Goldwater Seals Nomination With Delegates Tied
Goldwater secures enough convention delegates after Arkansas and Texas shifts put him at 659 first ballot votes, surpassing the 655 needed. Scranton gains momentum in Iowa and Pennsylvania as GOP moves toward a first ballot tilt.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Arkansas
Texas
Arizona
Sena Goldwater
Goldwater
Montana
Pennsylvania
William W
Scranton
San Francisco
United Press International
Henry Cabot Lodge
Rockefeller
Winthrop W. Rockefeller
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Flood Waters Rage Through Omaha Suburbs
Flood waters from rainstorms swept through suburban Omaha belting West Omaha. One person dead four feared drowned as cars and trailers were carried away. Nebraska National Guard activated residents warned not to drink tap water. Search parties scoured for victims including a mother and her two infants. A minister family was carried away by Hell Creek amid dramatic rescues.
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Omaha, Neb
UPI
Platte River
Omaha
West Omaha
Nebraska National Guard
Ashland
Neb
Millard
Papillion
Hell Creek
Court Deliberates On YMCA Lease For Memorial Building
County Court heard vehement arguments for and against leasing Raleigh County Memorial Building to the YMCA. Proponents presented signatures from 1.73 percent of voters while opponents cited 920 signatures from the Disabled American Veterans. Hearing drew a large crowd. proposal includes annual rent of 2400 dollars and space for Veterans groups. building now runs a deficit of 8543.66 dollars annually.
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Raleigh County Memorial
YMCA
Ymca Building Committee
W. A. Thornhill
Robert Elmore
Thornhill
Liary
H. G. Farmer
Perry
Zelda) Futterman
Negro Charged With Murder Of White Woman
South Pittsburg Tenn United Press International A Negro man escaped convict Johnny Beecher 32 was shot in the leg and captured about 15 miles from the Alabama scene where Mrs Raymond Chisenall 21 was found murdered. Beecher fleeing after allegedly kidnapping and killing the Alabama housewife. He had been serving a 10 year rape sentence and was captured after officers spotted him near railroad tracks before dawn. A broad web belt used to strangle the victim was found with the body.
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South Pittsburg. Tenn
UPI
Alabama
Johnny Beecher
South Pittsburg
Dick Burroughs
Beecher
Burroughs
Here
Raymond Chisenall
SRC to Let Bids for Beckley Streets Resurfacing
The SRC will open bids soon for three resurfacing projects within Beckley limits. One project covers West Virginia 3 from North Valley Drive to Neville Street, .06 miles. The other two cover Alternate U.S. 21 on Kanawha Street from WV 41 to Church Street, .31 miles, and from Main to Prince Street, .065 miles. State funds finance the work and bids will be reviewed by SRC maintenance before awards.
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Beckley Corporation
Ag Road Commission
SRC
W. Va. 3
North Valley Drive
Neville Street
U. S. 21
Kanawha Street
W. Va
Church Street
Main
Prince Street
SRC Maintenance Division
Wallace Will Continue His Attacks On Court
Alabama Governor George Wallace told a Dallas audience he would keep attacking the Supreme Court for alleged judicial tyranny and likened rulings to actions by Britain’s George III. He spoke at the Texas Conservative party convention amid efforts to gain unpledged electors to influence a 1964 election.
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UPI
Alabama
George Wallace
Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Franklin D Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace
Texas Conservative Party
House of Representatives
Barry Goldwater
George III
Great Britain
United States Supreme
Heavy fighting near Saigon shocks capital
DuChoa Viet Nam UPI report says government troops halted the biggest Viet Cong assault near Saigon in months. About 900 guerrillas attacked a district capital defended by 140 government soldiers in a house to house battle twelve miles from Saigon, with artillery and gunfire audible in the city.
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Duchoa
Viet Nam
King May Lead Sit In In St Augustine Florida
United Press International reports integration leader Martin Luther King Jr. may lead another sit in at a segregated St Augustine restaurant today after returning from a northern speaking tour. King, jailed last week, vowed not to leave until change comes. The St Johns County grand jury was to hear final witnesses and may propose a biracial committee to ease racial tensions as over 300 Black residents marched to the old slave market under state police watch. Police had confiscated weapons from cars at checkpoints.
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United Press International
Martin Luther King Jr
St. Augustine
Fla
King
St. Johns County
Grand Jury
East Germans Honor Free German Day in Berlin
Free German students planned to light a torch in John F. Kennedy Square to commemorate East German courage during the 1953 riots crushed by the Red Army. West Berlin celebrated a day of unity with wreaths by West German President He�nrich Luebke and Mayor Willy Brandt at cemeteries and a mass meeting in Kennedy Square.
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Berlin
UPI
Red Army
West Berlin
West Germany
Heinrich Luebke
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Kennedy Square
East Germany
Bus Strike Unsettled in Southern California
United Press International reports efforts to resume negotiations between union leaders and Metropolitan Transit Authority management as a four day bus strike disrupts service for more than 500,000 commuters across Los Angeles San Bernardino Riverside and Orange counties. Ernest Webb of the California Department of Industrial Relations was designated by Governor Brown to mediate and planned to meet with union leaders and possibly with management today. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began the strike early last Sunday idling 2,500 bus drivers and over 1,300 buses.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ernest Webb
California Department of Industrial Relations
Edmund G Brown
Webb
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
BRT
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
California
San Bernardino
Riverside
Orange
Priest Attacks U S Stand On Anti Slavery
In Washington UPI Catholic priest Rev Thomas J Reese of Wilmington Delaware told a Senate subcommittee that the United States is inconsistent in opposing slavery by allowing private profit from interstate or foreign child placements. He endorsed a federal offense to profit from such placements, arguing the 13th Amendment requires equal protection for all children.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Thomas J. Reese
Wilmington
Del
Senate
Reese
Elizabeth Anglim
Buffalo
N.Y
Haiti President Accused of Hiring Gestapo in US
Rep. Cornelius Gallagher says evidence points to President Francois Duvalier hiring a Gestapo of Americans to monitor Haitians in the United States. He notes a Justice Department inquiry into private detective agencies used for reporting, alleged to fuel political persecution.
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Washington
UPI
Cornelius E. Gallagher
D-N.j
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
United States
Justice Department
Another Long Rights Session Faces Senate
Washington UPI The Senate, exhausted after a 13 hour marathon, returns to work to finish southern resistance to the civil rights bill. Leaders seek to push the measure past a parliamentary quitting time while Humphrey warns of possible night sessions to grind through amendments.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Humphrey
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
A Lown
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Mansfield
U S Denies Reds Charge Over Laos Air Attacks
The ICC reviewed Pathet Lao charges that American pilots used Laotian air force planes to strike Pahet Lao at Khang Khay. Prince Souphanouvong, Pathet Lao leader, urged the ICC delegation to witness the sounds of battle during their visit.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
International Control Commission
ICC
Pathet Lao
Khang Khay
Prince Souphanouvong
Rockefeller urges Ike Nixon to back Scranton bid
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged former President Eisenhower and ex Vice President Richard Nixon to publicly endorse William Scranton for the Republican nomination. Both Eisenhower and Nixon declined, choosing neutrality as Rockefeller promoted Scranton after ending his own campaign.
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New York
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
William W. Scranton
Rockefeller
Nixon
Scranton
Bill Scranton
Scranton Goes With Wind To Win GOP Delegates
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton pressed his underdog bid for the GOP nomination by visiting Minnesota Missouri and Colorado as he seeks delegates. He told supporters we have to go with the wind after meetings with Minnesota Republican leaders and planned stops in St Louis and Denver. A Scranton aide described a low profile breakfast with business leaders and a later flight schedule as he pursued delegates amid an anonymous threat.
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George Nagle
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Minneapolis
Pennylvania
William W. Scranton
Missouri
Colorado
Minnesota
Barry M. Goldwater
St. Louis
Denver
Colo
Johnson uses Kennedy’s car for Cleveland visit
President Johnson heads to Cleveland to address the 26th AFL-CIO Communications Workers convention at Municipal Auditorium after a six hour trip from New York City. He will ride in the Kennedy limousine with added security features, then return to Washington.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Cleveland
The
Communications Workers of America
Afl-Cio
New York City
John F. Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Municipal Auditorium
Public Square
Union
Joseph A. Beirne
America
Barry Goldwater
Dallas
Modern Lady Godiva Spawns City Jeep Crash
In Buenos Aires police hunt a woman described as a modern Lady Godiva after a pre-dawn jeep ride through Cordoba Avenue ended in a three-car collision. Six people were hospitalized. the driver fled the scene wearing only a fur coat over a brassiere and panties.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Godiva
Cordoba Avenue
Editorial on Public Servants and a Grand Larceny Case
The piece laments local officials' reluctance to disclose details about the arrest of William G. Daney for grand larceny and embezzlement. It quotes several public figures who offer minimal or evasive responses, highlighting concerns about political pressures and information withholding in law enforcement.
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William G. Daney
Dancy
Daney
H. D. Gibbs
W. A. Burke
Justice of the Peace
Planes Aid Niigata Quake Victims In Effort To Quell Fire
Emergency air drops by American and Japanese planes delivered food water and medical supplies to Niigata as fires raged in petroleum tanks. Police reported 24 dead 10 unaccounted for and 282 injured. Government troops joined cleanup amid widespread destruction.
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Niigata
Japan
API
Temblor
Honshu
Tachinaka
Tokyo
Weather Outlook Beckley Area Thursday Forecast
Beckley and vicinity expect mostly sunny today with a high near 72 and a chilly tonight around 49. Thursday brings partly to mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers and a high in the mid 70s. River levels remain normal and clear with gates open and winds from the west at around 10 mph.
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Greenbrier
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