Kennedy Family Endures Four Decades of Tragedy
Washington AP recounts repeated Kennedy family losses from Rosemary’s mental disability to Joseph Kennedy Jr’s death in World War II Kathleen and Kathleen’s bridegroom fatality, John F Kennedy’s back troubles, Joseph Kennedy Sr.’s 1961 stroke, and multiple miscarriages and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy’s death in 1963.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
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Rosemary
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Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
England
William Cavendish
Kathleen
Joseph
John F. Kennedy
Joan
Tornado Strikes West Texas Rips Barn Roof No Injuries
A tornado touched down nine miles west of Big Spring as warm air fueled a severe weather outbreak across Northwest Texas. Debris from the Parminter farm barn was scattered half a mile, utility poles downed, and wind gusts up to 69 mph battered the Panhandle town of Childress. The storm threat included hail and damaging winds across a 120 mile wide corridor from Big Spring to northwest of Hobart Oklahoma, with temperatures locally over 100 degrees in multiple cities.
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Spring Storm Rampage Closes With Tornadoes Across Central Plains
The eastern nation faces a muggy preview of summer as severe storms sweep from the Central Plains to Chesapeake Bay. Tornadoes hit Nebraska and Iowa. storms stretch from Missouri to Lake Erie, killing at least four and injuring many. Winds up to 70 mph knock out windows and topple signs. a Chicago police officer’s son is electrocuted after touching a live wire. Temperatures rise into the 90s from Texas to New England.
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Goldwater Aims at South West to Beat Johnson in 1964
Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater targets the South and West as key bases to defeat President Johnson next November. He argues his civil rights stance and conservatism build Dixie strength while geography aids in the West. Goldwater says only he can win Southern and conservative Midwestern states, with Ohio and Illinois seen as potential adders to his electoral column. Johnson’s popularity may fall by November, and civil rights tensions could swing the race, Goldwater advisers say.
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William W. Scranton
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Denison Kitchel
Ohio
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New York
Lyndon Johnson
Dallas
United States
Crane Crushes Bus. Seven Die Seven Hurt in Hendon Accident
A 10 ton crane toppled onto a bus carrying 40 holidaymakers near Brent Cross overpass in Hendon. Seven killed and 26 injured as the rear of the single deck vehicle was crushed and passengers trapped. Eyewitnesses say a mobile crane toppled while lifting the other crane onto a 50 foot rig.
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London
UPS
Brent Cross
Hendon
Polish leader Gomulka Reelected at PUWP Congress
In Warsaw Wladyslaw Gomulka was reelected first secretary of the Polish United Workers Party at the closing session of the fourth congress. The move was viewed as a foregone conclusion and consolidates his grip on Communist Poland.
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UPI
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish United Workers (Communist) Party
PUWP
Poland
Red troops quit Cuba as withdrawals continue
Washington reports Soviet forces are pulling out of Cuba in significant numbers. Khrushchev may shift to advisory personnel, with timetable shifting about a month later than expected. Troop levels are uncertain but in the hundreds leaving, after peaking at over twenty thousand in 1962.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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