21 Deaths in Blaze at Big Florida Hotel
Fire at a Florida hotel killed 21 people and injured many as guests fled to Snyder Memorial Methodist Church. Among the dead were Assistant Fire Chief J R Remedy and executives from Nations Gypsum Co and Copeland Sausage Co, in what was Jacksonville’s worst disaster. William H Johnston, owner of the Roosevelt, lamented the fireproof claim and noted the panic as smoke filled the building.
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Big Florida
Snyder; Memorial Methodist Church
J. R. Remedy
Nations Gypsum Co
Jim Swick
Copeland Sausage Co
Alshus
Fla
Jackson-ville
Ciy
William HL Johnston
Roosevelt
Meyer Hotel
Vdohnston
Turmoil in Nicosia as Greek and Turkish Cypriots clash
In Nicosia Cyprus sporadic gunfire marks the second week of communal strife. Britain’s Duncan Sandys urges neutral zones and freedom of movement for troops as talks resume with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders. French ambassador Sainte Marie tours the Turkish sector while the Greek sector remains quiet and observant.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Onder
Mediterranean
Christian Marcotte de ‘Sainte Marie
Sandys
Greece
Turkey
Lakonia Sinks After Fire Disaster at Sea
The burned-out luxury liner Lakonia sank quietly in the Atlantic about 260 miles southwest of Gibraltar as salvage tugs stood by. The fire aboard triggered a sea disaster with 91 confirmed dead and 64 missing of 3041 aboard.
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Lisbon
Porugala
Lakonia
Christais Cmise
Gibraltar
Ttem
Trygve Gaasee
Moon's total lunar eclipse observed by many
A total lunar eclipse was witnessed by numerous observers in the south overnight as the moon moved through the earths shadow. The eclipse began at 1 25 am and ended at 4 50 am with totality from 2 28 am to 2 47 am amid thin clouds.
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South Landers
Average Income Rises Across United States
Secretary Luther Hodges reported on a stronger economy with personal income averaging 2500 per capita and total gross national product at 584 billion dollars for 1963. He forecast roughly five percent growth in 1964 contingent on tax reduction legislation.
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Washington
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
United States
Stetson Gift Fits German Guests At Stonewall Barbecue
President Johnson hosted a Stonewall barbecue for German leaders including Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder. Hats were fitted with humor about inches vs liters. Erhard wore his hat after lunch and Von Braun received one, while other officials varied in size fitting.
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Stonewall
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Germany
Erhard
Werhner von Braun
Yoo Baua
Herman H. Ridder
Long Beach
Press-Telegram
Gerhard Schroeder
Ludger Westrick
Karl Carstens
East West talks pledge peace aims in Johnson Kissinger summit
Presidents Johnson and the German chancellor stressed continuing East West diplomacy to ease tensions and reunify Germany. They pledged no arrangements to preserve a divided Germany, support for a stronger Atlantic partnership, and ongoing Peace Corps cooperation to aid diffusion efforts. They voiced commitment to a just, stable peace for Europe.
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Rotherhard
U.S
Johnson
Germany
United States
Sargent Shriver
U.S. Peace Corps
Strangled Man Found on Dana Point Beach Bluff
Orange County sheriff homicide detectives sought the identity of a man found strangled on a Dana Point beach bluff Sunday. Surfers discovered the fully dressed man, about 40, with a belt wound, in brush near the Golden Lantern and Santa Clara Avenue.
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Dana Point
Orange County
Golden Lantern
Santa Clara Avenue
Miss America Rescued in Jacksonville Blaze
In Jacksonville a hotel fire trapped Miss America contestant Donna Axum and chaperone. William Fielden of Miami and his father Arthur battled smoke to reach Donna in a two room suite. Firemen assisted survivors as smoke cleared and they escaped to an ambulance.
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Jacksonville
Lucille
William Fielden
Miami
Donna
Wes
Fielden
Arthur Fielden
Miss Axum
Young Fielden
Dad
Doana
Miss.Previtt
Johnson Erhard barbecue friendship in Texas ranch visit
In Stonewall Texas President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard shared a jovial barbecue lunch on a rural Texas ranch. About 250 guests praised the leaders with hillbilly music and a German song by a school choir while attendees lined up to shake hands and Johnson flirted with the crowd.
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Stonewall
Tex
Texas
John Ksom
Ludwig Erhard
Exhand
Johnson
Erhard
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Victica
Hildinger
Buffalo, NY
Stetson
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bonn
Europe
DCE
Opre
Feiders
Hore Healeck
LBJ
Klatsch
Stonewall, Tex
UPJ
Ludwig Exhard
Father
Pierre Salinger
Gn Salinger
van Cliburn
Salinger
Frederickburg
Pionte
Gernan
Johson
Bond
Zac
Faddel
Maytag
Kenmore, Norge
G. E. Whirlpool, Hotpoint Washer
Gall
Bond Stove
Fourth St
Dooley
General Electric
Zenith
Emerson
Goprah Moron
Boutifler
RCA Victor
Grundig
Majestic
Bre
Rorth Lomg Beach
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