Construction Lags Behind Pace of 1963
AP analysis notes May 1964 construction awards fell 4 percent from May 1963, hinting at a possible leveling off in the boom. Despite the dip, five month total reach $19.6 billion, up 9 percent from 1963. Nonresidential and nonbuilding sectors declined, while overall demand may have stabilized says Dodge economist George A. Christie.
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F. W. Dodge Co
McGraw-Hill, Inc
George A. Christie
F. W. Dodge
Kennedy Widens Role At Democratic Convention
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy plans an all day memorial on Tuesday at the Atlantic City convention as a backdrop for a major political role. The move follows Sen. Edward Kennedy's plane crash injuries and centers on influencing vice presidential prospects and open convention moves while Khrushchev and other figures shape the memorial library efforts.
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Clues Reported In Slaying Case
Kansas City AP report says police uncovered clue sets in the unsolved slaying of Patricia Willoughby last October. Investigators search pawnshops for her engagement and wedding rings and a gold wristwatch missing from her body found Oct 25 in a corn patch near Smithville. A 1955 gray Buick linked to suspect Andrew Jackson Walker yielded hair and a nail sliver. Walker faces murder charges in the April 29 killings of Hattie and Marion Biscoe near Camden Point. Willoughby’s death remains undetermined due to body condition. she had been missing 16 days.
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Smithville
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Photographer Routed by Hawk in Kansas City
Amateur photographer David Stark chased by a camera shy chicken hawk Thursday. Stark dropped two cameras during the pursuit and spent an hour trying to deter the bird. The hawk finally flew away, leaving the damaged gear behind and possibly some footage saved on one camera. The episode ended with a humorous note about the hawk's reaction to publicity.
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Kansas City
David Stark
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Hawkeing
Steer Leads Wild Louisville Stampede
A 650 pound steer escaped from a fence and sparked a hour long chase through Mockingbird Valley. Police and about 50 residents chased the animal from a golf course onto suburban streets and rope tied it briefly before it broke free and led another romp. Kenneth Dennis owner of Louisville reported the steer had jumped the fence to escape.
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Mockingbird Valley
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Excelsior Springs Man Killed in Quarry Accident
John Ray Gray aged 38 from Excelsior Springs was killed in a quarry accident near Richmond Missouri when his truck tipped over an embankment while he dumped shale and he was run over. The incident occurred Thursday at the M. M. Green quarry.
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Judge Campbell uses contempt threat to remove cour thouse demonstrators
Chief Judge William J Campbell of the federal district court ordered 23 civil rights demonstrators to leave the U S courthouse amid a dramatic confrontation on the fourth floor. He stood with them in a moving elevator and later watched them depart, while pickets protested outside. Marion S Barry Jr was later charged with criminal contempt after an earlier incident with a deputy marshal.
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Atlas Centaur Shot Postponed Again
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports a guidance system problem caused a second postponement of the Atlas Centaur rocket third test flight. The countdown reached two hours before the 9 a.m. liftoff when the issue arose and no new launch date was announced.
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Kennedy says Goldwater lacks broad U S support
In Berlin, U S Attorney General Robert F Kennedy stated that Barry Goldwater does not enjoy wide public backing for the Republican presidential nomination. He argued the idea of broad U S support is erroneous as crowds in Berlin cheered Kennedy during the anniversary events.
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Goldwater
United States
GOP Foes Both Lose Delegates
Washington AP report shows Barry Goldwater's first ballot support slipped eight votes while William Scranton fell seven. Goldwater totals 1686 delegates, 31 above the 655 needed for first countdown nomination. Scranton holds 131 first ballot votes with shifts from Ohio, New Jersey, and West Virginia altering the tally.
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Minister's Wife Dies As Car Hits Tree
A car left U S 70 in Roane County and struck a tree killing 56 year old Mrs Thomas A Norris of Monett Missouri wife of a Methodist minister. Rev Norris 59 suffered head lacerations and chest injuries and was listed in satisfactory condition at Bacon Hospital.
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