Leoni emerges as front runner for Venezuela presidency
In Caracas, Raul Leoni, longtime ally of Betancourt, won the Democratic Action nomination to run in February elections. He vows to continue Betancourt’s nationalism and anti‑Communism, with a possible Communist ban lift if violence ends. Other contenders include Rafael Caldera and Jovito Villalba, while calls for a united opposition fade.
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Venezuela
Raul Leoni
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Worker Peasant Party
Democratic Action
Leoni
Communist Party
Venzuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
United Front
Social Christians
Rafael Caldera
Social Christian
Caldera
Adm
Wolfgang Larrazaba
Jovito Villalba
Republican Democratic Union
URD
Villalba
Larrazada
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Democratic Popular
Paul Ramos Gimenez
Kleas Sen
Arturo Uslar Pietri
Uslar
Senate OKs four year extension for oil compact
Washington AP reports the Senate approved by voice vote a four year extension to Sept 1 for the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact. Signed in Dallas Feb 16 1935 by Oklahoma Texas California and New Mexico the pact now has three oil producing states. The measure moves to the House. Jockey Howard Grant won four stakes at Atlantic City track in 1962 led by Steve Brooks with 48 victories.
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Washington
Senate
Dallas
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas
California
New Mexico
House
Howard Grant
Atlantic City
N. J
Steve Brooks
Old Campaign Promise Test Ban Treaty Irony in Stevenson Drive
James Marlow explains Adlai Stevenson’s long push for a nuclear test ban, the Soviet and American reactions, and how policy shifted from unilateral moratorium talk to a 1962 atmosphere space and sea ban, amid Eisenhower Kennedy and Nixon positions. The piece traces the timeline from 1955 to 1962, noting key figures Khrushchev Murray Truman Bulganin and Eisenhower.
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Adlai] Stevenson
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Stevenson
Murray
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Europe
New York
Nixon
Senate
Bulganin
Kennedy
Reds Join Aid For Yugoslavia
Belgrade AP report says Soviet Ambassador Alexander Puzanov announced a Soviet offer to build a factory in Yugoslavia to produce apartment materials for victims of last month's Skopje earthquake. The move accompanies international relief and reconstruction efforts.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alexander Puzanov
Skopje
Weather Fair Across Nation With Scattered Showers
The Associated Press reports fair weather across most of the nation on Monday. Isolated thundershowers dropped up to half an inch in the Rockies, Ohio Valley, and parts of the South. A hailstorm in Barniesville Oklahoma produced half an inch of stones. Northeast temperatures were cooler with readings in the 50s, while most areas ranged from the 70s to 80s.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rockies
Ohio Valley
South
Barniesville
Okla
New England
Pacific Coast
West Point names Steve Pembrook golf captain
Steve Pembrook of Littleton Colorado will captain West Point's 1964 golf team, reflecting his leadership role on the Army squad as it competes this season.
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Steve Pembrook
Littleton, Colo
West Point
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