine Mary Hannon in Acton Mass she married the future Boston mayor in 1889 and had six children including Rose Kennedy. She attended Mass for her 97th birthday on October 1 1962 and Kennedy visited her in 1962 when he voted in Boston. Her son recalled she may have known about Kennedy but they never discussed it. She died at 8 10 am with family present and a priest gave last rites.
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John
F. Fitzgerald
John F. Kensgaphers
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Fitzgerald
Kennedy
John F. Fitzgerald
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Excitement as the Kennedy era graced Honey Fitz
The article recalls Mrs. Katherine Dyke Fitzgerald known as Honey Fitz, grandmother to the presidental nominee, who enjoyed moments with John F Kennedy during the 1960 campaign and inauguration. Widowed since 1950, she split time between Boston and Hyannis with son Thomas at a summer cottage. The late president surprised her on election day 1962 to Massachusetts to vote. She called him “my boy” as the inauguration aired. Three of her six children survive.
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