Johnson Downplays Candidacy Amid Nomination Talk
President Johnson told Southwest Texas State College graduates he is not a candidate for office and will speak out in the campaign as Texas papers debate moving away from the unit rule. He signed a $21 billion six year highway bill and approved Virgin Islands governor elections starting 1970.
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Racial Unrest Strikes Evansville and Midwest Cities
Racial violence spurred an Evansville curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and a ban on liquor and firearms as $275000 in damages hit the city including a $250000 lumber yard fire in the Negro neighborhood. Mayor McDonald was hospitalized on arrival from the Democratic National Convention. Patrolman Stilwell was wounded guarding a fire hose. Across the region, White youths rioted in Blue Island Illinois, looted and attacked Negro motorists. Ypsilanti Michigan saw a gun arrest trigger looting and firebombing. Muskegon saw rocks thrown at cars. Pittsburgh faced street clashes with injuries and arrests. Wichita reported a fire bombing. Pontiac investigated alleged neglect in Negro areas with few Black officers.
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Lightning Kills Two At Crawford County Fair Tent
A violent afternoon thunderstorm struck a Crawford County Fair tent housing ponies and teens. James Hayes 18 Meadville and Mrs Sandra McKinley 31 Franklin died on arrival at Meadville City Hospital. Seventy two others were hospitalized from injuries. The bolt traveled from a high tension wire through an aluminum support bar. The tent housed about 35 animals in a complex of six tents and an adjacent barn with over 100 horses nearby.
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