Freedom May Be Extended for Dr Sheppard in Ohio
In Columbus, Dr Samuel Sheppard could gain extended freedom as his lawyers and Ohio officials argue a stay on his capture and continued bond. A federal judge granted a temporary stay allowing his near nine year life term case to linger while a possible arrest warrant is debated.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPD
Samuel Sheppard
F. Lee Bailey
Sheppard
Bailey
U.S
Lester Cecil
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ted Pitman
Ohio Asst. Atty
David Kessler
Kessler
Air Force Orbits Three Satellites With One Rocket
Air Force launches an Atlas Agena mission from Cape Kennedy placing three satellites into space for a 63,000 mile target orbit. Two 493 pound radiation snoopers search for covert nuclear tests while a 42 pound hitchhiker seeks natural radiation in the Van Allen belts. The launch occurs at 3:22 am EST with mission status expected to be confirmed within 18 hours.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
Air Force
America
Cosmic Watch
Atlantic
Moscow
van Allen Belts
Weather Summary for Beckley and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm today and Saturday with a chance of widely scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. High this afternoon around 84, low tonight about 62, Saturday highs in the mid 80s. No precipitation in Beckley. river and lake conditions normal. Five day outlook calls for near normal highs around 87 and 64 in the south and 83 and 58 in the north with 2 to 8 inches of rain from showers through Monday.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Sones
Monay
Eisenhower says he bears no grudge against press
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower told ABC that claims he holds a grudge against the American press are ridiculous. He praised his relations with the press as largely satisfactory and faulted careless columnists who ignore facts while defending reporters who report news as reliable.
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San Francisco
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
ABC
Fayetteville Miner Killed In Slate Fall
A slate fall at the Semet Solvay Coal Co. mine on Scrabble Creek near Fayetteville killed 35 year old Robert Lee Sorrell of Rt. 2 Fayetteville. He was dead on arrival at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery.
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Semet-Solvay Coal Co
Scrabble Creek
Fayette County
Robert Lee Sorrell
Rt. 2
Fayetteville
Sorrell
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Model Found Guilty for Public Beach Indecent Exposure
A 19 year old model Toni Lee Shelley was found guilty of indecent exposure after parading topless on Chicago's North Avenue Beach. She was arrested June 20 as photographers, young men, and police gathered. The jury of six women deliberated and convicted.
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Chicago
UPI
Paradi
Toni Lee Shelley
North Avenue
Dean Burch Named as GOP National Chairman
Sen Barry Goldwater chose Dean Burch of Arizona as the Republican National Committee chair, with Denison Kitchel to stay as campaign manager. Goldwater aimed to unify party machinery and said no personal campaign organ would run separately from the national committee. Burch and Kitchel are longtime aides and friends.
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San Francisco
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Republican Party
Dean Burch
Burch
Kitchel
National Committee
Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Bill Miller
Local Girl Seeks Help for Australia Rotary Exchange
Ginny Sheppard, a Beckley high school junior, faces a funding shortfall to participate in the Rotary International student exchange in Australia. With travel and emergency costs at 1599.70 dollars and only 340 dollars raised, her mother appeals to local businesses and clubs to underwrite 900 to 1,000 dollars. Contributions are being saved at Bank of Raleigh. contact Mrs. Garnett Sheppard at Beckley Coal Testing Laboratory for details.
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Australia
United States
Ginny Sheppard
America
Rotary International
Rotary
Ginny
Garnett Sheppard
Beckley Rotary Club
Sheppard
Beckley Coal Testing Laboratory, Inc
Bank of Raleigh
Goldwater Speech Divides GOP At San Francisco Ball
Goldwater’s acceptance speech draws mixed reactions from party leaders at the Cow Palace with liberal critics alarmed while Knowland hails the lines on extremism as clarifying. Keating declines comment, Scranton calls the address strong, and rumors swirl about reactions as the convention moves forward.
Russians Say They Will Be On Guard Over Goldwater Nomination
A Soviet commentator on Moscow Radio warned that Barry Goldwater's nomination could heighten ultra-right pressures in U S foreign policy. Aleksandr Yevstafyev compared the rise to Hitler and Auschwitz, urging awareness of potential dangers and noting his view as personal opinion. He cautioned Americans about unintended consequences.
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London
UPI
Barry Goldwater
America
Aleksandr Yevstafyev
Moscow
United States
Yevstafyev
Goldwater
Hitler
Auschwitz
Dachau
Nation's Economy Soaring on record GNP in 1964
Washington reports the nation's GNP rose to a $618.5 billion annual rate in the second quarter, up $10 billion from spring. President Johnson foresees larger gains in the year’s second half, while Labor Secretary Wirtz cites 59.1 million non-farm jobs as a new high despite 4.7 million unemployed.
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Johnson
Washington
UPI
W. Willard Wirtz
GNP
Burns Fatal To Wreck Victim
West Virginia's 1964 highway fatality toll stands at 238, up from 190 last year. Franklin D. Bell, 31, of Big Creek Logan County, died late Wednesday night from burns after walking into electrical wires knocked down by his car near Chapmanville. He was seeking help after his car plunged. Noah Roberts, 60, of Youngstown Ohio, died Wednesday night in a car truck collision on U S 30 near Chester. Funeral services for Roberts will be held in Nobe Calhoun County.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Franklin D. Bell
Big Creek
Logan County
Chapmanville
Bell
Calhoun County
Noah Roberts
Youngstown
Ohio
U. S. 30
Chester
Nobe
Roberts
Bomb Threat Delays Plane At Charleston
A bomb threat delayed American Airlines flight 270 from Kanawha Airport to Washington. A search found no bomb and the plane resumed its trip. FBI agent John Woodruff said the case would go to local authorities and the suspect was not identified.
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Charleston
Rock fall claims life of Elmer Tharp at Criton No 5 Mine
Elmer Tharp aged 38 of Erbacon Webster County was killed Thursday in a rock fall at Criton No 5 Mine near Williams River. He leaves seven children.
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Cowen
UPI
Elmer Tharp
Erbacon
Webster County
Criton No. 5
Williams River
Goldwater Launches 1964 Campaign With Freedom Theme
Senator Barry Goldwater opened his Republican presidential bid at the Cow Palace, pledging to return to proven ways in pursuit of freedom. He accused Democrats of failures on liberty and named Rep. William F. Miller for vice president. Goldwater reshapes the GOP with Dean Burch as national chairman candidate.
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San Francisco
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Cow Palace
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
William F. Miller
New York
Tennessee
Republican National Committee
Dean Burch
Tucson
Ariz
Miller
GOP
Goldwater Honors Lead as GOP Nominee Speaks Boldly
Sen Barry Goldwater accepted the Republican presidential nomination endorsing freedom over false prophets. His 40 minute speech sharply criticized four futile years of Democratic rule, urged return to proven ways, and defended conservatism while inviting all Republicans to unite behind the cause. The convention ended with a call for broader GOP inclusion.
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San Francisco
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
John Birch Society
GOP
Harding Secret Out Of Bag Love Child Claim Rocks Nation
Glendale California United Press International report says Mrs Henry E Blaesing 44 mother of three claims she is the love child of late President Warren G Harding Her mother Miss Nan Britton now 67 living in Evanston Illinois allegedly told her she was Harding’s child The disclosure comes after historian Francis Russell cited 250 letters between Harding and Mrs James Phillips of Marion Ohio The letters add weight to rumors of Harding affairs during 1909 to 1920 Harding served as president from 1920 until his death in August 1923 and the era included other scandals such as Teapot Dome involving former Interior Secretary Albert Fall The Blaesing story was disclosed with the note that her birth was dated See Love Child Page 2.
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Glendale
Calif
UPI
Warren G. Harding
Henry E. Blaesing
Harding
Nan Britton
Evanston
Blaesing
Francis Russell
James Phillips
Marion
Ohio
Russell
U Harding
Interior and Justice Departments
Veterans’ Bureau
Interior
Albert Fall
Shattered Idols of the GOP in 1964 per NEA
Washington correspondent Bruce Biosatt notes the 1964 GOP wreckage from the Cleveland Governors Conference to the San Francisco convention. He states major figures Nixon Rockefeller and Lodge are weakened, Scranton faces defeat, and Goldwater loyalists lack clear successors if he loses.
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Bruce Biosatt
Washington
Enterprise Assn
San Francisco
NEA
Republican Party
Cleveland
GOP
William Scranton
Pensylvania
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
George Romney
Michigan
Richard Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
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Dr. Sheppard
Kinnelon
N.J
Raymond S. Perry
Boyden Associates of
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Gladys
S. M. Boyden
Boyden Associates
Perrys
Boyden
Smoke Rise
Morris County
New York City
Manhattan
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
BG Henchman
Romney
Keating
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Scranton
John Birchers
New Goldwater Buttons
Kenneth B. Keating
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fred Young
New York State
Josephine Margetts
New Jersey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
George Rom
Barry
Cuyahoga Falls
Barbara Bozeman
Montgomery, Ala
By Raymond Lahr
Ers
Gop Knee
National Party
Rockefeller
Lodge
South Viet Nam
James Rhodes
Ray Bliss
St. Louis
Wichita
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