Minnesota Delegation Aims for Humphrey McCarthy VP Nod
About 65 Minnesota delegates arrived for the Democratic National Convention caucus to back Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy for vice president. They expect Mississippi seating disputes to be resolved by loyalty oaths, with both senators hosting press HQs at the Shelburne Hotel.
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Atlantic City
Karl F. Rolvaag
Minnesota
Mississippi
Humphrey
McCarthy
Mississippi Freedom Democrats
Johnson
Rolvaag
Shelburne
Orville L. Freeman
Houston fights encephalitis on four fronts amid rising cases
In Houston the battle against encephalitis and its carrier the mosquito runs on four fronts. Nine new suspected cases were admitted at Ben Taub Hospital while 120 area cases were reported and two deaths confirmed or under investigation. Public health staff plus Atlanta experts map cases and expand reporting. Mosquito traps are being set and sent to Atlanta for analysis as spraying crews work citywide, slowed by weekend rains.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Ben Taub Hospital
C. A. Pigford
Pigford
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta
Jim ‘Henry
Houston Civil Defense Office
Westby Student Sails For Germany
James Erlandson son of Mr and Mrs Chester Erlandson sailed August 19 for Germany to study the German language in Hamburg for two months He is a River Falls State University sophomore majoring in sociology A group of teachers will accompany the students and do graduate work at the school Afterward he plans to visit Sweden before returning home
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Westby
Wis
James_ Erlandson
Chester Erlandson
Germany
Hamburg
River Falls State University
Erlandson
River Falls
Sweden
Ambassador Returns to Campaign Post for Johnson Bid
U S ambassador to Australia William Cullen Battle will leave for the United States next Monday for a regional assignment in President Johnsons campaign. He said the White House wants him for a significant job in the presidential race and compared his anticipated work to the role he played in Kennedys 1960 campaign.
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Canberra
Australia
William Cullen Battle
U.S
United States
White House
Battle
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Crackdown Urged on Speeding Truck Drivers by Wisconsin Group
The Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association urged state and local patrols to crack down on speeding truck drivers nicknamed highway bums. They asked road officials to increase enforcement and to pressure employers and the Teamsters to discipline violators, citing public safety and industry reputation concerns.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
Teamsters Union
Democratic National Convention Program Highlights N J
Atlantic City New Jersey Monday program outlines the convention schedule with time 7 30 p m CDT invocation by Celestine J Damiano welcome by Gov Richard J Hughes election of temporary officers and events including The People Speak film keynote by Sen John O Pastore remarks by Gov Carl Sanders and others with benediction and adjournment listed.
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N.J
Platform Committee
Celestine J. Damiano
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Rules and Order of Business
Carl Sanders
Georgia
J. Albert House Jr
Young Democratic Clubs
Davie Bruce Marth
American Legion
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Franklin Clark Fry
Beefs Prices Decline Prompt Consumer Letter
A Lake Placid resident, Walt Kelly, questions who gains from high meat prices and supports importing cattle from South America if it lowers costs. The piece notes beef price drops since 1963, citing cattle price falls of about 25 percent by May, with choice steer prices moving from 27.27 to 20.52 per hundred pounds.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
South America
Walt Kelly
Lake Placid
N.Y
Kelly
Wisconsin State Fair closes with record attendance and profit
The 1964 Wisconsin State Fair ended with a record unofficial attendance of 919,998 over ten days, up from 886,694 last year, and profits expected to equal or surpass $183,000. An English Bantam rooster named Andy crowed 171 times to win $50 for 15-year-old Jeff Halbach, who owned the bird.
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Milwaukee
Willard Masterson
Masterson
Andy
Jeff Halbach
Waterford
Jim Lang
Beloit
Barrow
Poland
China
Ronald Jackson
Powell
Ohio
Day Whitmore
Burlington
Krull Brothers
Lake Mills
Duroc
Kenneth Schneider
Mount Carroll
Ill
Jersey
Alfred G. Barlass
Janesville
Harold D. Howell
Waukesha
Florian Mastey
Nichols
Bee from Nuernberg Reaches Tacoma Post Office
A misaddressed letter from Nuernberg Germany seeking Harold Tollefson ends at Tacoma officials after the post office forwarded it to a local brewery and then to the mayor. The note asks for help locating a relative and is addressed to The burger meister of Tacoma Washington.
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Tacoma, Wash
Nuernberg
Germany
Save Harold Tollefson
Burgermeister
Tacoma
Wash
Ito
Malaysia Celebrates Merdeka Day After Delayed Federation
Kuala Lumpur marks its first national birthday on August 31 honoring Merdeka Day. A postponed federation followed a survey showing Sarawak Sabah favored merger with Malaya and Singapore.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Federation
Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Malaya
Singapore
Monorail to Open in Tokyo for Olympics Traffic
Tokyo announces the world's longest double track commercial monorail will begin operating September 17. The 8 mile line connects International Airport to downtown Tokyo to ease tourist traffic during the October Olympic Games.
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Tokyo
International Airport
Indian Joe actor Charles Stevens dies at 71 in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns veteran actor Charles Stevens known as Indian Joe who died Saturday. A grandson of Apache chief Geronimo, Stevens appeared in films from 1914 onward and was widely recognized by audiences for his on screen face.
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Hollywood
Charles Stevens
Joe
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