Letters Suggest Harding Had Affairs With Marion Wife
New York Times reports in Marion Ohio that more than 250 love letters from Warren G Harding to Carrie Phillips reveal possible affairs. Historian Francis Russell found letters from 1909 to 1920 showing Harding’s possible indiscretions and mentions a potential $5 000 yearly hush payment if he returned to Marion for public service.
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NEW York
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Ohio
New York Times
Francis Russell
Harding
Phillips
Carrie
Sis
Today's Chuckle
A comic take on psychiatry noting a doctor who earns by using others heads for profit.
Neutralization of Viet Nam Urged by Education Leaders
About 5,000 university professors urged President Johnson and both major parties to back a neutralized North and South Viet Nam as a path to end terror and loss of life. They said avoid deeper involvement or reckless pullout and favor a federated or reunified state under peacekeeping forces.
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Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
National Committee For
Columbus, Ohio
James W. Shocknessy
Cambodia
North
State Department
U.N
U Thant
South
Sen
Wayne Morse
Oregon
U.S
Senate
United States
United Nations
Billy Graham opens Central Ohio Crusade in Columbus
Thousands of Ohioans gathered at Columbus International Stadium for the 10 day Central Ohio Crusade led by Billy Graham. He urged moral renewal for all humanity and predicted worsening world problems before improvement. He commented on civil rights saying legislation alone cannot solve the racial issue and stressed changing hearts first.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus International League Baseball Stadium
Billy Graham
Ing
Central Ohio
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalism Society
Graham
John F. Kennedy
Wallace Has Votes To Get On Ballot
Gov George C Wallace of Alabama has enough signatures to place his electors on the November ballot in South Carolina. L Maurice Bessinger said 16 000 signatures have been gathered on petitions surpassing the 10 000 requirement and the committee aims for 25 000 for validation by August 1 through Secretary of State O Frank Thornton.
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Columbia
S.C
George C. Wallace
Alabasin
South Carolina
L. Maurice Bessinger
Bessinger
O. ‘Frank Thornton
Eisenhower Keeps Neutral Stance on Nomination Fight
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower travels to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco and reiterates he will not endorse either Barry Goldwater or William Scranton. He says he has made no partiality and has informed his brothers of his views while accompanying Mamie Eisenhower and Milton Eisenhower to the event. One Eisenhower brother backs Goldwater.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sie
Eisenhower
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
William W Scranton
San Francisco
Mamie
Milton Eisenhower
John Hopkins University
Scranton
John Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Republican Platform Committee
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
Fatal United Air Lines crash near Newport Tennessee
A United Viscount turboprop crashed in the Great Smoky foothills killing all 39 aboard. Witnesses saw an explosion and debris fall as the plane, en route from Philadelphia to Huntsville with stops in Washington and Knoxville, went down near Trentham Hollow. Rescue squads recovered bodies as investigators, led by the Civil Aeronautics Board, opened inquiries.
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Newport. Tenn
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Great Smoky Mountains
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Philadelphia
Huntsville
Ala
Washington
Knoxville
Oliver E Sabatke
Willan Cureton
Newport
George E. Keck
Civil Aeronautics Board
Truckers Win Cooler Knees Rule in Teamster Standoff
New York AP reports Teamster Local 808 members won the right to wear knee length shorts to stay cool after a one day walkout at a Railway Express Agency terminal in Brooklyn on July 2. Short shorts remain banned and socks must reach the knee.
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New York
Steve Milone
Local 808
Railway Express Agency
Brooklyn
Goldwater vows to enforce civil rights law if elected
San Francisco AP bulletin reports Senator Barry Goldwater pledging to enforce the new civil rights law and extend efforts to end discrimination beyond the act if he becomes president.
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Barry Goldwater
Weekend Weather Prospects Show Bright Sunshine
The forecast calls for excellent weather with bright sunshine and warm temperatures. Scattered showers possible Saturday, with cool night temps in the 60s under clear skies. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and the low today was 60.
Notes Honor John Kennedy At Dallas Shrine
Tourists leave poignant messages at a park shrine near the Kennedy assassination site. They scrawl notes on notebook sheets and pin them to wreaths resting against an ornamental wall at Main and Houston. Messages express love and sorrow from visitors across states.
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Dallas
Tex
John F. Kennedy
Main
Houston
Ohio
Missouri
Goldwater urges party unity as platform talks end
Barry Goldwater urged GOP unity and said he would not dictate platform planks. He spoke to the Republican platform committee in San Francisco as Scranton supporters push moderates. The debate centers on civil rights, foreign policy, and anti communism with a possible minority report.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
Party Unity
Platform
Johnson
Goldwater
U.S
Scranton
Arizona
John Birch Society
Scranton Fails To Stop Release Of Ohio Votes
Pennsylvania Governor Scranton failed to persuade Ohio Governor Rhodes to switch the eight vote delegation away from Rhodes on the first Republican ballot. Rhodes called the meeting a pleasant visit and held to backing his favorite son position while Goldwater’s strength was estimated at about 40 Ohio votes.
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Ohio
San Francisco
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
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