King Awarded 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo announces the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize goes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for his nonviolent civil rights leadership. Prize totals 273000 kroner, with medal and diploma to be presented December 10 in Oslo. King, born 1929 in Atlanta, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and heads the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Oslo
Norway
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Martin Luther King
Oslo Nobel Institute
King
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Atlanta
Crozer Theological Seminary
Chester
Boston University
Montgomery
Ala
Negro Fight For Civil Rights
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Four Children Die In Highland County Fire
In Northwest Highland County near New Vienna, a two story frame house fire killed four children aged 15 months to six years. Father Tom Turner 38 rescued three children by throwing them from a window. mother Mary Joe Turner was outside. Fire officials suspect a stove incident with gasoline fueling the blaze.
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Hillsboro, Ohio
New Vienna
Highland County
Alicia
Lisa
Rhonda
Timmy
Tom Turner
Turner
Mary Joe Turner
Moscow Gears Up for Welcome of Voskhod Space Crew
The Soviet Union prepares a Red Square celebration for three cosmonauts after their 16 orbit Voskhod flight. They were checked by medical and scientific teams near Moscow and reportedly asked to stay another day but were refused. The voyage began from a Baykonur launch site, touted as a long flight.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Square
Khrushchev
Izvestia
Voskhod
Baykonur
Southern Governors Back LBJ in 1964 Election
Eleven southern governors say their states will back President Johnson and deny Goldwater a southern victory. An AP survey of 16 governors at the Southern Governors Conference found three foresee Goldwater carrying their states, including Oklahoma's Henry Bellmon, with Mississippi and Louisiana also noted. Virginia and Alabama offered no predictions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Barry Goldwater
South
Johnson
Associated Press
Southern Governors Conference
Goldwater
Henry Bellman
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Alabama
Episcopal Bishops Reject Jewish Deicide Charge
The House of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church repudiated any blame of Jews for Christ's crucifixion. They called deicide a tragic misunderstanding and urged that all men are guilty in the death of Christ. The bishops also noted Jesus was a Jew and the church is rooted in Israel as Semites.
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ST. Louis
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ
Israel
Indian Summer Stays Put With Mild Temperatures
Weather outlook extends warm spell with afternoon readings near 79 degrees. Skies stay fair tonight with a low around 41 and tomorrow’s high near 76. Recent record shows yesterday’s high at 76 by 3 p.m. and overnight low around 39 at 7 a.m.
Truman Injured In Fall At Independence Home
Former president Harry S. Truman, 80, is in Research Hospital after a fall in the bathtub at his Independence residence. He suffered a cracked rib and a facial wound requiring stitches, with initial reports noting he is alert, cheerful, and resting comfortably.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Independence
Wallace Graham
White House
Robert E. Adams
Adams
Graham
Mrs. Truman
Mrs
Clifton Daniel
New York
Typhoon Dot Death Toll Rises to 51 in Hong Kong
Rescue officials said the death toll from Typhoon Dot would reach 51 with 34 confirmed dead and 17 others missing buried by landslides. Most victims were refugees from Communist China as the storm crossed into Kwangtung before easing.
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Hong Kong
Communist
China
Red China
Kwangtung
Ex-Governor Furcolo Indicted in Bribery Conspiracy
Boston AP Former Democratic Gov. Foster Furcolo of Massachusetts aged 53, governor 1956–60, faces a bribery conspiracy indictment with four Governor's Council members over 1960 plans to pay a bribe for Anthony Dinatale’s appointment as state public works commissioner. The life grand jury, finishing its term, indicted 40 officials and 10 corporations. Furcolo called the charge political and urged a speedy trial before the election. Chief Justice Tauro pledged action to secure trials if needed.
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Boston
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
Anthony Dinatale
Prand
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Furcolo
G. Joseph Tauro
Massachusetts Superior Court
Plot to kill Johnson probes in Texas prompt raids
Corpus Christi Texas AP officers questioned ex convict plumber Julius Schmidt after guns Nazi flags and ammunition were seized from his home and his mother's as part of an investigation into a reported assassination plot against President Johnson. Federal agents joined the probe amid a planned Texas campaign stop schedule.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Johnson
Texas
Schmidt
Nueces County
Johnnie Mitchell
Mitchell
Adolf Hitler
G. H. Schmidt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Goldwater attacks Johnson over Baker probe delay
Sen. Barry Goldwater accused President Johnson of delaying the Bobby Baker investigation to shield the White House. He argued the Baker affair harms Johnson more than any other issue and urged full disclosure despite Senate delays.
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Kansas City
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Senate
Bobby Baker
White House
Arizona
B. Everett Jordan
Dn.c
Senate Rules Committee
Jordan
Baker
Washington
Goldwater
Baby Baker
Car Hits Scouts Killing Boy Scout During Parade
A car rammed a Boy Scout troop on a road injuring six and killing Thomas Daugherty, 12, of Lakemont. Police charged driver Samuel C. Lingenfelter, 37, with drunk driving before the boy died at the hospital in Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania.
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Hollidaysburg
Thomas Daugherty
Lakemont
Samuel C. Lingenfelter
Williamsburg
Kennedy Says JFK Rejected Cuba Bombing in Missile Crisis
Robert Frisen reports President Kennedy rejected a 25 000 civilian death bombing plan during the 1962 Cuban crisis. advisers split on bombing versus blockade and Kennedy chose the blockade citing moral reasons and education.
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Huntington
N.Y
Robert Frisen
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Kennedy
Pearl Harbor
Chuckle Posse Sinks Into Barber Chair Calm
A humorous scene shows a person staying calm in a barber chair with lather in the mouth while a porter attempts to hand the hat to another man, delivering a lighthearted living-room style moment.
Brave 10 year old saves five siblings from Lakewood fire
Edward McNeil ran to fetch help then reentered the one story cottage to guide his five younger brothers and sisters to safety as flames engulfed the house. He carried the infant Clarence 4 months and the toddler Junior through the blaze to safety across the street. The six children aged 2 to 6 huddled with blankets at the Palko home as investigators sought their mother Leona Mims.
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Lakewood
N.J
Edward McNeil
Edward
George Palko
Clarence
Kathy Lee
Junior
Maria
Palko
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Sheriff's Deputies
Julius Schmidt
Juan Herrera
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Houston
Dallas
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Jesse FE. Curry
Forest V. Sorrell
Barry
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Dr. Crane
Enee
Eee Etna Markets
Sete
Ann Eeheee Society
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Valley News
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JFK
Bobby
U.S
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National Security Council
Brave Lad
Edward McNeal
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