Moon project reshapes Mississippi villages and economy
Two Mississippi hamlets Gainesville and Logtown vanish to clear space for a 500 million NASA Saturn V ground test facility near the Pearl River. The project spurs heavy construction, a 3,000 workforce, and a projected regional boom with thousands more residents, schools, and stores in surrounding towns and bays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Mississippi
New Orleans
Virgin Honey Island
Pierre Rameau
Gulf Coast
Rameau
Jackson
Logtown
Miss
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mississippi Test Facility
NASA
Picayune
Bay St. Louis
Slidell
Cambridge Faces Demand For Equal Public Accommodations
In Cambridge Maryland Negro leaders demand equal public access and school integration as National Guardsmen depart. Atty Gen Finan advised Cambridge may enact local equal accommodations law while leaders seek job opportunities housing and steady integration. City officials canceled talks after ultimatums but remain open to renewed negotiations with local Negro representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Md
Maryland
Thomas B. Finan
Baltimore
J. Millard Tawes
Robert F. Kennedy
Edmund C. Mester
Mester
Cambridge
George M. Gelston
National Guardsmen
Chamber of Commerce
Texans to vote Nov 9 on poll tax ban and four constitutional changes
The Nov 9 special election will ask voters to repeal poll tax for suffrage and approve four proposed amendments. The measures include aid for the needy, a Jefferson County retirement fund for top officials, and boosting the veterans' land fund by 150 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Veterans’ Land Fund
New Hampshire Primary Sparks GOP Speculation
widow Doloris Bridges says Barry Goldwater may enter New Hampshire March 1964 presidential primary after talks in Washington and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller also hints at a run. The March date marks the first in the nation contest for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Styles Bridges
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
New Hampshire
Doloris Bridges
Arizona Republican
Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller Oe
Granite States
Interfaith team to compile Bible selections for schools
An unprecedented tripartite effort by Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars plans an anthology titled Bible Selections for General Education. Editors Rev Walter M Abbott Rabbi Arthur Gilbert and Dr Rolfe Lanier Hunt say the volume will be published by Harper and Row before next September for use in literature history and other subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunkist
San Francisco
Cailf
United States
Sunkist Growers
Florida
Virginia
Wisconsin
Eny
Yale
P.O
Calif
New York
Supreme Court
Harper and Row
Walter M. Abbott
Rabbi Arthur Gilbert
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Rolfe Lanier Hunt
National Council of Churches
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.L. Stevenson
Pearl River
Louisiana
Andrew Jackson
Snowhite
Town & Country Shopping
College Dial
John
Mailto
Penton
Salzat
Penne Ie
Fom Ars
Resinaee
Carioad of
Oranges
Mar Danmilu
Interfaith
Kal Kan
Roowrri Sue
Cate
Bordens
Borden
Chateau
Gruyere
Pthe Borden Co
Borden’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!