Loyalty Fight Looms Over Texas Delegates To Johnson Convention
Texas liberals aligned with Mrs. Randolph press loyalty demands at Los Angeles while hoping to influence credentials. Johnson forces claim the Texas delegation list, dominated by Johnson backers, will satisfy the national committee. Labor groups back Johnson and urge party loyalty to avoid a split.
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Dave Cheavens
Austin
Texas
Los Angeles
Conal
Eo Randolph
Lyndon Johnson
Randolph
Democrats of Texas Clubs
DOTC
Johnson
National Committee
Democratic
Lloyd Croslin
Lubbock
Frank Ikard
Sen
Labor
Afl-Cio News
Castro Threatens Seizure of U S Assets in Cuba
Havana AP report says Fidel Castro echoed Khrushchev and blamed the United States for wartime atomic bombings. He warned he may seize U S property in Cuba once sugar quotas are set, citing oil storage needs and a deteriorating U S-Cuba relationship. Raul Castro leads a mission to Prague and the United Arab Republic.
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Fidel Castro
United States
Khrushchev
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Castro i
Khruseer
Eisenhower
Japan
South Korea
Turkey
Castro
Cuba
U. S
Cuban Telephone Co
Maj
Raul Castro
Armed Forces
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
Raul
Prague
Cubana Airlines
Czech
UAR
Gamal Abdel Nassser
Tell Reunion Draws Residents From Tell School July 4
Residents and former residents of Tell invitees plan to attend a July 4 reunion in the Tell School building with basket lunches. A memorial service precedes lunch and the Rural Neighborhood Progress Club handles drinks.
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Tell
Childress
Rural Neighborhood Progress Club
Casket Company Employee Dies By Suicide In Box
Los Angeles police reported Horace Constable aged 45 died by inhaling auto exhaust fumes inside a metal casket container used for shipping coffins. He climbed into the box after extending a hose from his car exhaust into it.
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Los Angeles
Horace Constable
Much Troubled Uranium Scout Adds New Woes
Dallas headline reports the arrest of John Milton Addison and attorney William D. Groom on a larceny by bailee warrant from Golden Colorado. Addison faces Arizona false imprisonment charges and San Antonio theft and securities fraud warrants. A Fort Worth federal grand jury also indicted Addison on securities fraud.
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Dallas
John Milton Addison
William D. Groom
Denver
Golden
Colo
Addison
Bill Decker
Groom
Decker
Flagstaff
Ariz
San Antonio
Arizona
Johnson Leads Kentucky Delegates With 27 Of 31 Votes
Kentucky Democrats split three votes in the 3rd District among Johnson Kennedy and Stevenson as state party leaders anticipate Johnson's edge. District conventions named six delegates each to cast a half vote at Los Angeles with Earle Clements guiding Johnson's slate.
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Louisville
Lyndon B. Johnson
Los Angeles
A. B. Chandler
Stevenson
William B. Ardery
Paris
Democratic National Committee
Ardery
Johnson
U. S
Earle Clements
U S Urged To Buy More Mexico Sugar
In Mexico City AP report the National Association of Importers and Exporters urges the United States to purchase at least 200000 tons more sugar from Mexico each year. U S Undersecretary Philip Ray in Mexico invites Mexican business leaders to visit Washington to discuss sugar and broader trade matters.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
National Association of Importers and Exporters
U.S
Philip A. Ray Friay
Ray
Washington
Paper mill note about a kangaroo shipment to Australia
In Corner Brook Newfoundland an amused paper mill worker Eric Beck attached a note to a roll of paper bound for Australia asking for a spare kangaroo. A reply hinted it might be possible and Beck jokes they may instead ship a toy kangaroo.
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Corner Brook
Nfld
Eric Beck
Australia
Beck
Homemade 50-Foot Boat Moves Toward Los Angeles Harbor
Vernon Armstrong, a motorcycle officer, moves a 50 foot 12 ton ketch named the Xcapade from a hillside private yard toward Los Angeles harbor. Neighbors cheered as the boat on a trailer began its slow ascent to sea, with plans to sail to Hawaii when he retires in two years.
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Hollywood
Vernon Armstrong
Los Angeles Harbor
Armstrong
Hawaii
Dehydration Blamed For Babies Deaths In Tampico Heat
In Tampico Mexico AP reports 13 young children aged 1 to 18 months died from severe dehydration during a 72 hour heat wave. Fragments note a rainfall cooled temps to 108 degrees and reference unrelated items about a London music teacher and Nigeria's National Anthem, plus 1959 French textile exports.
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Tampico
Mex
C. Kernet
London
Nigeria
Famous Names Noted On Court Rosters
In Circuit Court, Robert E. Lee is involved in a lawsuit, Grace Kelly is suing for divorce, and I Clark Gable and Merry Christmas are having trouble getting support from one parent who has left the other. In Criminal Court, Daniel Boone has been charged with vagrancy, Robert Louis Stevenson with larceny, Robert E. Lee has another charge, reckless driving, and George Washington is charged with driving without a license.
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Texas Ave
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Tennessee
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Edwards
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66Th St
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Rt. 4
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