Shriners Close 32nd Annual Nashville Assembly
In Nashville at Municipal Auditorium 5000 Shriners and families wrapped a four day festival with parades and a concluding ball. A downtown stunt scene included a quick thief stealing fezes while a bell card shock challenged pedestrians during the festivities. Wahabi Temple of Jackson Miss won heavyweight in the motor corps drill with Hejnz Temple of Greenville S C second in lightweight.
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Shriners
C. M. Moore
William L. Barrineau
Macon
Municipal Airport National Guard
Wahabi
South Carolina Governor Visits Pioneer Village in Toronto
Governor Robert E. McNair of South Carolina visited Pioneer Village in Toronto with his wife and a 90 person party. The stop closed a two day tour tied to the state exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition.
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Toronto
Robert E. McNair
South Carolina
Pioneer Village
McNair
Britain Faces Pressure Over Rhodesia Sanctions
London officials say sanctions alone won't end Rhodesia's rebellion and that South Africa's support helps sustain the Rhodesian economy. The Commonwealth debates new actions while Britain hesitates to hand responsibility to the United Nations, preferring a negotiated settlement. Sir Alec Douglas-Home urges Wilson to keep handling Rhodesia internally.
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London
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
South Africa
Ian Smith
Rho
Commonwealth
Britain
United Nations
Wilson
Alec Douglas-Home
Scotland
Study Promised On War Claims
Washington officials said war veterans' claims from a Philippine panel were sent to the relevant agencies for study. Congress is considering legislation to boost veterans' benefits. Philippine senators criticized the United States, while U S officials noted no authority to settle the claims but addressed the presentations.
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U.S
Congress
Manila
United States
Camilo Osies
Philippine Senate
Jose Roy
State Department
Roy
Federal banks warned to hire without discrimination
Nearly 14,000 banks holding federal deposits are ordered not to discriminate by race or religion in hiring. President Johnson announced that Treasury Secretary Fowler sent letters to top officers, tying government depository contracts to Executive Order 11246 with an effective date of November 30.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Johnson
Department of Justice
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vietnamese tailor campaigns for constitutional assembly seat
Mai Van Chom, 48, a poor but energetic Saigon tailor, uses a pedicab with a loudspeaker to campaign in the 5th Precinct. He is one of 542 candidates from the Patriotic Labor party, symbol rooster, seeking to energize peasants and workers ahead of the Sept. 11 election amid Viet Cong threats.
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South Viet Nam
Mai van Chom
Constitutional Assembly
Chom
Viet Nam
Chom W
Nguyen Cao Ky
Patriotic Labor Party
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