Six States Hold Primaries in Race for 1966 Ballots
Six states begin primaries with Alabama drawing national attention as Gov George Wallace seeks to place wife Lurleen Wallace on the Democratic ticket. In Alabama nine candidates vie for the nomination while Florida Indiana New Mexico Ohio and Oklahoma also hold primaries. Federal examiners monitor Negro voters amid voting rights enforcement.
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Florida
Indiana
New Mexico
Ohio
Oklahoma
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Lurleen Wallace
Richmond Flowers
Bob Gilchrist
Carl Elliott
John Patterson
James Folsom
Eunce S. Gore
A. W. Todd
Charles Woods
Haydon Burns
Robert King High
Miami
Scott Kelly
Lakeland
Sam Foot
Tallahassee
Burns
John J. Sparkman
Fred R. Harris
Senate
Raymond Gary
Preston J. Moore
Oklahoma City
The
American Legion
David Hall
Tulsa County
Indian Movie Star Dara Singh Began As Wrestler
Dara Singh, a 235 pound ex-wrestler turned film star in Bombay, now earns about twenty thousand dollars per movie and headlines mythological Hindi films. Once paid four annas for his first match, he faced shaving demands and comments from peers who know him as a former wrestler turned action hero. Married and content with land buys, he remains a towering figure in Indian cinema.
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Bombay
India
Dara Singh
Tarzan
Samson
Hercules
Singh
U.S
Singapore
Young Cancer Victim Wants His Dog Back
In Cleveland, Ohio, 12 year old Billy Adkins, bedridden with cancer, longs to recover his pet dog Cooke who wandered away two weeks ago. His mother Alvis Adkins notes the dog was Billy’s only companion and the family faces worry also over Army PFC Herbert Adkins, 22, wounded in Vietnam and recuperating near Saigon. The family has received offers of other dogs but Billy wants Cooke home.
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Sleveland
Ohio
Billy Adkins
Cooke
Billy
Alvis Adkins
Cookie
Mrs. Adkins
Army Pfc
Herbert Adkins
Viet Nam
Saigon
Herbert
Vietnam unrest cuts allied military actions by half
Defense secretary McNamara told the U S Chamber of Commerce that South Vietnamese political disorder reduced allied operations against the Viet Cong by 50 to 70 percent. He warned of civil war and secession fears, while noting increased Communist infiltrators even as bombing continued. Nixon warned of a 1966 election impact.
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Washington
Secetary of Defense
Robert S. MoeNamara
Saigon
McNamara
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Viet Nam
Detroit
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Korea
Robert S. Mc
Namara
U.S
Mind Read Your Allies In Vietnam Conflict
James Marlow analyzes Johnson and Lodge attempting to gauge South Viet Nam's loyalties as Thant urges negotiations. McNamara cites civil unrest weakening U.S. effort, while Buddhists and Catholics clash and Viet Cong tensions surface with North Vietnamese support fading.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
United States
Lodge
Washington
U Thant
United Nations
France
Viet Nam
Thant
White House
America
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U. S
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John Birch Society
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Ralph Harvey
Richard L. Roudebush
Clinton P. Anderson
Thomas Morris
E. S. Johneny Walker
Gene Lusk
John Burroughs
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Clifford J. Hawley
David F. Cargo
Albuquerque
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Tokyo
Economic Club of
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Ard M. Nixon
Conecord, N.H
Asia
Nixon
Democratic Party
Harry Smith Auto Supply
United States Brewers Association, Inc
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Whirlpool Corporation
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