Convention Splits Over Goldwater Platform In Open Debate
Eisenhower remained neutral while grateful to Gov. Scranton for sparking a platform battle between Scranton and Goldwater at the GOP convention. He said the party should remain loyal to its basic principles, and denied any plan for a split. Eisenhower planned a news conference and was to speak to the convention, stressing unity over individual candidates.
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Scranton
Goldwater
St. Francisco
Fisenhower
Scranton Faces Revolt In Own Pa. Delegation
In San Francisco, Gov. Scranton claims enough votes to block Goldwater on the first ballot as a possible revolt brews within Pennsylvania’s 64 vote delegation. Up to 15 Pennsylvanians may switch to Goldwater, while Scranton’s supporters rally in Union Square with Rockefeller and Lodge among speakers.
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San Francisco
UPI
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Pennsylvania
Goldwater
Scranton
Barry Goldwater Refuses Debate Threat at Convention
At the 28th Republican National Convention in San Francisco Gov. William Scranton urged a debate with Sen. Barry Goldwater before delegates and on TV. Goldwater’s camp called it ridiculous while Scranton pressed his unusual letter as 4,000 copies circulated among delegates.
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San Francisco
UPI
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Scranton
Cow Palace
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Wisconsin
John W. Byrnes
Arizona
Johnson
Denison Kitchel
Kitchel
Republican Party
Farley Welcomes Elks At 100th Grand Lodge Session
Former Postmaster General James Farley delivered the welcoming address at the opening of the 100th session of the Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of America. The Waldorf Astoria gathering will conclude Thursday with installation of new grand lodge officers.
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UPI
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Grand Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of America
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New York State Elks Association
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Grand Lodge
Weather Clears With Cool Temperatures In Beckley
Beckley and vicinity see slightly clearing skies and cool conditions this afternoon with a high near 73. Tonight remains partly cloudy and cool with a low around 52. Tuesday expected partly sunny and a bit warmer with highs in the upper 70s.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Georgia Presses Search For Killer
FBI agents and Georgia officers pressed a search for shotgun armed marauders who killed Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn and attacked a Negro man and his family on a rural north Georgia road. Investigators questioned residents along highways 72 and 172 east of Athens as they linked the Penn slaying to a separate attack on Clarence Ellington.
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Lemuel Penn
North Georgia
Florida
Clarence Ellington
Penn
Washington
J. J. Casper
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
GBI
Ft. Benning
John D. Howard
Charles E. Brown
Ellington
Body in River Ties to Missing Civil Rights Workers
A body found in the Mississippi River near Davis Island is being examined for identity. FBI officials say a match to missing civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney is possible, with the blue jeans and belt buckle bearing an initial “M” noted. In other news, a violent clash at an integrated truck stop in Henderson, North Carolina, involved tear gas after hours of rock and brick attacks.
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Mississippi River
FBI
Davis Island
Tallulah
Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
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Brooklyn
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Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Meridian
Gwen Cole
Mississippi Highway Patrol
University Hospital
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Henderson
N.C
Racial Rift Over Goldwater Nomination In Local GOP
The near certain nomination of Sen Barry Goldwater as Republican presidential candidate faces opposition from African American party members in the area who have backed the GOP since they could vote.
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Barry Goldwater
GOP
Four Violent Deaths Listed Over Weekend
Four West Virginians died in violent incidents over the weekend. Two traffic deaths raised the 1964 highway toll to 234. Victims include Beulah Carroll in Charleston, Larry Weaver near Kingwood, Larry Moore in Mingo County, and Joseph Harding who drowned in Fairmont. The report also notes a cross-state accident involving a Mingo County man.
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United Press International
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Mingo County
Marion County
Beulah Carroll
South Charleston
Charleston
West Side
Larry J. Weaver
Albright
Preston County
W. Va
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Larry Moore
Matewan
West Virginia
Ransom
Moore
Joseph F. Harding
Fairmont
Monongahela River
Harold Wix
Levittsburg
Ohio
Wix
Harding
Bridge Expert Oswald Jacoby Hurt In Auto Crash
Internationally famed bridge expert Oswald Jacoby, 61, of Dallas, Texas, is listed in satisfactory condition at Cincinnati Jewish Hospital after a Sunday auto crash. Jacoby writes a bridge column in The Register.
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UPI
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Dallas
Tex
Cincinnati Jewish Hospital
Jacoby
Register
ICC OKs Nickel Plate Norfolk Western merger condition
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted permission for a proposed Nickel Plate and Norfolk Western railroad merger on the condition that Pennsylvania Railroad withdraw from the deal.
Turkish Team To Tour City
Beckley government will host a Turkish Industrial Relations Training Team from July 12 to 17. The six visitors will meet with Mayor John Wesley Smith and city officials to study police, fire, highway and water departments and park facilities. They will also visit with United Mine Workers District 29, Slab Fork Coal Co., and the Department of Employment Security, touring cities nationwide through September 24.
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Agency For International Development
U. S. Department of State
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Pastor Dies In Pulpit At Ravencliff Church
The Rev. C Herbert Perry 59 of Ravencliff Logan County died Sunday night while leading worship at Davin Independent Baptist Church an apparent heart attack He also served as pastor of Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church Ravencliff Funeral services set for Thursday obituary page 2
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Logan County
C. Herbert Perry
Davin Independent Baptist Church
Glen Fork Independent Baptist Church
West Virginia Delegates Split on Goldwater Support
Francis J. Love of Wheeling reports a West Virginia survey of Republican voters in Wheeling and six cities shows a majority favor William Scranton over Barry Goldwater for the GOP nomination. Love insists he is not committing to Scranton and notes many Republicans oppose a closed convention.
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Arizona
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William A. Bush
Scranton
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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UPI
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Francis J. Love
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Pennsylvania
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Republican Party
China Says Khrushchev Tries Restoring Capitalism
London report cites New China News Agency accusing Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev of using a phoney communism facade to restore capitalism. Beijing characterizes his ruling class as degenerate and says the Soviet people are seething with discontent under his dictatorship.
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New China News Agency
Viet Nam Guerillas Win Major Victory Near Vinh Chieu
Viet Cong guerrillas delivered what may be the war’s largest Communist victory, killing 60 government troops, leaving 65 missing and 129 wounded after a two day battle around Vinh Choe 120 miles southwest of Saigon. An American adviser was wounded by a Communist mine in Binh Duong Province, and a Sky Leader plane crash landed at Bien Hoa without injuries.
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Viet Nam
UPI
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Bien Hoa
Rights Demonstrators Picket GOP Convention Site
Civil rights demonstrators massed in San Francisco against the Goldwater drive as about 50,000 rallied at the Cow Palace and at city hall. CORE-led pickets planned sit-ins if allowed, while Gov Rockefeller and New York senators urged stronger civil rights stands.
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San Francisco
UPI
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Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
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American Nazi Party
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Jacob K. Javits
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
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