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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1964
Page
8
In Champagnole France a giant drill presses into Mt River to reach five miners buried under 270 feet of rock. Nine other miners are rescued after eight days entombed in the Jura Mountains limestone mine while two unknown men remain missing.
Alabama Legislature opens a special session to consider a congressional redistricting bill aiming to blunt Republican gains in November. Gov. George Wallace delivers the keynote as Democrats face a tough path with potential GOP boosts from Wallace’s presidential withdrawal and a post census redraw. Six of seven incumbent Democrats seek re election, facing eight Republican challengers on the November ballot.
A telegram reports Captain Jack B. Green of Williamsburg RFD 1 was injured by shell fragment from a bomb at a bar outside Saigon. His general condition is good but the wound in his right arm involves nerve loss. He will be evacuated to Clark Air Base in the Philippines for further evaluation. Authorities will keep him advised.
More than 20 U.S. warships based at Yokosuka left tonight for unknown destinations, according to Kyodo News Service which cited reliable sources. The Navy declined to confirm the Kyodo report and said shore leave for servicemen at the base was canceled.
The Senate voted 59 to 29 to seated Democrat Pierre Salinger conditionally as California's new senator. A Republican challenge to Gov. Brown's right to appoint Salinger was referred to the Senate Rules Committee for study with a report due by Aug. 13.
Sen. Wayne Morse warned of a potential Senate vote today on amendments to cut over 500 million from the foreign aid authorization bill totaling 3.4667 billion. He denounced the program as a colossal failure as a deterrent to communism and planned further amendments while suggesting rapid action may hinge on a separate interest equalization tax.
Kansas City voters rejected daylight saving time and fluoridation of city water by wide margins in Tuesday elections. The tally was 49,403 against and 22,307 for daylight saving, marking a second defeat after a 1956 vote of 40,000 to 17,000.
President Johnson declared peace requires a firm response to aggression as U S air strikes against North Vietnamese attackers continued. He told supporters and the world that aggression unchallenged is aggression unleashed while denouncing any widening of the conflict and stressing peace as the United States goal. Johnson spoke at Syracuse University dedication events with Gov Rockefeller present, and outlined coordination with McNamara Rusk and Bundy to review strikes and UN avenues.
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