Rights Parley Signals Nationwide Civil Rights Tensions
Leaders of major civil rights groups meet at NAACP headquarters for a summit on rising race riots and national politics. Roy Wilkins and figures like Whitney Young A Philip Randolph John Lewis James Farmer and Martin Luther King Jr discuss Goldwater's candidacy and potential racial tension. Mayor Wagner and King push for federal help to curb violence in New York City while Rochester rioting prompts curfews and city programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Whalen
NEW York
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
NAACP
Whitney M. Young
The
Urban League
A. Philip Randolph
National Negro American Labor Council
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
N.Y
Tropical Storm May Form Today
The Weather Bureau said a Navy hurricane hunter plane reported winds up to 50 mph in heavier bands as a tropical disturbance could become a storm this afternoon. If it intensifies as forecast, it would be named Leeward Islands and form about 2,000 miles east-southeast of Miami.
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Weather Bureau
Navy
Leeward Islands
Miami
Soldier's Letters Used After Death
Capt. J P Spruill of Winston Salem who died in Viet Nam had written letters to his wife between 1963 and 1964. The letters are included in the Army brochure The Line Is Drawn and kept in permanent records. Spruill praised the Vietnamese people and warned of impatience at home. He was born 1931 in Winston Salem and is remembered by Rep Herbert Bonner for appointing him to West Point. At death he was an adviser at the Cai Son Defense Training Center in the Mekong Delta.
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Winston-Salem
Viet Nam
J. P. Spruill
Spruill
America
Lafayette
von Steuben
Plymouth
N. C
West Point
Norton seeks to prove inflated Madison County voter rolls
In Marshall North Carolina Clyde Norton’s lawyers claim 7561 more names appeared on Madison County registration books than the 1960 census numbers suggest. Testimony cites 17210 names vs 9649 adults with 21 or older including about 1200 Mars Hill College students.
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Marshall, N.C
Clyde Norton
Madison County
Ted Russell
Madison County Board of Elections
Joseph Huff
Norton
U.S
Huff
Mars Hill College
Little Laurel
Zeno Ponder
Goldwater Meets GOP Leaders
Republican ticket nominee Barry Goldwater and running mate William E. Mil today seek unity within the party. Miller, a New York congressman, said the drive to unify Republicans would succeed while Goldwater hinted at limited campaigning until after Labor Day. Leaders from both chambers attended, with some officials noting scheduling conflicts and future speeches.
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Walter Mears Washington
Barry Goldwater
William E. Miltoday
Nates Cre
Miller
New York
California
Goldwater
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kuchel
Dirksen
House
Charles A
Indiana
Caesar
Leonard Hall
New Tek
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Hall
Forwater
Brown
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Caig UN
E Eee
Ranger 7 Mission Likely Hits Moon Target
Ranger 7 probably will strike the lighted side within a 300 mile wide Sea of Clouds area near the equator after a midcourse maneuver. Dr. William H. Pickering of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced initial success and noted tracking data must be analyzed for hours before final impact area is confirmed.
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Ralph Dighton
Pasadena
Calif
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sea of
Space Agency
Washington
NASA
Ranger
Earth
Ranger 7
Pacific
Seage Eh
Ranger 6
Soviet Troops Withdrawn From Cuba After Crisis
Washington reports that Soviet troops in Cuba have been withdrawn since the missile crisis peak in 1962. Estimates indicate about 22,000 troops remained at the peak, with withdrawals occurring gradually. Most antiaircraft rocket sites have been evacuated, though control centers in Havana may still be under Soviet supervision.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
Havana
Pastore Named Democratic National Convention Keynote
Sen. John O. Pastore of Rhode Island was chosen as keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention opening August 24 in Atlantic City. President Johnson endorsed the pick to solidify the industrial East against Goldwater, with McCormack named permanent chairman and Carl Albert head of the Platform Committee.
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Washington
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Johnson
Pastore
Atlantic City
East
Barry Goldwater
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Thant Meets Khrushchev in Moscow on U N Debt Talks
U N Secretary General Thant held talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev in the Kremlin over overdue U N peacekeeping debts. The meeting aimed to address the debt issue while avoiding implications for future U N votes and political positions.
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Moscow
U.N
U Thant
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Ingly
Miners Trapped As Rescue Team Breaks Into Cave-In Tunnel
Rescue workers pierced a tunnel entrance in eastern France to reach five miners missing after a cave-in in a limestone mine in the Jura Mountains. Nine miners found alive 200 feet below were contacted by air tube and microphone as torrential rain hampered efforts.
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Mt. Rivel
Jura
France
Michael Goldsmith
Champagnole
Stone
Bull
Faubus Wins Easy Nomination In Ark Dem Primary
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus won a decisive Democratic nomination to seek a fall contest against Republican Winthrop Rockefeller. With most precincts counted, Faubus led opponents Odell Dorsey Joe Hubbard and R D Burrow as Rockefeller organized support in the northeast. Also naming veterans E C Gathings and Oren Harris for renomination, Arkansas voters returned two incumbents and showed the competitive GOP race setting up a statewide campaign.
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John R. Starr
Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas Democratic A
Winthrop Rockefeller
Faubus
Rockefeller
Arkansas
Associated Press
Odell Dorsey
Joe Hubbard
R. D. Burrow
Dorsey
Hubbard
Burrow
E. C. Gathings
Oren Harris
Gathings
Clay
Harris
Murphy
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Fla
William Joslin
State Elections Board
Ponder
Rice
Roy Current
GOP
Pickering
Saigon
South
Keynoter
John M. Bailey
John C. Pastore
Thant
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