Tennessee river funding vetoes shape 1964 budget
Governor Clement signed the big appropriations bill after vetoing a $548 834 portion including a planned forestry college at UT and botanical gardens funding. He approved $4.035 million for revenue department audits, $2 million for waterfront industrial sites, and a $200 000 regional junior college pilot. The bill also funds urban renewal, flood control, and memorials across Knox County and Greene County, plus housing for teachers and state conservation programs.
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Nashville
Franksday
Clement
State Revenue Department
Bis
College of Forestry
University of Tennessee
U-T
Checkwont
James White
John Sevier
Craig Hose
Craighead Jackson
Knox County
Davy Crockett
Greene County
Enably
Tennessee
Delegates to A Club congress near governor and speaker election
Delegates to the A Club congress in Nashville neared selecting a governor and Senate speaker as the 18th annual meeting closed. Gov. Frank Clement and Senate Speaker James L. Bomar spoke amid plans for final addresses and a banquet, with 400 young farmers in attendance.
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Nashville
UPJ
Frank Clement
Senate
James L. Bomar
House
Congress
Thomas A. Johnson
Legislative Council
Clement
Buford
Ellington
Howsie Wart
Donald McSween
Burglar shoots police in downtown post incident
In Chattanooga a burglar trapped inside the American Legion Post shot city patrolman Paul Ice in the face and critically injured watchman Charlie Blacker. A burglar was wounded and captured after an arrest attempt. In Nashville the National Guard’s Armored Division reorganized adding six units across Greeneville Jackson Cookeville Lawrenceburg Huntingdon Davy Crockett. Also in Nashville Sgt Alvin C York, 75, hospitalized with chest pains after a fall, hopes for fresh eggs at home. In Memphis, editorial pledges to publish during a potential strike, a typhoid death of a one-year-old boy, and an $8 million Memphis school bond issue discussed by the Shelby County Court.
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Chattanooga
UPI
American Legion
Charlie Blacker
Paul Ice
Lee
Blacker
Nashville
Alvin C. York
Pell Mall
York
Cumberland Mountains
Here
Memphis
Shelby County
J. T. Francisco
Alex Charles Tate
Tennessee Health Department
Memphis Fern
Phelps, Penn & Co
Memphis Board of Education
Tennessee halved funding for Watauga Settlement memorial
Gov. Frank Clement cut an appropriation for the Watauga Settlement memorial in Carter County from 25 000 to 12 500 annually for the biennium. The funds, to be matched locally, support the Lancaster Historical Commission and Walauga Historical Association in acquiring property and planning the memorial at the first permanent Tennessee settlement.
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Nashville
Carter County
Frank Clement
Towncaster Historical Commission
Walauga Historical Association
Tennessee
Clement
FBI Arrests Local Man For Burglary
Local Kingsport man Orban Laney Jr. was arrested by a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Kingsport police on a federal warrant charging unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for burglary committed in March 1963 at Rock Island. Laney was remanded to Sullivan County jail in Blountville by U S Commissioner Walter A Curtis Greeneville with a hearing set for 1 a m Thursday.
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Kingsport
Federal Bureauf Investigation
Brady Lane
Everett J. Ingram
Knoxville
FBI
Orban Laney Jr
1827 Keller Sr
Laney
Rock Island
Ah Laney
Sullivan County
Blountville
U. S
Walter A. Curtis
Greeneville
Pace To Appeal THP Discharge
Pace confirms Tennessee Highway Patrol termination and plans to appeal to the Civil Service Commission. State officials had announced a retirement for Pace and four veteran troopers, but Pace insists he will not retire voluntarily. Pace cites lack of disability and insufficient service time and notes no immediate replacement plans.
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Johnson City
Buford Ellington
Pace
Nashville
Buliar
Blaze Blackens Two Acres in Dixie Heights
Kingsport Fire Department answered a fire call about 5 11 p m to woodland property in Dixie Heights owned by PennDixie Cement Corporation. A spokesman said the fire started when a garden plot burned out of control. Firemen toiled over an hour to extinguish a blaze covering more than two acres using over 2 500 gallons of water. Damage stayed to the woodland. A press fire was reported at 8 47 p m just north of West Sullivan Street along the Clinchfield Railroad right of way. Firemen returned to the station at 9 20 p m.
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Kingsport
Woodland
Dixie Heights
PennDixie Cement Corporation
Contol
W. Sullivan St
Clinchfield Railroad
Quillen Opens Doors in Washington and Home Visits
Rep. James H. Quillen of Tennessee's First District concentrates on accessible service, making working trips to the district, meeting constituents, and solving problems from Social Security to veterans affairs. He follows mentor B. Carroll Reece, seeks practical bills, and keeps two portraits in his D.C. office, Carrall Reece and Louise Goff Reeve.
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James H
Jimmy) Quillen
Tennessee
Quillen
Washington
Rep. Quillen
Agriculture Department
U. S. Congress
B. Carroll Reece
Reece
United States
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
Repuillen
Winston Churchill
Virginia
Congressman Reece
Rep
Carrall Reece
Louise Goff Reeve
Trent Accepts Hospital Administrator Post
George E. Trent, son of Rev and Mrs TL Trent, has accepted the administrator role at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City. He assumed duties Monday after graduating from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City. He is married to farmer Helen Estepp of Kingsport and they have two children, James David and Melissa Elder.
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George E. Trent
TL. Trent
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jefferson City
Carson- Newman College
Helen Estepp
Kingsport
Trents
James David
Melissa Elder
NLRB complaint withdrawn in Kingsport press strike case
The National Labor Relations Board complaint against unions by Mason and Dixon Lines was withdrawn with prejudice. Attorneys for Kingsport Press completed evidence supporting a temporary injunction and the hearing before Chancellor Jack Raulston resumed after a recess as other schedules delayed proceedings.
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Natonal Labor Relations Board
Kingsport
John McLellan
Mclellan
Walter C. Phillips
NLRB
Atlanta
Mason and Dixon Lines, Inc
Mason & Dixon
Mason & Dix
Kingsport Press
M-D
Jack Raulston
Raulston
Knoxville Man Charged With Bank Robbery
Knoxville man Chester Lee Helton, 27, was arrested Monday and charged with robbing the Merchants Bank of Greenback last Thursday. Agents held him at Blount County courthouse in Maryville, brought to Knox County jail after failing to post 35,000 bond. Authorities would not disclose arrest details or whether any loot was recovered. The robbery used two masked bandits, one with a sawed off shotgun and one with a pistol, escaping with 45,071 dollars.
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Knoxville
Chester Lee Helton
Moniay
Buk
Greenback
Helton
Blount County
Maryville
Knox County
U. S
Harve Rughins
MBS
Mellon
Green
Nashville Metro formed under Beverly Briley in inaugural speech
The Nashville and Davidson County pavement system was consolidated Monday creating the Metropolitan Government. Mayor Beverly Briley, delivering an inaugural address, urged strong schools fiscal discipline and a credible police force.
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Nashville
Davidson County
Beverly Briley
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Fort Loudon
Tennessee Walking Horses National Celebration Association
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Elks River
Redfoot Laks
York Institute
Jamestown
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U.S. Highway 45
Gov
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Sgt. York
Pall Mall
Commercial Appeal
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Memphis Publishing Co
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Watauga
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Travel Service
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Ome Owned
Blaze
Ellis Binkley
G.E. Trent
George Trent
Howard Johnson
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Myre Stone
Metro
Bookworm
Thlele Ycar Rance
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