FAVORED BY OTHERS Laws Bind 361 To Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater holds 361 Republican delegates bound by state laws or party actions, more than half of 677 first ballot votes per an Associated Press tally. Additional delegates express personal preference or commitment, totaling 655 needed for the nomination. 118 come from binding primaries and 243 from GOP convention instructions. Montana’s 14 delegates on Friday could push totals if instructed for Goldwater.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Associated Press
Iy Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
San Francisco
Montana
Man Slain In N Y Elevator
Leonard Simpson a 63 year old lawyer was killed in a self service elevator in an upper west side building. His wife Selma Simpson discovered his body as the elevator returned to the lobby after he entered the building with her minutes earlier. Police described a possible stabbing with an ice pick and urged sightings of a tall gaunt Negro with mustache seen leaving the scene.
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Richard F. Whalen
NEW York
Selma Simpson
William J. Brady
Mrs. Simpson
Leonard Simpson
Last Of 6 Escapees Captured
The final of six convicts who escaped Monday from an Avery County prison road gang was captured. Two were nabbed at Pulaski by Virginia authorities, one driving a stolen Virginia car with the guard’s revolver. Albert Ledford and Joe Lee Cothran were taken by Virginia officers. Earlier, three fugitives were found at Portsmouth, Ohio, with a stolen 30-30 rifle. Names identified: Dwight Howard Creswell, Clarence Penley, and J. Francis Thomas. Four of six escaped Tuesday from Craggy Prison near Asheville remained at large.
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Raleigh, N. C
Avery County
George Randall
Pulaski
Mhawanny
Vary UD Auis
Luigy Weog
Virginia
Albert Ledford
Joe Lee Cothran
Portsmouth
Ohio
Randall
Dwight Howard Creswell
Clarence’ Penley
J. Francis Thomas
Asheville
Madison County Elections Board Removed From Office
The Madison County Elections Board faced removal amid a probe into ballot handling and precinct official instruction. Chairman Freeman, Snelson, and Guthrie faced charges of neglecting duties. a three hour hearing led to the board's removal and the selection of a new panel.
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Roy Freeman
Zeno Ponder
Marshall
North Carolina
State Elections Board
Madison County
Ponder
Freeman
Madison County Board of Elections
Madison Board
Madison County Elections Board
Associated Press
Es. Marshall
N.C
State Board
Madison
County Board of Elect
State Bureau of Investigation
Meadow Fork
Mars Hill
Iman Enidt
William A. Joslin
State Board of Elections
Melvin Lang
Setuilerines
SBI
Ernest Snelson
James Jackson Guthrie
Snelson
Guthrie
Joslin
A. E. Leake
Leake
County Board
Khrushchev Vows Soviet Grain Independence By 7 8 Years
In Denmark Khrushchev says agricultural problems will be solved in seven or eight years and the USSR will not rely on capitalist nations for grain. He urges Krag to seek trade with East Germany and Czechoslovakia, and notes Danish farming is on a small scale. He tours three farms while critics ask reporters to back off.
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Ronald Thomson - Odense
Denmark
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Dalum Agriculture College
Jens Otto Krag
Krag
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Colfax Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Colfax
Colfax, N C. James Donald Gray, 30, of Colfax, was killed in a traffic accident three miles north of Colfax Wednesday night. The Highway Patrol said the car left the road in a curve and struck a tree.
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Greensboro
N.C
James Donald Gray
Colfax
Highway Patrol
Wallace Seeks To Get Name On N C Ballot
Four aides to Gov. George Wallace of Alabama traveled to Raleigh to pursue placing the governor on North Carolina’s presidential ballot. Cecil Jackson said the group would study state filing rules, form a party if needed, and seek 10 000 voter petitions due by July 1. Maxwell noted the filing must include electors and petitions.
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Wallace
N.C
Raleigh
N. C
George Wallace
Alabama
Govermor
North Carolina
Cecil Jackson
Jackson
Gov
United States
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Jy 1
Maxwell
Moore Pauses In Piedmont
Dan Moore paused during a Greensboro bus tour as he asserted Gov. Sanford used the tobacco issue to aid opponent L. Richardson Preyer in the June 27 runoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He rebutted Preyer’s charges tying him to private power interests and noted 1964 tobacco price supports.
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Richard C. Bayer
Associated Press
Raleigh
N.C
Dan
Moore
Piedmont
Terry Sanford
Greensboro
Gov
Sanford
L. Richardson Preyer
Rockingham
Forsyth
Guilford
Davidson
Preyer
North Carolina
Scranton Campaign Aims to Round Up Delegates
Gov. William W. Scranton arrived in Harrisburg to push his first Republican presidential bid seeking the delegates. He called his late campaign effort ripening as he and Mary Scranton planned rest at the Gap residence before meetings to map strategy. He accused Barry Goldwater of avoiding debates and said Goldwater lacks courage to face people, later clarifying his wording.
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Harrisburg
William W. Scranton
Harrisburg-York State
Mary
Tidiane
Scranton
St. Louis
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Senate Civil Rights Bill Near Final Vote in Fractured Debate
The Senate civil rights dispute nears closure with a final passage vote likely tonight or Friday as Democratic Leader Mansfield signals optimism for a Friday result though a night vote remains possible. House leaders anticipate sending the legislation to President Johnson, with emphasis on voluntary compliance by states and a pathway to address discrimination once federal action occurs.
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Senate
House
John Chadwick Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Paagyane
Johnson
Vance
Republican Nation
Mexico City
Saturn
William M. Me
Culloch
R-Ohio
Tobacco Surplus Warning Shapes N C Campaign
AP report from Kinston North Carolina details Senatorial candidate Richard Preyer warning that rising tobacco surpluses and a Georgia Florida suit could collapse the flue cured price support program. He urges a state tobacco commission to promote export sales and opposes opponent Dan Moore, criticizing his eastern tobacco understanding. Preyer tours Eastern North Carolina and plans to push a road bond program while assuming governor’s office to defend the price support program.
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Phil. Corner
Associated Press
Kinston
N. C
Richardson Preyer
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Preyer
Dan Moore
Wnct-Tv
Greenville
WFTC
LaGrange
Goldsboro
Smithfield
Durham
Wilson
Greene
Pitt Counties
Moore
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