Drafters Shape Platform as Goldwater Near Nomination
GOP drafters labored to craft a platform likely acceptable to Barry Goldwater as supporters of William Scranton pressed a bid to avert his coronation. Goldwater reportedly held 80 of 655 needed votes, seeking a 20 vote safety cushion amid expected last minute challenges. Scranton claimed broad GOP opposition to Goldwater, citing a flood of messages from rank-and-file Republicans. Continued on Page Four.
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Jack Bell
San’ ‘Francisco
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Arizona
Old Water
Scranton
Goldwater
Angry Crowd Disrupts Alabama Theater Over Integration
An estimated 600 to 1,000 white protesters in Tuscaloosa hurled bricks and missiles at a cinema as Jack Palance and family entered amid a first-time Civil Rights Act integration. Police used tear gas and a fire hose to quell the disturbance. one man was arrested. The theater’s front and lobby were heavily damaged while the cast stayed inside. The Associated Press reported nationwide civil rights unrest as federal officers consider actions in Philadelphia against missing workers. In Prince Anne Maryland a restaurant owner chased a Negro and a white newsman during an integration attempt. In Atlanta three Negroes sued in the first court actions testing the new law, linked to Lester Maddox’s past conduct at his restaurant.
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Associated Press
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Jack Palance
Palance
Richard E. Young
Young
Booth
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
Wmiss
FBI
Hoover
Ashington
Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner
Princess Anne
Herman Muir
Afer Muir
Messages Left at Death Site
Tourists leave poignant notes at Dallas park near Main and Houston where Kennedy was assassinated. Visitors pin handwritten messages to wreaths. an Ohio housewife and an Oklahoma City family express admiration and gratitude for the late president in brief, personal lines.
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Dallas
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Main
Houston
Ohio
Oklahoma City
Kennedy
It's Less But Budget Still a Big Deficit
Washington AP President Johnson is expected to announce a smaller budget deficit for the year ended June 30, with officials indicating the gap will be below the earlier $8.8 billion forecast. Expenditures may stay under $98 billion, while revenues have run higher than expected, helping narrow the deficit despite an improving economy.
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Adren Cooper Washington
Johnson
Professors Call for Neutral Vietnam Plan Across Parties
About 5,000 university professors urged President Johnson and both major parties to back a neutralized Vietnam, with North and South Viet Nam as a federated or reunified state protected by international guarantees and peacekeepers. They warned against deeper involvement or premature pullout and urged no expansion of the war. The State Department rejected Thant’s Geneva reconvening idea, while McNamara testified the U.S. aim is to preserve South Vietnam’s independence, potentially requiring actions outside its borders.
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Spencer Davis Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
National Committee
State of Defense Departments
North
Cambodia
U.N
U Thant I
South
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
South Viet Nam
McNamara
American Eagle Dominates Observation Trials Ahead of Cup Defense
Un defeated American Eagle remained on the sidelines as Rhode Island trials continued with Constellation defeating Nefertiti by 1 32 over a 20 7 mile course. Easterner finished 2 minutes 47 seconds behind American Eagle which earned its ninth overall victory in the series. Columbia idle as the series runs toward July 18 with the winner to challenge Britain for the 12 meter event in September.
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Newport
R.I
American Eagle
Constellation
Columbia
Easterner
Wnefertiti
Nefertiti
Rhode Island Sound
Marines Seek Growth in Force as New Weapons Demand Staffing
General Wallace Greene Jr. told AP he will seek an increase above the current 190,000 Marines to operate new aircraft and missiles. He cites F4B Phantom deliveries and the Redeye as driving needs, with options including expanding overall strength, reassigning personnel, or cutting combat unit manning.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Wallace Greene, Jr
Associated Press
Greene
Corps
Marine
Green
Proves FAA Has a Big Heart
A 10-year-old girl from Edsmond wrote to the sonic booms office after a fast plane’s boom caused her curtain rod to fall and break her charm bracelet valued at $1.50. FAA staff, led by acting operations manager Douglas Doyle, acknowledged the incident and awarded Laurie Werthessen $1.50 after informal red tape removal.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Federal Aviation Agency
Laurie Werthessen
Edsmond
Sonic Booms
Douglas Doyle
Laurie
Nicklas Werthessen
Burrow Promises to Up Standards in Arkansas
Democratic governor candidate R. D. Burrow pledged to raise Arkansas education standards by boosting teacher pay, raise welfare payments by 50 percent, build farm to market roads, and provide bonuses to war veterans. He criticized Gov. Faubus for overstating welfare levels. Hubbard of Walnut Ridge attributed welfare increases to federal funds.
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Jonesboro
Ark
R. D. Burrow
Arkansas
Burrow
Orval Ki. Faubus
Hubbard
Walnut Ridge
Church of England faces drift toward Rome debate intensifies
London AP reports Puritan Anglican factions fear rising ecumenism and two bills legalizing Mass vestments and stone altars with unleavened wafers. Opponents warn of a definite drift to Roman Catholic forms while the Church Assembly defends modern practices as practical.
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London
Church of England
Rome
House of Commons
Oxford
Cambridge
Westminster
Winchester
Eton
Britain
Northern Ireland
Singing Sunday At Local Church
A singing convention will be held in the air conditioned auditorium at First Assembly Of God Church 322 North Main St on Sunday July 12 at 130 pm. Jesse L. Brown notes the Lee White quartet among the groups appearing.
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First Assembly of God Church
North Main St
Jesse L. Brown
Lee-White
Johnson avoids floodlights at transit signing
President Johnson shuns bright flood lamps during the $375 million mass transit act signing, missing television coverage and photo opportunities. Aides plan to limit photographers at future bill signings while he prefers dim or brief lighting, a recurring quirk noted by aides and reporters.
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Washington
Johnson
Howe
Robert “F. Kennedy
Arkansas History From Territory to Statehood Explored
The piece details Arkansaw Territory formed on July 4, 1819, with Arkansaw Post as seat, Governor Miller arriving December 1819, and early county origins like Arkansas, Lawrence, and Clark Hempstead and Pulaski. It notes the first Protestant mission at Dwight in 1820, and early political parties Sevier and Crittenden shaping state politics.
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Arkansaw
Hempstead
Mary Anita Laseter
Arkansas
Arkansaw Territory
Josiah H. Shinn
Shinn
B. W. Edwards
Arkansas County
Lawrence County
Clark, Hempstead
Pulaski
St. Francis County
Lovely
Miller County
Arkansaw River
James Monroe
James Miller
New Hampshire
Robert Crittenden
Frankfort
Crittenden
Miller
Ald Dwight
Russellville
Cephas Washburn
American Board of Foreign Missions
Little Rock
Dwight
Sevier
Jackson
John Pope
Pope
GOP Hopefuls Stand on Key Issues in Platform Hearings
Report on views by Gov William Scranton and Barry Goldwater at San Francisco platform hearings. Scranton urges explicit stance against extremist groups, cites Civil Rights progress and expansion, favors strengthened Social Security and age 21 benefits for students, opposes扩大 tax revisions. Goldwater stresses fighting communism, upholds 1964 civil rights law, supports presidential control of nuclear weapons, and endorses limited expansion of social programs while preserving rights.
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William W. Scranton
Henny Goldwater
Reptilian Platform Committee
San Francisco
Scranton
Republican Party
John Birch Society
America
Goldwater
United States
Pays
NATO
Social Security Scranton
Coldwater
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Calvin J. Caldwell
Robert Cash
Sidney Cash
Hope
Mempstead County
University of Arkansas
Robert
James Rowe
Lacie Rowe
Charles Arnold
Lile Arnold
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FAA
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