Rockefeller Faces Decision On Speaking For 1964 Bid
Washington AP Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York weighs whether to speak on national and foreign policy as a potential 1964 GOP presidential candidate. Advisers split: some urge early national visibility, others say governorship focus aids re election, with parallels drawn to Nixon's tactics and the risk of a later return to national race.
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Jack Beli
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Rockefeller
Goden
GOP
Nixon
California
Edmund G. Brown
NAACP Rededicates Itself To Freedom And Equality
The NAACP, in Philadelphia, reaffirmed its aim for full citizenship, desegregation, and civil rights through federal action and court remedies. Delegates urged Kennedy to issue an executive order ending racial discrimination and pressed for federal aid reforms in housing and education. The convention backed nonviolent demonstrations and opposed gradualism, endorsing stronger action to combat segregation and voting barriers.
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Ralph Bernstein
Philadelphia
National Association For the Act
Congress
Kennedy
America
Senate
Assembly
Mobil
NAACP
MacCarran-Walter
Gates
Mississippi Freedom Riders Shape Nonviolence Clash
The piece traces Mississippi’s violent rhetoric around segregation, the nonviolent stance of Freedom Riders guided by Gandhi, and the reactions of white leaders like Governor Ross Barnett. It notes arrests, public debates, and the broader struggle between integrationists and segregationists as buses keep arriving and authorities monitor potential fallout.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
Aesis
Congress of Rav
New York
South
inBernard Lafayette
Neer Divinity
Tampa
Fia
Lafayette
Nashville
Ala
Freedom
Mississippi
Montgomery
Freedom Riders
John Patterson
Alabama
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Missisal
Ross Barnett
W. J. Simmons
Citizens Councils of America
Simmons
Kitty Hawk Embarks On Shakedown Cruise
The Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk sailed from Philadelphia on its shakedown cruise after delays over construction defects. The $250 million ship, 63,000 tons and 1,047 feet long, required the Delaware River to be closed to other traffic for two hours during the launch.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Naval Base
Delaware River
Atlantic
Delaware
Nuclear Deadlock Referred to UN Assembly
United States and Britain urged the United Nations General Assembly to debate the critical deadlock with the Soviet Union over a nuclear test ban treaty. Washington and London accused Moscow of sabotaging negotiations in Geneva while planning to push the issue at the 16th General Assembly opening September 19. Calls followed new US Soviet talks in Moscow slated for next week as Western powers criticized the troika plan for treaty administration and warned of veto risks.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Britain
U.N. Assembly
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
U. N
Moscow
Geneva
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
United Na
Mosoo Bons
Washington
London
Hyannis Port
Mass
U. S
Francis T. P. Plimpton
Patrick Dean
Innstead
Khrushcchev
Johnson Hosts Pakistan President at LBJ Ranch in Texas
Pakistan President Ayub Khan and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived at the LBJ Ranch near Johnson City Texas for a rural weekend. A 21 person house party joined the leaders as guests viewed Hereford cattle and horses and dined beside a kidney shaped pool with roast lamb and beef.
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Johnson City
Tex
Pakistan
Mohammed ‘Ayub Khan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson's
San Antonio
Texas
Johnson
Ayub
Begum Nazeem Akhtar Aurengzab
Alamo
Lbj Ranch
Austin
Washington
Johnson Side Yard
Pedernales
LBJ
Mississippian Hurls Barb At Robert K Kennedy
Rep. John Bell Williams of Mississippi telegraphed Attorney General Kennedy asking if he plans to intervene in Chicago racial unrest as in Alabama. He referenced roving gangs beating white residents and questioned the federal response and protection by Illinois authorities.
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Washington
Mississippi
Robert F. Kennedy
Chicago
Alabama
Freedom Riders
John Bell Williams
D Miss
Kennedy
Justice Department
Williams
Illinois
Young 84-year-old woodcarver brings hope to Shaar Menashe
In Israel, 84-year-old Samuel Derenbaum known as Young Derenbaum carves alivewood chessmen, finds purpose in retirement after years as a Romanian woodcarver and time in an immigration camp. The piece highlights Overseas Aid Programs supported by American faith groups, urging continued giving to help millions overseas.
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Israel
Samuel Derenbaum
Derenbaum
Romania
Otiing
Shaar Menashe
Samuel
Samuel Dorenhaum
Dorenbaum
Trailways Desegregation Ride Sparks Across Louisiana
A Freedom Riders tour through Louisiana ends in New Orleans with the first known desegregation of Trailways terminal facilities. In Jackson Mississippi police arrest 12 riders for breach of the peace as others attempt to use white facilities. The 239 arrests total since May 24 include seven white and five Black riders. The group traveled 330 miles from Shreveport, stopping in Alexandria and Baton Rouge, after earlier jailings in Little Rock and release on state-exit condition. One rider notes a black and white sign reading white waiting room.
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Lafayette
Mississippi
Montgomery
Atlanta
South
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J. H. Wells
Jackson
Freedom Riders
Wells
New Orleans
Louisiana
Trailways
Miss
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Calif
Second Baptist Church
Shreveport
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