Thurmond and Goldwater Align on 1964 Presidential Bid
Senator Strom Thurmond and Senator Barry Goldwater are poised to align, with Thurmond reportedly backing Goldwater and switching from Democrat to Republican. Both men share conservative stances on civil rights, the nuclear test ban, and tax policy, oppose the current civil rights bill, and criticize the KennedyJohnson administrations. They view riots as lawless and advocate strong anti-Communist measures, including bombing supply routes into Vietnam.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Barry Goldwater
Thurmond
South Carolina
Republican Goldwater
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Morse
Stevenson
Goldwater
Soviet Union
South
Viet Nam
United States
Kennedy
Johnson
British Face Challenge In Yachting Cup Race
In Newport Rhode Island the defender Constellation led Sovereign the British challenger by 5 minutes 34 seconds in the opening 24.3 mile race of the America’s Cup series. The British will race again this afternoon amid weather and spectator interference debates.
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Newport
R.I
Constellation
New York Yacht Club
Sovereign
Royal Thames Yacht Club
Eric Ridder
Bob Bavier
U.S
Ridder
Scott
Rhode Island Sound
Bavier
Yachting Magazine
Strike Threatens Rails in US Labor Turmoil
Washington reports 150000 AFL CIO shop unions prepared to strike over job protections as negotiations stall after a prior White House settlement. Officials say a work stoppage could halt most trains, prompting potential national emergency measures.
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Washington
White House
AFL Cio
Edward J. Carlough
J. E. Wolfe
Boston
Johnson
Carlough
Sheet Metal Workers
UAW Sets Friday Strike Deadline at Ford Motors
Detroit AP reports United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther announced a 10 a.m. EST Friday strike deadline in new contract talks with Ford Motor Co. He said the union is prepared to work in good faith to resolve unsettled questions as bargaining continues.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
State Reports Sharp Revenue Expenditures Gap Topeka
State controller Roy Shapiro released a preliminary fiscal 1964 report showing total expenditures at 421.1 million, up 34.8 million from the prior year, with revenues just 366 thousand less, and federal funds rising by 28 million. Expenditures covered education, highways, health, welfare, safety, and other areas. revenues stemmed from federal grants, taxes, and fees across multiple sectors.
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Topeka
Roy Sharpiro
Shapiro
Liberals resist reapportionment delay in Senate stalemate
Liberal Democrats in the Senate vow to keep talking against Dirksen's plan to delay court-ordered reapportionment of state legislatures. They back a softer substitute stating Congress should delay while states have time to comply or seek a constitutional amendment. The impasse risks delaying congressional adjournment and the 1964 election cycle.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
William Proxmire
D-Wis
House
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Democratic Leaders Seek Help For Legislation
Democratic congressional leaders press President Johnson for help moving three main program pieces on Capitol Hill. They discuss ways to bypass a Senate reapportionment roadblock delaying foreign aid and Appalachian aid and seek a path to salvage the health care measure. Johnson faces a stalemate that could keep Congress in session into autumn.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Senate House
Goldwater presses Southern support amid Cuba clash
Sen. Barry Goldwater campaigned across Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama urging Southern voters to back his bid while challenging President Johnson on Cuba policy. He urged selling TVA power plants and fertilizer programs and argued Johnson altered his Miami Cuba remarks. He drew large crowds in Atlanta and along his route.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Barry Goldwater
Deep South
Johnson
Cuba
International Association of Machinists
Miami
Goldwater
Castro
Atlanta
Decatur
Republican Club Coffee for Mrs. Henry Thursday
The Franklin County Women’s Republican Club hosts a coffee at 10 a.m. Thursday at the North American Hotel dining room to honor Mrs. Ailee Henry of Oskaloosa, district vice chairman for the Republican Party. Vernon Chesbro Franklin County Republican chairman Rep. Wayne Angell and Mrs. Almeda Edwards county vice chairman speak at the event.
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Franklin County
Girls urged to join Ottawa Junior High Girls Group
Students are urged to join the Ottawa Junior High Girls Athletic Association for the coming year. President Carol Anderson presides as Barbie Hull is elected treasurer. The first formal meeting is next week. A swimming program is planned for the coming semester with volleyball and basketball tournaments in the second semester.
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Ottawa Junior High Girls Athletic Association
GAA
Carol Anderson
Barbie Hull
Truman approves life story play from birth to 1948 win
Independence Missouri AP reports Harry S Truman has approved a stage play depicting his life from birth through his 1948 presidential election. The play is by J Roy McCarthy, a staff member at a St. Louis ship station, among others.
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Independence, Mo
Harry S. Truman
J. Roy McCarthy
St. Louis
Phip
Amon
Rich Man Dies Poor Rich Man Dies Poor
Chance M. Vought Jr. inherited a aviation fortune of 3 million in 1930 and was worth 5 at death from diabetes on April 6. Papers filed with his 1953 will in surrogate's court Tuesday show the estate divided among his second wife, three children, his mother, and a brother. Vought had spent years jailed for failing to pay 250 a week alimony.
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New York
Chance M. Vought Jr
Vought
Case Society
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