Brain Truster James Landis Found Dead In Pool
James M. Landis 64 a former Harvard Law School dean and adviser to FDR Truman and Kennedy was found dead Thursday in the private pool at his Westchester Country Club home neighbors saw him in the pool around 7 p.m. EDT medical examiners were to investigate but no foul play was suspected. Landis had recent tax conviction and a one year suspension from practicing law in New York effective last Monday.
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UPI
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John F. Kennedy
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Gregory
New York State
Manhattan
New York City
Sylvester J. Ryan
Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center
New York
Sing Along With Millard Fillmore album review
Time Inc releases a nostalgic record of old campaign songs from the past. The piece notes songs praising Coolidge and McKinley era figures, comments on rhymes and political history, and mentions notable omissions while affirming the album’s educational value and entertainment.
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UPI
Time, Inc
Millard Fillmore
Taft
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
McKinley Camp
Uncle Sam
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Dan Tucker
Risin
Henry Clay
Frelinghuysen
Harrison
White House
Willkie
John W. Davis
Almanac for July 31 1964 Moon and planets noted
On this day in history July 31 1943 De Gaulle named permanent chairman of the Committee of National Defense by the French Committee of National Liberation. 1948 about 900 planes flew over Idlewild Airport dedication. 1953 Senator Taft died. 1962 Malay union reached agreement. Holmes quote on knowledge and timber.
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United Press International
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Defense
New York International
Idlewild Field
Robert A. Taft
U.S. Senate
Biracial Dallas Committee Warns of Impending Riots
A five member biracial committee in Dallas warned the city is on the brink of riots and disorder. Led by NAACP official Clarence Laws, the group pressed for major social changes, citing police brutality and inadequate Negro housing and job opportunities. The conference across from a Black Muslim temple drew mixed reactions.
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UPI
Clarence A. Laws
Southwest
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Goldwater Rests At Plush Bohemian Grove Retreat
UPI reports Republican nominee Barry Goldwater began a private pre campaign holiday at Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio California. He stayed in Hoover's cave man camp with Gen Wede Meyer and Herbert Hoover Jr with no press conference planned despite reporters on site. The annual Bohemian Club outing draws top figures and ends Saturday before Goldwater visits the Carboa Bay Club.
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Calif
Arizona
Herbert Hoover
Goldwater
Washington
Santa Rosa
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Herbert Hoover Jr
California
Hoover
The
Grove
Carboa Bay Club
Bohemian Grove
Bohemian Club
San Francisco
the Grove
Castro's Sister Granted Asylum
The Mexican government granted political asylum to Juan a Castro sister of Fidel Castro. She must refrain from political activity while in Mexico and has met the legal requirements showing her life would be endangered if she returned to Cuba. She defected last month and gave a TV interview accusing her brother of turning Cuba into an immense prison.
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Mexico City
UPI
Cone
Uana Castro
Fidel Castro
Miss Castro
Cuba
Mexico
Yellowstone Nation's Largest Park At 92 Years Old
The World Almanac notes Yellowstone is the oldest and largest national park in the United States, spanning 3,472 square miles across Wyoming Montana and Idaho in a landmark preservation effort.
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Yellowstone
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Mountain Sculpture Memorial on Stone Mountain
A memorial on Stone Mountain Georgia will feature three ground figures. The first group shows Generals Lee Jackson and Jefferson Davis on horseback ready to review the army.
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Georgia
Stone Mountain
Lee
Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Trovato Joseph Sam funeral notices and services
Death notices list Joseph Sam Trovato age 78 of Beckley with requiem high mass at St. Francis de Sales Church Saturday 11 a.m. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Rosa ry recited at funeral home at 8 p.m. Friday. Funeral chapel Rose and Quesenberry arranging. Fannie Bell Hill age 79 of 611 Myers Avenue funeral at Memorial Baptist Church Saturday 2 p.m. with several pastors officiating. burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. friends received after 2 p.m. Friday. Maude Lilly of Bluefield formerly Ghent body at Rose and Quesenberry 1901 South Kanawha Street. Funeral at Ghent Missionary Baptist Church Friday 4 p.m.. burial Lilly Cemetery. Mollie Thompson age 10 died Wednesday 3:20 a.m. body at Rose and Quesenberry 1901 South Kanawha Street. Memorial Baptist Church service Friday 2 p.m.. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may visit at home after 4 p.m. Thursday.
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Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
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Mollie
Memorial Baptist Church
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Ara
John
Sophia
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
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Williams Funeral
Williams Funeral Home
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