Goldwater Pressured by Colleagues Amid Campaign Shift
Washington AP report notes Senator Dirksen and Senator Javits commend Goldwater's shift toward a main track on major issues. Javits stresses he must prove a genuine rejection of extremism and a push for civil rights and world peace. Johnson accuses Goldwater of threats to national security, while Goldwater aides counter with a critique of high level dishonesty and mention a potential GOP book of Baker nursery rhymes.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Barry Goldwater
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Sen. Goldwater
Javits
Goldwater
Dirksen
San Francisco
Hershey
Sen
Johnson
Free World
Viet Nam
Th Goldwater
William E. Miller
New York
U.S
Bobby Baker
Billie Sol Estes
Negroes Subdued In Chicago Suburb Riot
In Dixmoor Illinois a thousand armed, angry Black residents rioted for hours before 200 shotgun police ended the disturbance. More than 50 people were injured, 25 Black residents had been arrested previously, and several whites were shot or wounded. Police used tear gas and blockades as order was restored.
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Dixmoor
Ill
Chicago
Palicer
Defecting Russians Seek to Play Real Jazz in U.S.
Two Soviet musicians Igor Berechus and Boris Midney defected from a Moscow troupe arriving from Tokyo and said they want to go to the United States to perform real jazz. They met American players during Benny Goodman’s visit and left their wives behind in Moscow. U.S. officials in Tokyo urged asylum processing as they head to Frankfurt with help from American authorities in West Germany awaiting a final decision.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
United States
Tokyo
Moscow
Igor Berechus
Boris Midney
Benny Goodman
Soviet Union
U.S
U. S
West Germany
Berechus
Midney
Frankfurt
Igor Berecshtis
Berecshtis
Micney
Russia
America
Beltway Opens Around Washington Circling Capital
A 65 mile beltway around Washington opens as a 189 million high speed artery. It bypasses inner city traffic and urban sprawl, linking satellite communities, spurring shopping centers and rising property values. The project traces back to 1928 when planners first sought a bypass.
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Washington
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Congress
City Council approves 81 thousand for downtown parking facilities
The City Council approved by 6 to 3 a resolution allocating about 81 000 toward 311 000 of new downtown off street parking facilities. Most funding would come from bonds repaid from parking revenue. Mayor Floyd Mehan Jr. and Councilmen John Eshelman Jr. and Lawrence Hancock voted no.
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Parkng
Floyd Mehan
John Eshelman Jr
Lawrence Hancock
Hoffa Sentenced To Five Years In Prison In Chicago
James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, gets a five year sentence to run after his eight year term in Chattanooga. He receives four concurrent five year terms and a $10,000 fine for fraud in obtaining large loans from the union pension fund. Walsh asks for concurrent sentencing and challenges juror conduct. Pare testifies about notes of juror conversations.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Chattanooga
Tenn
U. S. Dist
Richard B. Austin
Walsh
James J. Pare
Austin
Pare
Riots, Civil Rights Backlash Study Shifts Election Views
A Harris survey finds 87 percent say New York and other riots hurt the Negro cause. It shows Johnson trailing Goldwater 62 to 38 in the East due to riots, with whites and Negro optimism dampened yet broad support for the civil rights act remaining. The study classes voters by backlash levels and reveals patterns in voting behavior amid racial unrest.
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Louis Harris
New York
Rochester
Jersey City
Lyndon B. Johnson
East
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Congress
Goldwater and
Goldwater Johnson
Kidnaping Arrests After Nightgown Hood Ride
In Spartanburg South Carolina FBI agents arrested Stacey L Bigham Joyce LaFevers and Grady Steen all of Kannapolis N C after a kidnapping incident at a What A Burger drive in roadway. Steen escaped from a Spartanburg hotel room and Miss LaFevers jumped on the hood of the car in a nightgown as the trio was pursued by police. The suspects were to be arraigned in Greenville before U S Commissioner Jesse M Ray.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Kannapolis
N.C
FBI
Robert Murphy
Charlotte
Stacey L. Bigham
Joyce LaFevers
U.S
Jesse M. Ray
Greenville
Grady Steen
Murphy
Steen
Miss LaFevers
Patsy Queen
U.S. 29
Bigham
Congress Session Extended in Washin gton
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield told Democratic senators they would reconvene August 31 after the convention and stay in session until completion of unfinished business. The extended schedule could push into September or October if needed, ending the last hope of adjourning before the Democratic National Convention due to a filibuster fight over court-ordered reapportionment.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Mansfield
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Ford offers 19 cent wage rise in UAW talks
Ford Motor Co. proposes an average 19 cent hourly wage increase over three years for 165,000 production workers plus improved pension and health plans. GM offers 6 to 13 cent hikes for 350,000 workers with added vacation, holidays, and tuition aid. Chrysler presents a similar package as the union weighs a long bargaining session.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Health Aid Proposals Rejected in Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee rejected two health care for the aged plans in Social Security amendments. The King Anderson proposal backed by President Johnson failed 116 to 0 with Sen. Gore presenting it, while Ribicoff’s plan allowing beneficiaries to choose a health plan was defeated 125 to 0. The panel continued work on a House bill boosting Social Security benefits by 5 percent amid ongoing debate.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
King-Anderson
Johnson
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
House
Gore
Ribicoff
Senate
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Te Walsh
Con
Harris Survey
ADU
Harris
United Automobile Workers Union
Ende Dale
Orestes
Wetheral
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