Johnson Faces High Stakes Civil Rights Push In Congress
Johnson inherits Kennedy era civil rights struggle as Congress returns. White House eyes swift action on education and training bills but faces Southern filibuster and a fierce battle over a strong public accommodations provision. Johnson consults with Roy Wilkins as House leaders employ tactics to bypass the Rules Committee.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
House
Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Liberal Democrats Move to Punish Defiant Southern Democrats
Rep Richard Bolling leads a liberal wing revolt aimed at stripping party seniority privileges from Democrats who refuse to support the national ticket and policies. He cites Congress as nonviable without leadership from President Johnson and formerly Sam Rayburn, proposing penalties for defiance by Southern Democrats.
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Washington
Johnson
House
John F. Kennedy
Congress
National Party
Kennedy
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
Democratic Party
Bolling
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Johnson Honors Kennedy and Seeks New American Greatness
President Johnson pledged a new American greatness in a Thanksgiving address while ordering Cape Canaveral’s rocket complex to be renamed Cape Kennedy. He announced the nearby moon program pads would be known as the John F. Kennedy Space Center as part of honoring Kennedy’s memory.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Space Center
Global space tests raise concern over Soviet pace
In Washington the Johnson administration faces new evidence of intensified Soviet space activity with Tass announcing rocket tests in the Pacific near the Marshall Islands and east of Tokyo over the next two months.
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Washington
Johnson
Russia
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Tass
Moscow
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Tokyo
Jury Trials In Two Cases Postponed
Two Hocking County Common Pleas Court jury trials are postponed to December. John W. Smith faces a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of his nephew Orlie F. Smith. he remains in Hocking Valley Hospital after an appendectomy. Robert W. Keynes Jr. also has his trial postponed to allow counsel and evidence gathering.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Ruby
Tom Howard
Joe Brown
Texas
Hocking County Common Pleas Court
Harley Meyer
John W. Smith
Laurelville Rt. 1
Smith
Hocking Valley Hospital
C. F. Shonk
Orlie F
Dick) Smith
Robert W. Keynes Jr
Logan
Keynes
Meyer
Hubert Lappen
Industrial drive aids Hocking County Community Chest effort
Thirteen of fifteen plants in Hocking County and their employers pledge 56 percent of the $22 300 1964 goal. Employee contributions total 41 percent with corporate gifts at 15 percent. 919 of 1 427 workers gave an average 10 06 per contributor. High averages include Metal Powder Products Logan Clay Goodyear Hull Printing.
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Hocking County
Logan
Goodyear
Hull Printing Co
Hunter breaks leg on Barrington Ridge ledge fall
Leo Learned, 44, of West Jefferson Ohio, fell from a five foot ledge in Spruce Valley on Barrington Ridge Rd. while hunting with his son Dan, 11. The boy applied splints, called for help, and the sheriff's department and Hocking Honor Camp were alerted. He has a fractured right leg and was moved from Hocking Valley Hospital to Doctors Hospital in Columbus.
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Leo Learned
West Jefferson
Spruce Valley
Barrington Ridge
Hocking County
Fresh Johnson Adviser Sketch Emerges From White House
White House plans hint at a new Johnson advisory team drawing on Kennedy era figures. Bill Moyers, Kenneth O'Donnell, and Horace Busby are named as potential top aides while McGeorge Bundy likely stays on. Pierre Salinger may depart with Carl T. Rowan poised to take the press secretary role.
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White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Bill Moyers
Peace Corps
Kennedy
Theodore C. Sorensen
Moyers
John
Senate
Kenneth O'Donnell
Horace Busby
McGeorge Bundy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Pierre Salinger
Helsinki
Carl T. Rowan
Finland
Rowan
Minneapolis Tribune
Ohio to spend 38 million on parks and recreation plan
Gov. Rhodes announced a three year program funded by 25 million from a voter approved bond issue plus 13 million in natural resources and federal funds. The plan adds beaches, camp sites, boat docks and land acquisitions across multiple Ohio parks and watersheds.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Natural Resources
Fred E. Marr
Rhodes
Morr
Lake Hope
Hocking County
Midway
South Corporation
Logan
Rt. 93
Haydenville
State park funding plan outlines million dollar allocations
Recommended allocations for the Wocking Valley area include 300000 for land acquisition and development in Hocking State Parks unknown amount for a dam on the Hocking River in Hocking County 400000 for lodges and camping at Lake Hope 300000 for forest land in Southeastern Ohio and 400000 for beach camping and picnic facilities at Burr Oak
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Salt Fork Creek
Belmont County
Noble County
Burr Oak
Dillon Reservoir
Hocking Parks
Lake Hope
Southern Ohio
Cooper Hollow
Muskingum River
Gallia County
West Branch
Mahoning County
Deek Creek
Madison
Fayette and
Pickaway
Paint Creek
Ross
Fayette
East Fork
Clermont
Hamilton
White Oak
Brown County
Fremont
Sandusky County
Cuyahoga County
Bucyrus Reservoir
Crawford County
Licking River
Licking County
Kokos
Stonelick
Brush
Caesar Creeks
Rush Creek
Montgomery County
Hamilton County
Piqua
Northwest
Alum Creek
Columbus
Maumee
Ottawa Rivers
Auglaize River
Delaware River
Marion- Bucyrus
Mount Gilead
Grand-St. Marys Lake
Crane Creek Park
Toledo
Catawba
South Bass Island
Darke County
Wyandot County
Wocking
Hocking
Hocking River
Hocking County
Ohio
Weather in Hocking Valley Spreads Rain then Snow
Steady rain fell in the Hocking Valley overnight, changing to snow this morning. Forecast calls for mostly cloudy, windy, colder conditions with possible snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Tonight’s low expected 25 to 32 degrees. Saturday’s high in the 30s.
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Hocking
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