Governors Conference Openly Backs Scranton Bid
Former President Eisenhower urged Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton to seek the Republican presidential nomination at a Gettysburg meeting. The talks aimed to keep the GOP convention open and to temper Goldwater’s surge as governors gathered for a national conference in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
UPI
D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Eisenhower
Ike
Gettysburg
Jack Conmy
Washington
Sen
Hugh Scott
Robert J. Corbett
Scott
Corbett
Congress
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
California
Conmy
Missing troopers on vacation spark tall tales talk
Lt. M. P. Deen and Sgt. Jeff B. Gulley of Troop F Louisiana State Police are on two week vacations. With hunting seasons closed fellow troopers anticipate passing tall tales upon their return.
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M. P. Deen
Jeff B. Gulley
Troop F
Louisiana State Police
Mississippi Legislature Clears Prohibition Referendum
Jackson Mississippi The Mississippi Legislature approved a liquor referendum bill ending half a century of prohibition. The Senate passed the compromise measure 26 16 after the House approved 72 34. The referendum is scheduled for November.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Senate
House
Kin Caids attend Loyola graduation in New Orleans
Mr and Mrs E H Kincaid of Monroe attended Loyola University in New Orleans to witness son Louis Clarence Kincaid graduate with a dentistry degree. His sisters Polly Parrish and Patricia Early and brother Eddie also attended. Louis will enter military service this fall.
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E. H. Kincaid
North McGuire
Monroe
Loyola University
New Orleans
Louis Clarence Kincaid
Denistry
Polly Parrish
Patricia Early
Eddie
Louis
Senate Cloture Showdown Delayed To Wednesday Vote
The Senate postponed its clash over a civil rights bill and moved the cloture showdown to Wednesday. Four hours of debate will be allowed on three Republican amendments including Morton’s jury trial mandate and Cotton and Hickenlooper measures. Mansfield denied a deal but said leaders hope for cloture votes if the unanimous consent stands.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Sen
Clair Engle
D-Calif
House
Thruston B. Morton
R-ey
Morton
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Riowa
Cotton
Hickenlooper
Mansfield
Bush Gains Texas GOP's Senate Brand
George Bush won the Texas Republican senatorial runoff defeating Jack Cox to set up a race against Ralph Yarborough in November. Pool led Baker in the Dallas runoff for an at large seat. With 167 of 254 counties reporting Bush 44,008 to 22,202 Cox. Pool 295,036 to 228,340 Baker. A small turnout but GOP elation over statewide runoff. Ballot box seizure in Crystal City highlighted the tense mood.
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Dallas
Ups
George Bush
Texas
Yaleman Bush
Houston
Jack Cox
Barry Goldwater
Bush
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Johnson
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Joe Pool
Robert Baker
Lyndon Johnson
Cox
Pool
Baker
Crystal City
Today's Chuckle The Interrupting Woman
A quip notes that a woman who constantly interrupts a man's conversation is either already married or never will be. The line plays on social expectations and relationship dynamics with tongue in cheek humor.
Decisions in the Dark Eisenhower on D-Day choice
The Monroe Morning World previews a 16 part series by General Dwight D Eisenhower recounting his June 6 1944 invasion decision and the long hours waiting for troops at Normandy plus his emotional response to paratrooper departures. The piece teases future installments on wartime decisions and figures such as Montgomery Patton and Churchill.
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Dwight D Eisenhower
Normandy
Monroe
Eisenhower
England
Montgomery
George Patton
Winston Churchill
Million Dollar Motel Planned at Monroe Interchange
James W. Moore of Monroe and Moody Brothers of Houston announce a 200 unit million dollar plus Ramada Inn on a 30 acre tract near I 20 and U S 165 by pass. Construction to start January with completion by June 1965, plus banquet dining lounge pool and future nearby apartments and offices. Moore and Moody bring oil and hotel development expertise with Gulf Coast Ramada ties and other Texas projects.
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Monroe
James W. Moore
Moody Brothers
Houston
Tex
Moore
U. S. 165
Kellogg - Moore Oil Company
Kellogg - Moore Corporation
Alvin Moody
Dan Moody
Texas
Alexandria
Jack Collins
Gulf Coast
Ramada Inns, Inc
Civic Auditorium
Olin Mathieson Mills
Northeast State College
Winds and rain rip Jacksonville in 100 mph squall
A line of winds 75 to 100 mph ripped through Jacksonville causing tossed roofs, overturned cars, and a toppled 300 foot radio tower. Power outages affected large areas, 1,000 wires down, several injuries minor, one house moved off its foundation, two-inch rainfall and hail up to three quarters of an inch. Weather Bureau linked the storm to merging tropical and Mississippi Valley low pressures. Tornado warnings had been issued earlier.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Williams
Weather Bureau
John Watson
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Mostly Clear Skies Forecast Over Twin Cities Area
Skies over the Twin Cities and surrounding area will be clear to partly cloudy with little chance of rainfall. A high pressure system centered over the Gulf of Mexico will dominate the mid-South for the next two days. Highs today and Monday in the high 80s to low 90s, lows near 64 to 68, Saturday’s high 87 and low 66, with winds variable at 5 to 15 mph.
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Twin Cities
Gulf of Mexico
mid-South
Johnson predicts strongest civil rights bill in history in New York
President Johnson spoke to cheering ILGWU members in Manhattan and AFL CIO leaders promising to pass the strongest civil rights bill. He linked civil rights to poverty relief and urged battling discrimination beyond legislation with education housing and training. Senator Humphrey stood with him on the platform. He forecast rapid progress on civil rights medical care for the elderly and minimum wage laws.
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New York
Johnson
Erty
Sen
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Royal Couple In Car Wreck Near Windsor Castle
Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II were not injured when a limousine carrying them collided with a small family car near Maidenhead Berkshire on the Twyford road to Windsor Castle. The driver of the other car also escaped unhurt. Queen’s detective Chief Supt Albert Perkins rode in the front with Philip.
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London
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth II
Maidenhead
Berkshire
Twyford
Windsor Castle
Philip
Albert Perkins
Watermelon Seed Vanishes After choking scare in Alabama
Ten year old Michael Martin choked after a watermelon slice. doctors suspect a seed or piece inhaled into the lungs. He was taken to an Anniston hospital where a bronchostomy was performed by Dr Wade Brannon, though the seed had likely shifted before arrival. He says he will still eat watermelon.
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Talladega
Ala
UPI
Edward Martin
Michael Martin
Michael
Anniston
Wade Brannon
Pilot shot down as U.S. reconnaissance flight over Laos
An unarmed U S reconnaissance jet was downed by Communist ground fire in central Laos. The pilot parachuted to safety and a search is under way. The State Department said flights over the Plaine des Jarres would continue at the request of neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma, with coordination with the Laos government.
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Washington
U. S
Laos
State Department
U. S&s
Royal Laos
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
Phouma
Paris
Kitty Hawk
South China Sea
Viet Nam
Department
Red
Robert J. McCloskey
Neutralists Hold At Phou Koutt In Laos Debates
Neutralist troops under Gen Kong Le hold firm amid artillery and mortar exchanges with Pathet Lao forces at Phou Koutt Laos. Fighting began Friday with Phou Koutt recently captured by neutralists in a counterattack aiding Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma. Casualties unavailable. strategic aim seen as delaying Pathet Lao until monsoon rains.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Phou Koutt
Kong le
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