Scranton Faces Uphill Battle For GOP Nomination
Gov. William W. Scranton must woo anti Goldwater delegates to deny Barry Goldwater a clear path to the GOP presidential nomination. With Goldwater well over 500 of the 655 needed, Scranton has four weeks to sway key regional delegates in the Northeast Middle Atlantic Ohio and Michigan while Rockefeller and Lodge backers shape a factional contest ahead of the July 13 San Francisco convention.
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Raymond M. Lahr
Washington
UPI
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
GOP
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Scranton
California
United Press International
San Francisco
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio
Michigan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Oregon
Goldwater Country
Van Bouchaute swims 20 miles to aid stranded shipmates
Henry Van Bouchaute, a 40-year-old truck driver from Buena Park, swam and drifted over 20 miles from a disabled fishing boat off Tiburon Island in the Gulf of California to reach his stranded crew. He endured razor fish bites and tropical sun as Archie King of Norwalk, John Elkins, and Ralph de Phil accompanied him aboard.
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Gulf of California
Henry van Bouchaute
Buena Park
Tiburon Island
Gulf
Archie R. King
Norwalk
van Bouchaute
John H. Elkins
Ralph de Phil
Man survives 20 hours afloat after motor failure off Kino Bay
Van Bouchaute a crew member from NORW2 lps of Buena Park swam for over 20 hours after their motor failed near Hermosillo. He floated with the current, drank seawater, endured dehydration and first degree burns, and was rescued by a Mexican fisherman who alerted authorities.
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Van
Coast Guard
Kino Bay
Hermosille Municipal Hospital
van Bouchaute
Lacera
George Zavada
King
Goldwater Expected To Gain Delegates In GOP Contests
UPI reports Goldwater weiterlead in delegate counts as state conventions in Connecticut Virginia New Mexico and Idaho shape up. Scranton campaigns in Alaska Vermont and Pennsylvania seek to slow the surge while Rockefeller Lodge Nixon and others hold scattered votes with 189 uncommitted as the convention nears in San Francisco.
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Washington
Alaska
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Virginia
Scranton
Richmond
Johnson and Erhard warn Russia on Berlin trouble
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard issued a joint warning to the Soviet Union that Moscow will be held responsible for any Berlin disturbances stemming from the Soviet East German treaty. Erhard's two day visit yielded full agreement on parts of the German question but no push toward German reunification. He planned talks with Christian Herter on tariff talks at Geneva.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Berlin
Erhard
Christian A. Herter
Cardinal Frings visits Cologne burn victims
Josef Cardinal Frings toured 27 children and a teacher wounded by Cologne’s fire attack. Teacher Anna Langehr, 67, and 11 children remained in critical condition, doctors warning some may die with burns up to 85 percent.
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Cologne
Germany
UPI
Josef Cardinal Frings
Anna Langehr
Herbert Vierhues
Monroeville Campaign Against Speeders In Self Defense
Monroeville Mayor Clayton C. Lord and police defend a speed enforcement effort described as a speed trap. Officers use radar to slow Route 20 traffic, issuing arrests for repeated violators while motorists alert each other to slow down briefly.
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Monroeville
Clayton C. Lord
Lord
Thomas Britton
Robert Ackerman
Jerrold Henery
Ackerman
Bengals Tiger Returns To Cage In Chattanooga
A 500 pound Bengal tiger wandered from its cage in Chattanooga Tennessee on Friday. Local 11 year old Sally White coaxed the animal back indoors without panic.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sally White
Weather and marriages in brief for the record
Weather tonight 62 to 67 with warm unsettled after noon showers and cooler Sunday. Marriage licenses issued for Kenneth Baker and Camille Williams in Berlin Heights Norwalk at home and Faydean Showalter and Joann Gates at home. Deaths listed Mae Jurcynamsky 73 New London and Jay L Laser 64 Greenwich.
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Kenneth Charles Baker
Berlin Heights
Camille Y. Williams
Norwalk
Faydean A. Showalter
Bellevue
Joann A. Gates
R.D
Willard
Mae Jurcynamsky
New London
Jay L Laser
Greenwich
U S Resumes Spy Flights Over Laos Amid Tensions
U.S. resumes aerial reconnaissance over Communist held Laos, saying missions over Red Pathet Lao strongholds began Friday and future phases will not be public. U.S. denies bombing Phou Kout or targeting Khang Khay, notes planes may be U.S. or Royal Lao Air Force without confirmation of markings. Souvanna reports resumption of jet reconnaissance over the Plaine des Jarres area as clashes continue.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
United States
U.S
Pathet Lao
Khang Khay
Plaine Des Jarres
Peking
Royal Laotian
Phou Kout
Souvanna
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Sonora
van Bouchante
Los Angeles
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Ique
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Sister Lakes
Mich
Gordon Brown
Georgia
Judy Garland
Mark Herron
Hong Kong
Elizabeth
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
President Johnson
Ecumenical Council
Vatican City
Christian Unity Movement
Richard Nixon
Pennsylvania
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