Churchill’s enduring stature framed by courage and language
Washington AP recalls Winston Churchill at birth and in later years, noting his unflinching stance both in war and politics. The piece highlights his courage, romance, and mastery of language, his influence on Britain during WWII, and his eventual resignation after strokes.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Churchill
C. P. Snow
Britain
Hitler
India
Egypt
Normandy
Europe
England
Fund Drive for 16 in Mississippi
Meridian, Miss AP fund-raising efforts begin as 16 men await arraignment in the Mississippi civil rights workers killings. FBI says two more men's arrest is imminent. grand jury in Jackson indicts 18 whites for conspiracy.
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Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Horace D. Barnette
James E. Jordan
Jackson
Philadelphia
Neshoba County
Lawrence Rainey
Cecil Price
Grand Jury
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
Germini Space Flights Scheduled for Titan 2 Test
A Titan 2 rocket will launch an unmanned Gemini capsule on a suborbital flight from Cape Kennedy. The test aims for 105 miles altitude, then splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean 2,150 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy with recovery planned. Liftoff is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Stocks Struggle Yet Hold High Ground In 1964
New York AP reports stock averages climbed toward record ground as a few issues led gains while many lagged. The Dow industrials rose 14.6 percent for 1964, with top performers surging 65.5 percent and others dropping 10.5 percent, and comparing 1964 to 1954 shows the best issues gaining over fourfold in value.
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New York
Academic Team With New Rules For Arkansas Football
Arkansas coach Frank Broyles welcomed NCAA Rules Change Committee's new substitution rule saying it allows coaching flexibility. He noted players will be versed in both offense and defense and that units may cover or return punts under the change.
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Fayetteville, Ark
Arkansas
Frank Broyles
NCAA
Broyles
Market gains and losses in 1964 stocks lineup
Statisticians compare a $10,000 1964 start across 30 stocks, showing an $11,460 value if equally invested, $12,810 in the five best performers, and $9,350 in the five worst. Top gainers include United Aircraft and Chrysle. major losers include Alcoa and General Foods.
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Arthur Wiesenberger & Co
United Aircraft
Chrysle
Swift
Sears, Roebuck
du Pont
Alcoa
General Foods
Allied Chemical
US Steel
American Telephone & Telegraph
Quickie marriages and gowns mark varied U S scene
Across states, Georgia handles rapid nuptials with licenses blood tests and ceremonies for a single fee, while Alabama Florida and Tennessee couples wed in Georgia. In Urbana Ohio Mrs Ralph E Simester crafts First Lady gowns for dolls. West Virginia health workers start noon 30 minute office exercises to cut heart attack risk. Louisiana ex governor Jimmie Davis comments on the political heat from a lakefront view.
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Flabbiness Drive
West Virginia
Marriage Mills
Georgia
U.S
Atlanta
Alabama
Florida
Tennessee
The
Atlanta Constitution
Charleston
W.va
Fog Sets Off Pacific Shipping Mishaps This Weekend
Thick fog in the Pacific Northwest sparked two ship accidents. In Vancouver British Columbia the USS Whitehurst collided with the Norwegian freighter Hoyanger causing a five foot gash but no injuries while the freighter suffered minor damage. Near Astoria Oregon the freighter Seamar struck a pier in the Columbia River causing a hull breach and was towed to drydock in Portland.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver
B.C
Whitehurst
Hoyanger
Astoria
Ore
Seamar
Columbia River
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Portland
Fire buff moves fast into music with Decca
A longtime fire buff, out of office since May, reports record pace studio work. He has a lifetime Decca contract, two dozen songs, and plans five albums while publishing his favorite hymns. He is arranging Ten Good Songs for choirs as a folio. Also in Little Rock, a lifesize bust of Governor Elias Nelson Conway stands prominently in the Arkansas History Commission museum.
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Davis
Decca Records
Museum of the Arkansas History Commission
Little Rock
Elias Nelson Conway
Arkansas
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Okla
First Assembly of God
First Assembly
Hope
New Mexico
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Willhite
Rev Holdridge
Germany
Harry Hopkins
H. Paul Holdrige
Hopkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germini Space Flights
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
Chevrolet
E. Second ST
Hope, Ark
America
Spa
Mariner 4
Ey Mrae
Moon
ECHO
Telstar
Syncom
Explorer
Earth
TIROS
Mars
Urbana
Ohio
Ralph E. Simester
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
Louisiana
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