Poll Watching Hassle Is On
Washington upi Democrats and Republicans clash over poll watching at more than 175000 polling places nationwide. GOP calls it ballot security Operation Eagle Eye, Democrats label it intimidation Evil Eye. Barr expects 100000 watchers in 35 cities to ensure lawful votes while Bailey warns of voter intimidation and disrupted lines in Democratic precincts. Controversy centers on Chicago where Republicans cite 1960 voting loss.
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Washington
Charles R. Barr
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Chicago
Bugs Found in U S Embassy in Warsaw
United States State Department disclosed that a battery of concealed microphones was found in the newly built U S Embassy in Warsaw Poland. The devices were installed during early construction which began in 1960 and discovery occurred Oct 7. A secure room was reported to protect classified discussions and Polish authorities denied knowledge of the listening system.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Warsaw
Poland
State Department
Moscow
John Moors Cabot
Foreign Ministry
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Rites Set Today For Astronaut Freeman
Houston funeral services were held for Theodore C. Freeman 34 Air Force captain the first U S astronaut killed in training. He died in a T38 crash last Saturday at Ellington AFB while awaiting burial with full military honors in Arlington Virginia.
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Houston
UPS
Theodore C. Freeman
U. S
Air Force
Seabrook
Tex
Arlington
National
Federal Space Agency
Ellington Air Force Base
Local voting patterns split across parties in a tight race
Voters in the city and state express divided loyalties as individuals discuss splits between Democratic and Republican lines. Citizens cite personal criteria for voting, with some predicting a close result and others foreseeing a possible landslide. Polls close at 7 30 p m and a record turnout is anticipated if trends hold.
Britain to reestablish public control of steel industry
The speech outlines restoring public ownership of iron and steel, recalling nationalization under Attlee 1945 51, noting earlier de nationalization by the Conservatives with one state owned firm remaining. It cites Wilsons Labour victory last Oct 15, and pledges Atlantic alliance support, anti discrimination action, and full integration of Commonwealth immigrants.
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Clement
Lord) Attlee
Wilson
Atlantic Alliance
Commonwealth
Mrs Brooks III Admitted in Satisfactory Condition
Mrs Marion Brooks principal of Morton-Reaves Elementary School was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital on Sunday in satisfactory condition. She lives at 423 South Fayette Street.
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Brooks III
Marion Brooks
South Fayette St
Raleigh General Hospital
Morton - Reaves
WCTU to Hold Rummage Sale at Beckley Church
Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Stamford will conduct a rummage sale Saturday at the First Christian Church of Beckley from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds will go to the WCTU. The public is invited.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Stamford
First Christian Church of
Beckley
Bolivian revolt forces locked in barracks amid chaos
A government statement said a fraction of the Ingavi Infantry Regiment revolted in La Paz and sought support from other units. Loyal forces controlled the situation and insurgents would be tried by a military court. Schools and universities were ordered closed. Reports from Cochabamba claimed further revolts by army and air force units, while officials said interior outbreaks were dominated. Access to the government palace was blocked as midtown La Paz showed tension.
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Ingavi
Radio
Alimani
Cochabamba
la Paz
Demonstrations for Fair Jobs and Housing Across South
In Alabama and Mississippi, boycott calls spread as civil rights groups plan protests. In Jackson, Mississippi, a Freedom Democratic Party mock election drew over 40,000 Black participants, with most votes going to President Johnson. In Atlanta, 4H leader Tommy L. Walton debunked claims Georgia would lead 4-H Club integration.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Freedom Democratic Party
Johnson
Atlanta
Tommy L. Walton
Georgia
Five Men Enlist in U S Army From Beckley Station
Five men enlisted at the Recruiting Main Station in Beckley and will ship to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training. They are Raymond Stewart Harrah Smithers son of Raymond and Norma Harrah administrative Gary Lynn Woodrum Fayetteville son of Dallas and Ovilla Woodrum aircraft maintenance Andrew Jackson O'Brien Jr Rupert son of Charles and Helen Pitsenbarger airborne Larry Grant Cook Daniels son of Creed and Donna Cook airborne Delbert Vance Jr Chapmanville son of Delbert and Melia Vance motor transport.
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U. S. Army
Beckley
Fort Knox
Raymond Stewart Harrah
Smithers
Raymond
Norma Harrah
Gary Lynn Woodrum
Fayetteville
Dallas
Ovilla Woodrum
Andrew Jackson O’brien Jr
Rupert
Charles
Helen Pitsenbarger
Airborne
Larry Grant Cook
Daniels
Creed
Funeral services for Mrs Mahalia Prince 88
Mrs Mahalia Prince 88 Corinne will have 1 p m Wednesday services at Egeria Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Eugene Nichols officiating. Burial follows in Egeria Cemetery. She died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Nelvina Wood's home in Corinne. The body is at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens where friends may call this afternoon.
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Mahalia Prince
Corinne
Egeria Primitive Baptist Church
Eugene Nichols
Egeria
Prince
Nelvina Wood
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Lucille Smith Dies After Long Illness at 48
Mrs Lucille P Smith 48 of Mount Hope died in a local nursing home at 1 45 am after a long illness She belonged to First Union Baptist Church Mount Hope Born December 6 1916 in MacDonald she was daughter of Mrs Rosie Payne and the late Matt Payne Survivors include her husband Walter a daughter Barbara Mosley Whipple two brothers Matthew Payne Mount Hope Reginald Payne US Air Force and five sisters Marie Parks Mount Hope Omelia Blake Plainfield NJ Rosa Payne and Juanita Cooper both of Dover Del and Joan Eason Long Island NY The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Lucille P. Smith
Mount Hope
First Union Baptist Church
MacDonald
Rosie Payne
Matt Payne
Walter Smith
Barbara Mosley
Whipple
Matthew Payne
Reginald Payne
U. S. Air Force
Mary Thomas Funeral Services Held at Mount Hope
Mrs Mary Thomas 69 of Mount Hope will be buried at Greenwood Memorial Park after funeral services at First Baptist Church Mount Hope. She died Sunday after a long illness and was a retired school teacher born March 19 1899 in Columbia VA. She is survived by husband Roy S Thomas and stepson Raymond Archie Thomas of New York City. Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home will receive friends after 9 am Wednesday and the body will be moved to the church one hour before services.
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Anna Blanche Rice
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
J. A. Crosier
Huse Memorial Park
Clyce
Lima
Ohio
Robert W. Rice
Tams
Margaret Roles
Mildred Camden
Madison Heights
Kenneth Bobblett
New Carlisle
Mary Thomas
Mount Hope
First Baptist
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
George W. Drew Funeral Services Planned in Beaver
Funeral services for 89 year old George Wesley Drew of Beaver will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. He died at his home around 1 a.m. Monday from an apparent heart attack. Friends may call at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Forest Cox Roscoe Taylor Howard Link Paul Link Jerry Link and Owen Moore.
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George Wesley Drew
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Drew
Forest Cox
Roscoe Taylor
Howard Link
Paul Link
Jerry Link
Owen Moore
Fisher dies by self inflicted gunshot in Cameron
George J. Fisher 41 Caldonia Ohio died at 9 30 p m Sunday from self inflicted gunshot wounds at the Sandlick residence of George Hager. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church Cameron with Rev Wade Webb in charge burial to follow in Skaggs Cemetery Shady Spring. Body to be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to Kyle Cook Cameron at 4 p m Wednesday
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George J. Fisher
Caldonia
Ohio
Freewill Baptist Church
Cameron
Wade Webb
Skaggs
Shady Spring
Fisher
George Hager
Sandlick
Webb
Final rites for Mrs Estie Anderson in Harvey
Mrs Estie Anderson 60 Harvey will receive final rites at 2 p m Friday at Harvey Baptist Church with Rev A L Simms. She died in a local nursing home Sunday night after a long illness. Survivors include husband J C Anderson two sons James Jr Dayton and Louis W Columbus Ohio two daughters Cecilia Carter and Morell Crawl both Dayton a sister Mrs Mattie L Martin Evanston Ill 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Wright and Anderson Funeral home. Services will be at the church an hour after transfer from hospital to church.
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Estie Anderson
Harvey
Harvey Baptist Church
A. L. Simms
Greenwood Memorial Park
Anderson
Mt. Carmel
S. C
Alex
Laura McDuffie
J. C. Anderson
James Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Louis W
Columbus
Cecilia Carter
Morell Crawl
Mattie L. Martin
Evanston
Ill
Wright
Death of Danny Basham After Long Illness
Danny Basham aged 19 died in a local hospital at 5 a.m. today after a long illness. The body lies at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting completion of arrangements.
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Danny Daril Basham
Odd
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Weaver Letter Attacks GOP and Urges November Vote
The piece cites Democratic candidates Lyndon B. Johnson for President and Hulett Smith for Governor arguing to continue current payments and programs aiding families. Weaver claims the Republican administration left meager surplus commodities and promises more jobs and food during unemployment. He also criticizes Cecil Underwood’s program and asserts it must not be stopped.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Hulett Smith
Weaver
Smith
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
West Virginia state election field shapes up across districts
Statewide campaigning centers on a 150000 Democratic push underwood and a constitutional bond proposal to spend 200 million for highway construction. Incumbents seeking re election to Congress include Arch Moore Jr. and Harley O Staggers John M Slack Jr. and Ken Hechler. Kee’s successor in the 5th District faces Wade Ballard III. Statewide offices on ballot include Public Works Board races with Burdett Robertson Gainer and Kelly. Douglass and Ballard contest Agriculture post. Four candidates vie for two 12 year State Supreme Court seats.
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Underwood
Congress
Arch Moore Jr
Moundsville
Harley 0. Staggers
Keyser
John M. Slack Jr
Charleston
Ken Hechler
Huntington
Elizabeth Kee
D-W. Va
Kee
James Kee
Bluefield
Wade H. Ballard III
Peterstown
State Board of Public Works
Joe Burdett
Atty
Donald Robertson
Denzil Gainer
John H. Kelly
President votes at Pedernales Co-Operative HQ
Johnson in a blue business suit votes at the Pedernales Electric Co-Operative headquarters in Blanco County fourth precinct. He takes about a minute and a half to mark the ballot, crossing out candidates from all parties except the Democrats.
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Pedernales Electric Co-Operative
Blanco County
Johnson
Goldwater Campaign Ends With Desert Walks And Big San Francisco Welcome
On the final day of 1964 campaign stops, Goldwater weighed whether to take the presidency or retire. He described a desert walk and praised the San Francisco reception as the most amazing event of the campaign, noting a crowd second only to General MacArthur’s return. He spoke at Fredonia, Arizona near the Utah border, praising Pipe Springs residents who faced adversity and raised cattle under federal pressure. Also recounted are details of President Johnson voting in Johnson City, Texas, at his precinct with First Lady Lady Bird Johnson, and Johnson’s confident return to Texas and nationwide celebration.
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Bay Area
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
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Ariz
Utah
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Pipe Springs
Constitution
Johnson
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Ted
United States
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LBJ Ranch
LBJ
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Deep South
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Bilt Johnson
Texas
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Austin
John Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Gop Johnson
New Dealer
the Great Society
Republican
Phoenix
America
Washington
Sam Houston High School
Business
Civic Auditorium
Humphrey
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Minneapolis
Miller
Lockport
Kenneth B. Keating
Rn.y
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Robert Taft Jr
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
George Murphy
Pierre Salinger
D-Calif
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Genevieve Blatt
Michigan
George Romney
Neil Staebler
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Charles H. Percy
House
News Media To Cooperate On Returns
In a historic first the vote results will be compiled tonight by a cooperation of UPI AP NBC CBS and ABC NES will deliver precinct by precinct figures to all outlets while each news service adds its own interpretation. Tabulation centers expand from state to district with reporters nationwide to staff the effort.
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New York
UPI
United States
District of Columbia
Senate
Congress
Network Election Service
NES
National Service
United Press International
Associated Press
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Company
Maine
Hawaii
Record Turnout Boosts Voting in Several States
In Aiken South Carolina Republican county chairman Brad Hays hired carpenters to add voting booths as turnout surged. Early counts ranked Dixville Notch New Hampshire first with eight Republican votes and Wash Woods Virginia gave 13 to Democrats. President Johnson voted at 9 06 a m in Texas with Lady Bird and Truman also Democratic. Polls favored Johnson by large margins though unknowns remained.
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Cut
Oklahoma
Texas
South Carolina
Aiken
S. C
Brad Hays
Dixville Notch
N. H
Wash Woods
Cataloochee
North Carolina
Johnson
Pointe Aux Barques
Mich
Goldwater
Lady Bird
Johnson City
Tex
Harry Truman
Eg A.m
Independence
Louis Harris Organization
Washington Post Co
U. S
House
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
William E. Miller
European Press Reacts To U.S. Election
London reports describe Goldwater as struggling for a silent vote while Die Welt and Paris papers note Americans favor stopping Goldwater. Observers expect Johnson to win though not by a landslide, with some outlets praising Johnson’s steadiness. Soviet press backs Johnson as Chinese outlets dismiss the race as a farce.
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London
Goldwater
Die Welt
Hamburg
Johnson
White House
France- Soir
Paris
Die Presse
Vienna
Vienna Arbeiter- Zeitung
Madrid
Russia
Eres
U.S
Tokyo
Red
Syncom to Broadcast U S Elections Results Far East
Syncom voice of America will use the Syncom communications satellite to broadcast U S election results tonight to the Far East. The program begins at 8 p m EST and runs eight hours. Relay 1 and Relay 2 satellites will transmit television coverage to Europe.
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Washington
UPI
Voice of America
U.S
Far East
Europe
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