GOP Nominee Urges Unity In Trumpeted Campaign Push
GOP nominee Barry Goldwater and running mate William Miller met with congressional leaders to cement party unity. Miller, a New York representative, teased a broad drive to unify Republicans while Goldwater cautioned against a free-for-all televised debate strategy as the ticket mapped fall plans and spoke in Harrisburg and with Pennsylvania GOP leaders.
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Pennsylvania
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Ku Klux Klan
Goldwaters
Denison Kitchel
Aid Party
Steel Outlook Good For Rest Of Year Says Blough
New York AP Roger M Blough chairman of US Steel Corp said the economy and steel industry look solid for the balance of the year after US Steel reported second quarter earnings of 60.7 million dollars or 1.00 a share. Half year profits were 112.2 million dollars or 14.00 a share. Directors declared a regular dividend of 0.60 cents a share payable Sept 10 to holders of record Aug 7. Blough noted July orders were as strong as any to date and the outlook remained optimistic.
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Roger M. Blough
US Steel Corp
US Steel
Blough
Relief on the way as cold front ends heat wave
A cold front moves east this afternoon and tonight bringing scattered thundershowers. Expect cooler and less humid air overnight and tomorrow with warming by the weekend. Yesterday's high reached 92 and the low today was 72 with tonight's low near 60.
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Bos
Nine Of 14 Men Trapped In Mine Alive And Well
CHAMP AGNOLE France AP Rescue workers opened an entrance into an underground tunnel where five miners were believed trapped by a cave in in a limestone quarry near Mt River on the Swiss border. Nine survivors were found more than 200 feet below, with contact via air tube and microphone while teams dug a vertical shaft. Debris and rock hindered the effort as wives and daughters spoke to the trapped men and officials provided updates amid ongoing rescue work.
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Civil rights leaders hold summit as riots flare nationwide
NAACP leaders including Roy Wilkins convene with Whitney Young A Philip Randolph John Lewis James Farmer and Martin Luther King Jr to discuss rising violence and politics after Goldwater’s candidacy. King Wagner confer to curb New York riots while Rochester Medford flare and federal help sought.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Buying Boycott Called Off In Jackson Mississippi
In Jackson Mississippi the 14 month selective buying campaign against downtown merchants ended after 23 businesses closed. The Jackson Movement composed of civil rights groups pledged continued pressure for Negro jobs and fair treatment while urging shoppers to return downtown. Medgar Evers helped spearhead the effort urging decent jobs and respect. some merchants reportedly would hire Negro workers once business improved. The United Front of Jackson urged residents to support white merchants on the boycott list as clerks and owners debated the boycott’s impact.
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Medgar Evers
Capitol Street
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Ruby Lawyers File 15 Error Allegations in Death Penalty Case
Dallas AP Jack Ruby’s attorneys filed 15 bills of exception, late by half an hour, challenging the trial court that sentenced Ruby to die for the Nov 24 1963 slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald. Defense has 60 days to submit transcripts and briefs to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, with oral arguments anticipated by mid October.
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Executives labeled as big wheels or spokesmen
A witty line noting that some leaders are true move-makers while others merely fill advisory roles. It contrasts decisive executives with those who offer only secondary input, highlighting the difference in influence within corporate circles.
Bayh and Pastore Lead Democratic Keynoter Talk
AP reports Sen. John O. Pastore of Rhode Island and Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana emerge as top choices for the Democratic National Convention keynote. Providence Journal notes Pastore has been asked by the White House to deliver the address. Original plans had teased Edward Kennedy, but a June plane crash injuries paused that option.
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French Angered by Defilement in Saigon Memorial
About 20 French men and women gathered at the wrecked French war monument in downtown Saigon and hurled insults at locals. Police dispersed the crowd without violence as Vietnamese students arrived, sparking a potential clash.
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Ranger 7 set for moon’s light side impact
Pasadena Calif AP reports Ranger 7 the camera carrying spacecraft likely will hit the lighted side of the moon in a 300 mile target area near the equator's center of the moon's left half. NASA officials said a final impact area determination awaits hours of tracking data after a midcourse maneuver.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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RANGER 7 MOON-FLIGHT BRIEF BURST SLOWED PROGRESS
A burst slowed by 67 mph reduced the spacecraft speed to 4000 mph, leaving Ranger 7 about 240 miles short of the moon’s face as seen from Earth. The maneuver altered the outlook for the lunar approach and potential imaging.
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NASA
Ranger
Earth
Ranger 7
Moon
Jackie Kennedy Plans Fifth Avenue Apartment Purchase
New York AP report says Mrs. John F. Kennedy agreed to buy a 15 room Fifth Avenue apartment overlooking Central Park for about 200000 with annual maintenance around 14000. Sale must be approved by the cooperative board. the complex sits at 85th Street.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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Central Park
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