Truman predicts Johnson will win South in election
Former President Harry S. Truman told reporters in Springfield that President Johnson will carry an overwhelming number of states, including all in the South, no matter who runs. He said civil rights will be the major issue and, when asked about Goldwater or Wallace, asserted Johnson will win the South and be “licked anyway” by opposition. The Springfield event included a Democratic state convention nominating Illinois House candidates and a dinner fundraiser. Adlai Stevenson III, a Chicago lawyer and son of the U.N. ambassador, spoke after being nominated. he emphasized service to state and party as a family tradition.
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Adlai F. Stevenson
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Young Stevenson
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Goldwater Says Eisenhower Backs UN Charter Revisions
Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona said in an interview that former President Eisenhower agrees the United Nations Charter should be revised and the General Assembly voting formula changed. He noted Rockefeller and other critics fear U S exit if Red China joins, while stressing support for the UN and a realistic path to reforms despite Soviet veto power.
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Rights Signing Table Proposed For Civil Rights Bill
Gov. John N. Dempsey urged using the Emancipation Proclamation signing table for President Johnson to sign the 1964 civil rights bill. The Connecticut governor offered the table from the state library, hoping the bill’s passage would be marked by a symbol of equality.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Contest entry deadline set for second week in August
Lee Estes of Monroe invites entries at 4114 Blanks St for a weekly contest offering 40 dollars in prizes. The contest runs through the week of August 3 with a deadline in the second week at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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U S Prosecutor At Estes Trial Shot To Death
Rufus McLean 44 chief prosecutor in Billie Sol Estes fraud trial died by his own action at his Arlington home. His body found by his son, a .22 revolver located nearby. McLean had been ill under medical care for six weeks. He graduated from Marshall College in 1941 and earned a George Washington University law degree in 1947.
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Billie Sol Estes
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Justice Department
Jeffrey
Cattletisburg
kKy
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
George Washington University
Seoul High Schools To Reopen Monday As Martial Law Eases
Seoul authorities announced that high schools will reopen Monday after the martial law command set up earlier this month to curb anti government student demonstrations. Universities in the city will remain closed for now.
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UPS
St Augustine Curfew Sparks White Black Clash in Florida
Gov. Farris Bryant used emergency powers to ban night demonstrations in St. Augustine after kingpin protests and beach wade-ins. Police kept demonstrators from marching, while a white segregationist attack injured a 15 year old Negro girl. The order sets a 8:30 p.m. to sunrise curfew with fines or jail for violators.
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U.S
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Tallahassee
Active Atheist Charged With Police Assault
Madalyn Murray and her 18 year old son plus 73 year old mother were charged with assaulting three police officers in Baltimore after police investigated a court contest involving a 17 year old girl linked to the family. Bonna Mays collapsed and was treated at Union Memorial Hospital before returning to the station. The girl involved is Susan Abramovitz and her parents filed the action.
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Goldwater Leads GOP as Last Montana Delegates Are Chosen
The final 14 Montana delegates favor Goldwater, raising his total to 694, 39 above the nomination threshold on the first ballot. Democrats plan their convention in Atlantic City as Johnson weighs an entry. North and South Carolina runoff races and Utah endorsements shape the week ahead.
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