Michigan primary turnout seen at peak in Detroit race
Michigan voters awaited a large turnout as they cast ballots for governor and 19 congressional seats plus a 148 member legislature. The election introduced the State Court of Appeals and could decide control of the House and Senate in November. Governor Romney faced challenger Higgin. Democrat nominee Staebler stood unopposed.
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Detroit
Michigan
L U. S. Senate
State Court of Appeals
Robert Montgomery
House of Representatives
Senate
George Romney
GOP
George Higgins
Ferndale
Barry Goldwater
Romney
Higgins
Neil Staebler
Louisiana Business Index Rises 2.9 Percent in July
Louisiana State University figures show the state's general business index up 2.9 percent from July last year and 4 percent higher than June. Gains occurred in four of six components led by department store sales up 11.1 percent, with declines in petroleum manufacturing and crude oil production. Industrial electric power consumption rose 3.9 percent, freight carloadings 1.9 percent, and employment 1.4 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Division of
Louisiana State University
College of Business Administration
Twin City Chit Chat Army Pvt Gwen Frith completes infantry training
Army private Gwen R Frith son of Mr and Mrs Marshall H Frith of West Monroe finished eight weeks of advanced infantry training with light weapons at Fort Polk He learned to use the automatic rifle light machinegun and the 35 inch rocket launcher The 17 year old enlisted in April and did basic training at Fort Polk He attended West Monroe High School Captain James C Bryan returns to the Monroe police detective division after heart illness aiming to resume full duties soon
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Army
Gwen R. Frith
Marshall H. Frith
West Monroe
Fort Polk
Frith
West Monroe High School
Monroe
James C. Bryan
Bryan
Black Muslim Arrested In Weapons Lair
Police raided Muhammad's African Asian Cultural Center in North Philadelphia amid riot aftermath. They seized flammable fluids loaded revolver two bayonets and a knife and arrested Shakyh Muhammad on firearms explosives charges with bail set at ten thousand dollars.
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Muhammad
Millard Meers
Shakyh Muhammad
Meers
Scientist warns of global famine by 1970s and 1980s
Dr. Raymond Ewell of the State University of New York at Buffalo told the American Chemical Society that a famine could strike hundreds of millions or billions in Asia Africa and South America by the 1970s and 1980s. He urged rich nations to donate fertilizers and promoted birth control as a slow but necessary remedy while warning that food boosts alone will not avert the crisis.
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Chicago
Raymond Ewell
State University of New York At Buffalo
Asia
Africa
South America
American Chemical Society
Ewell
United States
Europe
America
India
Pakistan
China
Indonesia
Iran
Turkey
Egypt
Latin America
Dr. Ewell
Nine Clergymen Attack Supreme Court Over Morality Ruling
Nine Protestant, Jewish and Catholic clergymen issued a statement criticizing the U S Supreme Court for promoting what they termed degeneracy in American life. The signers, including four archbishops, urged religious leaders to denounce the court’s decisions on Tropic of Cancer and The Lovers as a moral decline.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Henry Miller
Supreme Court
Yorkville
New York Board of Trade
Hugo L. Black
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan
Arthur J. Goldberg
Potter Stewart
Goldwater Win In Louisiana Seen Possible
Mayor W L Jack Howard said Goldwater could win Louisiana if conservative Democrats organize for him. He met with Gov McKeithen and said few Democrats want to back Goldwater through the Republican Party. Aycock also backs Goldwater, and a local organizing group may meet soon.
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W. L
Jack) Howard
Barry Goldwater
Louisiana
Goldwater
Howard
John J. MecKeithen
McKeithen
Fred Petty
Brewer Godfrey
Monroe
Sen. Goldwater
Board of Registration
C. C
Taddy) Aycock
Social Security Act Passed in 1935 Amended Often
The Social Security Act, enacted in 1935, provides social insurance and public assistance services including aid to the needy and children's programs. The World Almanac notes it has undergone major amendments in eight years since its passage.
Admin aims revised health care plan approval in Senate
The administration backs a revised King-Anderson Social Security health care plan aiming to provide hospital and home care to beneficiaries over 65. The package increases cash benefits to seven dollars a month, raises the earnings base, and trims nursing home coverage, seeking a clear Senate vote.
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Washington
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Senate
Celebrezze
King-Anderson
House
Long
Mississippi schools integrate amid tense, rapid pace
In Carthage a lone Negro girl registered at the white school under guard with no incidents. In Marks four Negro pupils entered the junior senior high school as transfers. Police and federal agents mobilized around the sites as crowds were kept back and streets sealed.
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Carthage
Miss
Mississippi
Marks
Delta
of Education
L.V. Marks
Congress of Racial Equality
Canton
Jackson
FBI
U. S
Sheriff's Office
Little Weather Change Noticed
The forecast for the next two days calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures with a chance of isolated thundershowers. A weak cool front from Kentucky and Missouri moves across central Alabama and northwest Mississippi, bringing little air difference or moisture. Highs mid 90s, lows around 70s. Monroe reached 95 Monday with a low of 73.
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Selman Field
Monroe
Kentucky
Missouri
Alabama
Mississippi
Grand Jury Exonerates Lt Gilligan in Harlem Shooting
A Manhattan grand jury cleared Lt. Thomas Gilligan of criminal liability in the July fatal shooting of James Powell a 15 year old Negro boy near a Harlem school prompting civil rights protests CORE called the decision a exoneration and said it would release its own report within 48 hours District Attorney Hogan said officers must protect life and property and arrest offenders while discharging duty
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New York
Harlem
Manhattan
James Powell
Thomas Gilligan
Dist
Frank S. Hogan
Gilligan
Young Powell
Police Department
Civiian Board
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Grand Jury
Farmer
Supreme Court
George Postel
Marines To Advise In Vietnam Increases Involvement
General Wallace Green Jr announced that an unspecified number of U S Marines will be sent to South Vietnam to bolster U S forces. The move follows Green inspecting the 1st Marine Division, which is set for another 13 months in the Far East, while 3rd Battalion 7th Regiment heads to Okinawa aboard Gen Mann.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
U.S
South Viet Nam
Wallace M Green Jr
Marine Corps
Far East
7Th Regiment
Okinawa
Mann
Democratic leaders report optimism on Ap palachia bill progress
President Kennedy receives upbeat briefing on billion dollar Appalachia development act as Congress signals strong support. Labor board declares fines on workers for filing unfair labor practice charges illegal under federal law. Kennedy wins test vote in New York Senate race consolidation. Viet Cong prisoners paraded in Saigon district amid protests. Titan 3A launch fails to reach orbit after third stage separation.
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Washington
Johnson
Appalachia
National Labor Relations Board
Cape Kennedy
Williams Seeks B Baker Probe Over Illegal 1960 Donation
Sen John J Williams accuses Philadelphia contractor Matthew H McCloskey Jr of funneling 25000 through Bobby Baker to the Kennedy Johnson 1960 campaign fund as an illegal contribution. He urges the Senate to reopen the Bobby Baker investigation with witnesses Baker Reynolds and McCloskey.
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Washington
John J. Williams
Rdel
Senate Today
Philadelphia
Bobby Baker
Don B. Reynolds
Senate
George E. Reedy
White House
Baker
Williams
Senate Rules Committee
Matthew H. McCloskey Jr
District of Columbia
Reynolds
U.S. Senate
Matthew McCloskey
Don Reynolds
Slaying of 9 year old in Scotlandville shocks community
Deputies and state police mounted a large search for an unclothed armed Black man after Renaldo Duckworth 9 died of head injuries at Harding Elementary School Scotlandville. A second pupil was injured at Baton Rouge General Hospital as about 35 officers used bloodhounds to pursue the suspect still at large.
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge General Hospital
Renaldo Duckworth
Harding
Scotlandville
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Texas
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D-Tenn
Russell B. Long
D-La
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U. S. Senate
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Democratic State Committee
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