15 Jun 1964
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1964
Page
1
In St Augustine the tourism economy suffers as segregation tensions flare, arrests rise, and whites and Negroes clash publicly. Merchants estimate over 3 million dollars in lost revenue this year, with hotels and restaurants resisting integrated service amid a fragile peace.
Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton begins a full week of campaigning to win the Republican nomination at the 1964 convention in San Francisco. He adds 43 committed delegates from Massachusetts and New Hampshire via Henry Cabot Lodge supporters while facing Barry Goldwater with a wide delegate gap.
The Supreme Court held that both houses of a state legislature must be apportioned by population, extending reapportionment requirements to state senates. The decision emphasizes the equal protection clause requiring honest effort to create as equal districts as practicable in all legislative chambers.
Sen. Barry Goldwater stands to gain 70 more delegates this week, reaching 664 on the first ballot and beyond the 655 needed, if pledged supporters stay with him. Eight top Republican senators defend open conventions and disavow extremism, naming no candidates but signaling opposition to Goldwater opponents.
The storm hit Norwalk around 5 a.m. causing two hours of power loss to Grove Avenue homes. A tree brought down a transformer and power was restored by 7 a.m. The sewage plant recorded a quarter inch of rain. Weather notes predict cloudy with thundershowers and a high of 85. Marriage licenses issued for Kessler Branham and Bourma King. births and deaths listed for local residents.
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