Nehru Dies at 74 Indian Leader Succumbs to Stroke
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died at age 74 after a second stroke. Home Minister G L Nanda was sworn in as acting prime minister by President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Nehru’s death raises questions about his successor as India begins a state funeral and cremation plan with Indira Gandhi present.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
G. L. Nanda
Nehru
Nanda
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Radhakrishnan
C. Subramaniam
Indira Gandhi
USS
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Krishna Hatheesingh
Bom
Pandit
Maharashtra
Lal Bahadur Shastri
All- India Congress Party
Shastri
T. T. Krishnamachari
Defense Ministry
Gandhi
Allahabad
London
Alec Douglas - Home
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II
Earl Mountbatten
V. Viswanathan
Motilal Nehru
Mahandas Gandhi
Johnson fundraisers in D C draw about a million
In Washington and New York events, Democrats raked in about one million dollars at a Salute to Johnson fundraiser while President Johnson signaled plans for four more years. Republicans pressed for inquiry into alleged pressure on career government employees to buy tickets.
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Washington
Lyndon
Johnson
New York
District of Columbia
Jefferson
Kennedy
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate
Williams
Robert F. Kennedy
Airport Site For Weather Bureau OK'd
The La Crosse Weather Bureau station will stay at Municipal Airport with eight hours daily Monday through Saturday and three to four hours Sunday starting June 15. Roy L. Fox and Mayor Milo Knutson confirmed no downtown move and affirmed rental readiness for quarters. The project will provide local forecasts and river data to media and the public, with extended hours during severe weather.
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la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Roy L. Fox
USWB
Kansas City Co
William
Proxmire
D-Wis
Fox
Milo Knutson
Knutson
Airport Board
Peterson
Weather Bureau
U S Plans Historic Consular Treaty With Soviet Union
President Johnson announced a landmark consular treaty with the Soviet Union, the first bilateral pact between the two nations. The agreement, to be signed in Moscow June 1, opens consular offices in both countries and extends access for Americans detained abroad and extended consular protection for travelers and business interests.
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Washington
Johnson
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
George Reedy
White House
Reedy
Senate
Foy Kohler
U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Goldwater Delegates Defeated in Florida Primary
In Florida, R Fla Governor slate backed by Tom Fairfield Brown won 28 of 34 national convention delegates, weakening Goldwater’s Florida support. Haydon Burns won the Democratic governorship nomination over Robert King High, amid a civil rights rights battle and heightened racial tensions in Jacksonville.
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Florida
Goldwater
Arizona
Tom Fairfield Brown
Tampa
California
Brown
Associated Press
Haydon Burns
Jacksonville
Charles Holley
Burns
Robert King High
Miami
Johnson
Burns’ Iity
Tractor Tips Area Mother Of 6 Killed In Wisconsin
Mrs. Grace L. Lee, 33, died when a tractor tipped over on the family farm four miles north of Camp Douglas. She was pulling a stuck machine with neighbor Earl Braman aiding. Surviving are six children, husband George, her parents, a sister and a brother. Services set for Friday at Bethel Baptist Church with burial at Camp Douglas Cemetery.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
George
Grace L.) Lee
Lee
Earl Braman
Braman
David
Lerry
Timothy
Martin
Lisa
Nathan
Louis T. Freed
Rochester
N.Y
Donna Green
Mesa,Ariz
Roland
Stanford
Calif
Ottumwa
Iowa
Bethel Baptist Church
Lone Rock
Ole Ressell
Camp Douglass
Hare Funeral Home
New Lisbon
Union Torpedo Found Near Vicksburg Detonated
A century-old experimental Union Navy torpedo from the Civil War era was found in the Mississippi River channel near Vicksburg and detonated Tuesday at Greenville Air Force Base. Discovered Sunday by William W. Felker while fishing, the cigar-shaped device was identified as the first Civil War vintage torpedo by historian A. W. Banton after checks with the Smithsonian Institution.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Greenville Air Force Base
William W. Felker
Felker
A. W. Banton
Vicksburg National Military Park
Smithsonian Institution
Rocky lag in L A leading in Frisco says Lubell
In California ahead of the presidential primary Samuel Lubell reports differing regional trends favoring Rockefeller. In Los Angeles Rockefeller gains are strong but face pro Goldwater opposition, while in the San Francisco Bay area Rockefeller leads across precincts. A notable share remain undecided with many preferring a middle path or expressing discontent with both candidates.
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Los Angeles
California
Nelson Rockefeller
Bay Area
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Oregon
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
San Jose
New Hampshire
Five Minneapolis Men Held In Robbery Case
Five Minneapolis men remain in custody over the $3,500 robbery of the St Anthony municipal liquor store in Stearns County. Donald L. Carlson, 30, seeks a preliminary hearing set for Tuesday. bond set at $5,000. Authorities said charges are being prepared against another man in custody and three others in Minneapolis. Loot included liquor cigarettes cigars and hash, hidden in two Minneapolis locations.
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ST. Cloud, Minn
Minneapolis
St. Anthony
Stearns County
Donald L. Carlson
Harris Wins Oklahoma Senate Primary Upsets Edmondson
Oklahoma City AP Harris, a 33 year old Lawton attorney, defeats incumbent J. Howard Edmondson for the Democratic nomination, carrying 74 of 77 counties. Jed Johnson, underage, defeats 18 year veteran Vic Wickersham for the other Senate spot. Harris also wins Kerr family backing.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Democrats
Fred Harris
Bud Wilkinson
U.S. Senate
Harris
J. Howard Edmondson
Jed Johnson
Victor Wickersham
Johnson
Edmondson
Wickersham
Wilkinson
Lawton
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Muskogee
Cherokee
Adair
Sen
Kerr Senate
Wisconsin jobless claims rise to twenty six thousand nine hundred forty five
Madison reported 26 945 unemployment compensation claims filed last week in Wisconsin. This compares with 21 609 claims the previous week per the State Industrial Commission.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Industrial Commission
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