Goldwater Ahead as Moderates Face Political Realities
Bruce Biossat analyzes 1964 Republican dynamics after California’s Goldwater primary. Moderates led by Scranton are failing to unite as Goldwater’s delegate strength solidifies. The piece argues moderates misread post Kennedy era politics, with Goldwater likely winning the San Francisco convention.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington Correspondent Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Washington
NEA
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
Scranton
Goldwater
Scranton Leaves South Dakota Delegates Tour
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton ended his South Dakota delegate search and flew to North Dakota for the same mission. One spectator, Sioux Falls jeweler Henry Sulkin, wore a button reading I'm for Scranton and greeted him at the airport.
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Sioux Falls, S. D
Emergency Red Meeting Called By Khrushchev in Warsaw
Soviet Premier Khrushchev summons East European Communist leaders and selected outside-party chiefs to a restricted summit in Warsaw around July 22 for emergency consultations. The gathering coincides with Poland’s 20th anniversary liberation celebration and aims to address Sino Soviet rifts and satellite tensions.
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London
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Warsaw
Poland
Khrushchev
Red China
Board to vote July 21 on Memorial Building lease
Memorial Building board of directors will meet July 21 to decide on leasing the building to the local YMCA. Board Chairman Kermit A. Locke, reappointed by the Raleigh County Court, will be away on vacation after calling the meeting. Veterans groups and the YMCA have clashed over the proposal, with veterans groups opposing and various offices already using the building. Representatives from the YMCA and veterans groups said they would accept the board’s decision.
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Locke
Raleigh County Court
Beckley
American Legion
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Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Building Board
West Virginian Heads National Organization
Evans L. Harris of Charleston West Virginia was elected president of the national organization at its Philadelphia convention attended by more than 500 delegates. Harris, head of E L Harris and Son Building Contractors, succeeds D Thomas Nafoli of Norristown for a one year term.
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UPI
Evans L. Harris
Charleston
W. Va
American Business Clubs
Nar
Harris
Beckley Weather With Showers And Warm Weekend
Beckley and vicinity expect mainly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunder showers this afternoon and tonight. Highs near 81, lows around 62, with Saturday partly cloudy and warm and a chance of more showers in the low 80s. River levels normal, gauges show Greenbrier clear and 1.6 ft at Hinton. Five day forecast calls for highs near 87, lows near 63 in the south and 82 to 57 in the north, with thundershowers late Sunday or Monday.
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Beckley
Hinton
West Virginia
Eisenhower to stay neutral on Scranton bid for GOP nod
Raymond Lahr reports that former President Eisenhower is expected to remain publicly neutral toward the Republican presidential nomination. Scranton aides seek a possible Milton Eisenhower nomination speech while Goldwater leads with a solid delegate total. The Nevada convention approaches with Goldwater seen as the likely nominee.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Eisenhower
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Water Resources Division revokes permit for coal company
The State Water Resources Division of the Department of Natural Resources revoked United Pocahontas Coal Co. permit to operate treatment facilities at Crumpler McDowell County for dumping improperly treated wastes into the north fork of Elkhorn Creek. Tass reports Johnson signs civil rights bill. The Manila Daily Mirror reports seven more typhoon Winnie deaths, bringing total to 14.
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Crumpler
McDowell County
Elkhorn Creek
Tass
Johnson
Manila Daily Mirror Today
West Virginia Water Co. sale questioned by official
President Myron R. Ren ick said no definite offer exists from the West Virginia Water Development Commission to buy the utility. Welch Mayor W. B. Swope called the reported $40 million asking price fantastic and opposed the purchase plan. Hoffa fraud trial nears end after 10 weeks with prosecutors not proving a key point. Robert L. Hale of Fairmont named administrator of Morgan County War Memorial Hospital effective July 13. Martha Ann Bracken, 79, of Campbells Creek, dies after burns from a house fire six weeks earlier.
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West Virginia Water Co
West Virginia Water Development Commission
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W. B. Swope
Teamster
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Richard B. Austin
Hoffa
Robert L. Hale
Fairmont
Morgan County War Memorial Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Martha Ann Bracken
Campbells Creek
Charleston
Veteran WWI hero York kept for observation at Nashville hospital
SGT ALVIN C YORK remained under observation at Veterans Hospital in Nashville Tenn today after a slight temperature rise delayed his release from Pall Mall home. The 76 year old legend had been improving from pneumonia and was set to return home. The report also notes the deferral of a court martial for Capt Alfred Swenson in Frankfurt and Ambassador Edwin O Reischauer’s return to Japan after convalescence in Hawaii from a knife wound.
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Alvin C. York
Veterans Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Pall Mall
Alfred Swenson
Scranton
East Germany
Frankfurt
U.S
Edwin O. Reischauer
Japan
Hawaii
Boiarsky Appointed New Pavilion Chief
Charleston WV J Paul Boiarsky Deputy Commerce Commissioner was named acting director of the West Virginia State Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair replacing E L Montgomery who resigned effective Wednesday Montgomery faced intense criticism over pavilion overspending Legislative leaders had condemned Montgomery’s spending since the pavilion’s early stages and House Majority Leader Brotherton sought his dismissal during the 1964 Legislature.
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Charleston
UPI
J. Paul Boiarsky
Commerce
West Virginia
E. L. Montgomery
Montgomery
House
W. T. Brotherton
Negroes Put Law To The Test In New Civil Rights Era
After Johnson signed the civil rights bill, Negroes test its reach in the South with mixed results. Albany Georgia restaurants opened to Black patrons while others remained closed. In Savannah and Jacksonville, dignity and access improved, but Charlottesville Virginia saw resistance as a long established restaurant stayed closed. A 13 year old student faced a refused haircut in Kansas City, and a Charlott esville restaurant owner quit, signaling financial risk.
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UPD
Johnson
White House
Jacksonville
Fla
Morrison
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Prince McIntosh
Kansas City
Congress For Racial Equality
CORE
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Gene Young
Jackson
Miss
Johnson outlines civil rights law aims and enforcement
President Johnson's remarks before signing the civil rights law emphasize the purpose to expand freedom and equal rights in polling, education, work, and public services. He details enforcement steps: appoint LeRoy Collins to the Community Relations Service, form an advisory committee, request supplemental appropriations, direct agencies to implement promptly, and urge broad official outreach. He notes the nation’s belief in equality despite persistent discrimination and calls for a moral end to that injustice.
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Senate
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Gov
Collins
Congress
LBJ Heads To Texas Ranch For Fourth Of July
President Johnson, after signing the civil rights bill, left Washington for a relaxing July weekend at the LBJ Ranch in Johnson City Texas. Mrs Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird joined him, with the trip described as a mystery departure by reporters. Francisco Orlich of Costa Rica was visiting nearby King Ranch.
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Johnson City
Tex
Texas
Francisco Orlich
Costa Rica
Georgian Breaks Tradition Votes For Rights Bill
Washington United Press International reports Representative Charles L Weltner a Democrat from Georgia crossed party lines to vote for the civil rights bill. He said change swift and certain is upon us and explained he had previously voted against it when it first came before the House last February.
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Washington
UPI
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
Georgia
House
West Virginia Delegation Votes For Historic Civil Rights Bill
Five West Virginia Congressmen joined 289 lawmakers in voting for the civil rights bill. The measure passed the House and was signed into law by President Johnson on Thursday, marking a landmark for federal civil rights protections.
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Washington
UPI
West Virginia
House
Johnson
Representative Joins Call for Conciliatory Adjustment
A 36 year old Atlanta representative urged accepting the nation's verdict and casting his lot with community leadership. He stated he could have voted against the measure again but chose to support reasoned adjustment to a new reality, despite protests and potential violence.
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Atlanta
Traffic Deaths Rise During Fourth of July Weekend
United Press International reports a slow rise in traffic fatalities as Americans head to beaches for the holiday. National Safety Council experts estimate 450 to 550 deaths and up to 25,000 injuries during the 78 hour period. By 12 15 p.m. EDT the tally stood at 29 deaths since Thursday evening with eight drownings and three other deaths recorded.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Doctors Confer On When To Move Ted
In Northampton Massachusetts doctors will meet with Kennedy family members to determine when Senator Edward M Kennedy who broke his back in a plane crash may be transferred to a different hospital Walter Reed in Washington or Massachusetts General in Boston remains undecided pending decisions on the destination and timing of the move
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Northampton
Mass
UPI
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Massachusetts General
Boston
Search Nears Missing Civil Rights Workers Near Deep South Border
The FBI distributes the Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas and Louisiana circular to locate three civil rights workers missing after surveying a burned Negro church near Philadelphia Mississippi 12 days ago. A 400 man search near the Alabama border fails to locate Michael Schwerner 44 Andrew Goodman 21 and James Chaney 21.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Miss
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Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Meridian
Lane Testimony Faces Skepticism in Kennedy Probe
Warren Commission members challenge Mark Lane's claims of a meeting among Jack Ruby J D Tippitt and another man linked to Kennedy's assassination. Lane cites unknown sources and refuses to reveal or produce a tape recording of his interview with Helen Markham, an eyewitness to Tippitt's shooting.
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UPI
Warren Commission
John F Kennedy
Earl Warren
Commission
New York
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Lane
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Dallas
J.D. Tippitt
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
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Tippitt
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Beckley Police Drop Charge Against Post Herald Editor
Sherwood Glutz reports a late night disturbance in Beckley as police dropped a charge against the Post-Herald editor. The incident spooked residents while authorities clarified the case.
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Beckley
Post-Herald
Jobs Picture Dims Abruptly
Washington reports the five month trend in unemployment halted in June as student job-seekers pushed unemployed totals up by 1,052,000. The June rate rose to 5.3 percent with 53 per 1,000 seeking work. Despite this, Americans employed reached a record near 72 million, up 852,000 mostly in agriculture.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Diving Accident Kills Parkersburg Resident
Marietta Ohio UPI reports Ronald Lee Metz 22 died from a fractured skull after diving into shallow water in the Muskingum River near Devola, four miles north of there. He was swimming with three others when he hit about three to four feet of water.
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Marietta, Ohio
UPI
Parkersburg
Muskingham River
Ronald Lee Metz
Devola Ast
Ere
Metz
Youth Bitten By Copperhead Near Prince
James Smith twelve from Piney View was bitten on the ankle by a copperhead while fishing near Prince. Beckley State Police received a yard master’s call and a trooper ferried him to Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital where doctors examined him. his swollen ankle was reported as the only clear detail at press time.
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James Smith
Piney View
Prince
Beckley
Terry
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Free funerals offered in traffic safety drive
Charleston radio station WCAW and State Police Superintendent W E Burchett sponsor a July Fourth safety drive offering a free funeral to anyone killed in a traffic accident during the holiday period. The offer has no price limit. Registration began last Sunday but only two drivers had signed up through Thursday.
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Charleston
UPI
WCAW
W. E. Burchett
Mr Music retires longtime secretary treasurer of AFM Local 136
Ruben Rube Blumberg known as Mr Music Man retires after 57 years as secretary treasurer of Local 136 American Federation of Musicians. He nears his 80th birthday and will be succeeded by Charles L Hanna aged 52 of Charleston.
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Charleston
UPI
Ruben “Rube” Blumberg
American Federation of Musicians
Blumberg
Charles L. Hanna
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