Dora Spent Dying and Dora Outpaced by New Hurricane
Dora weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm and drifted across the Florida Panhandle causing widespread homelessness and property damage. A new hurricane named Ethel formed off the Florida coast and moved westward, with uncertain land impact as it gathered strength.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Dora
Florida Panhandle
Atlantic
Florida
Appalachee Bay
Here
Georgia
Alabama
Ethel
St. Augustine
Smith Queried on Civil Rights
Charleston reports NAACP State President C Anderson Davis questioned Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hulett C Smith about his civil rights stance at a Thursday meeting with Governor W W Barron. Barron declined involvement and urged direct discussion with Smith. Davis sought Barron for possible speech at the NAACP state convention in Beck and noted too few Negroes at Democratic state HQ.
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Charleston
UPI
C. Anderson Davis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hulett C. Smith
W. W. Barron
Barron
Davis
Smith
NAACP
Beck
Bluefield
Beckley Area Weather Forecast and River Notes
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon with a high near 86. Expect scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday with cooler air. tonight’s low around 53 and Saturday’s high in the low 70s. Beckley records show 8 degrees high to 65 low in the last 24 hours, with no precipitation. River Greenbrier low and clear, Lake normal and clear. new Hinton gauge at 2 feet. Five day outlook for West Virginia cooler then normal, with rains Monday or Tuesday possibly totaling a quarter inch.
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Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
West Virginia
Roosevelt Jr Attacks GOP At West Virginia Fund Raiser
In Oak Hill a Democratic crowd of nearly 500 heard Undersecretary Franklin D Roosevelt Jr condemn the Republican Party as an ostrich with only its right wing flapping. He promoted the Appalachian Redevelopment Bill and urged support for Johnson in November. He touted improvements in West Virginia's unemployment and personal income since 1961, and contrasted Goldwater’s record with Democratic priorities. Roosevelt urged backing for federal education and economic acts while critiquing Goldwater on civil rights and national programs.
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Ing Roosevelt
Washington
Pat R. Hamilton
Fayette County
Roosevelt
Oak Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Congress
TV Recreation Center
West Virginia
Democratic Executive Committee
America
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Goldwater
United Nations
ARA
APW
TVA
Bellotti Wins Democratic Nomination for Massachusetts Governor
Lt. Gov. Francis X. Bellotti defeated Gov. Endicott Peabody in a major upset to capture the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts governor. The 41 year old Quincy lawyer and father of 12 will face former Gov. John A. Volpe in the November election, drawing a rebuke to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who supported Peabody.
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Boston
UPI
Francis X. Bellotti
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Bellotti
Edward M. Kennedy
Peabody
Quincey
John A. Volpe
Cancellation of Attack Disgusts U S Officer
TAY NINH Viet Nam UPI A major Viet Cong assault near the Cambodian border was canceled after ambushes bad weather and gas shortages halted riverboat support An American officer lamented the canceled plan calling it a failure The Viet government settled for a reduced heliborne attack with 96 troops
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Tay Ninh
Viet Nam
Six Puppies Beaten to Death in Reseda Yard
In Reseda California six eight day old German Shepherd puppies were killed by a rock strike after their mother Penny struggled to free them. The owners Tom Tull Anderson and Donnie Anderson reported the atrocity and police filed a malicious killing of dogs report as neighbors push rules limiting dogs to four. Penny and two full grown dogs survived.
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Reseda
Calif
Penny
Tom Tull Anderson
Donnie
Anderson
Rockefeller custody case widens in White Plains hearing
Testimony continues in White Plains New York in a closed door custody battle over four children from a prior marriage to Dr James Slater Murphy. Mrs Nelson A Rockefeller seeks to regain custody as hearings exceed 700 pages in length. Sen Jennings Randolph accepts associate chair role for Eleanor Roosevelt 80th Birthday Anniversary Committee planning Oct 11 dinners in Washington and other cities. Typhoon Sally strikes Hong Kong causing seven deaths after a boulder crushes a hut.
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White Plains
N. Y
Social Register
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James Slater Murphy
New York
Idaho
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Eleanor Roosevelt
Washington
Sally
Hong Kong
Ambassador Taylor returns to Viet Nam with new ideas
Washington reports Maxwell D. Taylor flies back to South Viet Nam with suggestions on anti communist war policy but no major changes. A Greek Cypriot delegation led by Andreas Araouzos heads to Moscow to seek military aid. California Supreme Court rejects Goldwater ballot challenge, noting he is not a natural born citizen.
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Maxwell D. Taylor
South
Viet Nam
Washington
Andreas Araouzos
Commerce and Industry
Nicosia
Moscow
Russia
California Supreme Court
Barry Goldwater
Britain braces retaliation against Indonesian bases in Malaysia
Britain considers a raid on Indonesian bases as a counter to attacks on Malaysia as London defends the Commonwealth member amid ongoing guerilla landings. Construction of Fort Martin power plant on the Monongahela River near Morgantown begins after groundbreaking. American Air Force planes evacuated frightened white residents from Coquilhatville as rebels advance. A wildcat strike at Homer Laughlin China Co idles about 1,500 workers in Newell, West Virginia.
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Britain
Malaysia
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Defense Ministry
London
Fort Martin
Monongahela River
Morgantown
Coquilhatville
Leopoldville
Congo
Homer E. Laughlin China Co
Newell
Panhandle
Martin Jr. hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Medical Center
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. has been hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Medical Center since September 2, with authorities not disclosing the reason. President Johnson’s wife and daughter shopped in New York as Johnson plans the campaign trail and Greek wedding duties for September 18. The Interstate 76 tunnel project in Wheeling resumes after a two-week halt over contract specs. The Public Service Commission seeks rate increases for 8,883 General Telephone Co. customers in the Eastern Panhandle. United Auto Workers president Reuther presses Ford to match Chrysler’s $90 million pattern contract. FBI preliminary probe finds no political links to recent racial riots. Judge Clarke refuses to dismiss the Cleopatra movie proceeds case against Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher.
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Joseph W. Martin Jr
Bethesda Md
Naval Medical Center
Martin
Diosdado Macapagal
Philippines
Johnson
Washington
New York
Wheeling
State Road Commission
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Panhandle
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
FBI
U.S
Thurmond Clarke
20Th Century-Fox
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Cleoipatra
Miss America swimsuit winners named in 1964 pageant
Atlantic City is set for the Miss America pageant with Miss West Virginia Ella Kessel and Miss California Sherri Raap winning the first two swimsuit rounds. Miss North Dakota Karen Kopseng and Miss Minnesota Barbara Hasselberg claimed the first two talent prizes as 530 contestants compete toward Saturday’s final selection of Miss America 1965.
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Atlantic City
UPI
Miss West Virginia
Miss California
Miss North
California
Sherri Raap
Fremont
North Dakota
Karen Kopseng
Bismarck
Inquirer Endorses LBJ for President
The Philadelphia Inquirer for the first time backs a Democrat, Lyndon B. Johnson, citing his qualifications since Kennedy’s assassination and criticizing Barry Goldwater. The Philadelphia Daily News also endorses Johnson for a full term in editorials, joining 63 metropolitan papers in differing stances.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Philadelphia Inquirer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Philadelphia Daily News
Triangle Publications, Inc
Inquirer Today
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Sen
Inquirer
Daily News
Young Cyclist Killed In WV Highway Crash
Jefferson County youth Harrison Emerson age 16 of Summit Point died when his small motor bike collided with a fully loaded five ton apple truck on a secondary road near Charles Town as he tried to pull around a school bus. His death marked the 297th highway fatality in West Virginia for the year, compare to none by this date previously.
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United Press International
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Harrison Emerson
Summit Point
Moscow Accuses China of Open War and Seeks World Communist Meeting
The Soviet Central Committee, via Tass, charged Communist China with declaring an open ideological and political war and urged a world Communist meeting to isolate and expel Beijing. It said China attacks fellow Communists, not imperialism, and could be the main enemy of international unity amid the 100th anniversary of Karl Marx's first international.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Communist Party Central Committee
Tass
CPSU
First International
Comintern
Javits Pushes Delay In Reapportionment Fight
Senator Javits urges Congress to avoid a clash with the Supreme Court over reapportionment and backs a sense of the Senate resolution for more time. Senate gridlock persists as Dirksen’s postponement measure stalls, with a Tuesday vote planned on Javits proposal and Humphrey backing.
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Washington
UPI
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
Supreme Court
Javits
High Court
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
White House
House
Candidates Today Johnson and Goldwater Campaign Stops
Johnson meets with New York banker David Rockefeller and several ambassadors at the White House. Goldwater campaigns in Chicago and Rockford. Humphrey speaks in Watertown Doland and Huron South Dakota. Miller speaks in Stamford Hartford Waterbury Seymour and New Haven Connecticut.
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United Press International
Johnson
White House
New York
David Rockefeller
Goldwater
Chicago
Rockford
Humphrey
Watertown
Doland
Huron
S.D. Miller
Stamford
Hartford
Waterbury
Seymour
New Haven
Conn
Taylor warns against pulling out of South Viet Nam
Presstime bulletins report Ambassador Maxwell Taylor testifying before Congress that a U S withdrawal would be a major disaster. He warned South Viet Nam would likely become Communist and that Ho Chi Minh and Khrushchev viewed the war as liberation that cannot be defeated by the United States. The United Nations secretary general urged extending the Cyprus peace force beyond September 26 to avoid disaster on the island. In Saigon, Military Premier Nguyen Khanh dismissed two top generals and the police director, after pressure from the Buddhist hierarchy.
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Washington
UPI
Maxwell Taylor
Congress
United States
South Viet Nam
Taylor
U. S
Ho Chi Minh
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations, N.Y
Thant
United Nations
Cyprus
Saigon
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
National Police
Labor Party Platform Calls for Nuclear Arms Pool and UN Role
London reports the Labor party unveiled a general election platform titled The New Britain. It advocates pooling Western nuclear forces, strengthening the UN as a world government, re nationalizing steel, purposive economic planning, and integrating private schools into national schooling. It opposes an independent British nuclear deterrent and the multinational deterring force while urging stronger conventional forces.
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London
UPI
Labor Party
United Nations
Eton
Britain
Alec Douglas-Home
Douglas
Home
Harold Wilson
UMW Endorses Democrat Ticket at Convention
Miami Beach UPI The United Mine Workers delegates close their quadrennial session with a unanimous endorsement of the Johnson Humphrey ticket. The 2,500 delegates vote marks the third time in the union’s 74 year history that an endorsement was approved. Labor Secretary Wirtz urged repeal of Taft Hartley Act right to work provisions, saying they weaken unions and undermine collective bargaining.
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Miami Beach
UPI
United Mine Workers Convention
Johnson Humphrey
UMW
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson
J. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Long Missing Plane Found With Remains Of Three
Two hikers finding an exotic plant in Waynesboro, Virginia, stumbled on a wrecked plane overdue since April 30, 1963. Three decomposed bodies were identified as pilot James C. Carter, 50, and two passengers Ryan L. Tulloch, 42, and Harry B. Brown, 60, all from Emporia, Virginia.
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Waynesboro
UPI
Franklin
Marion
Ind
James C. Carter
Ryan L. Tulloch
Harry B. Brown
Emporia
Bids for Stephen's Lake projects come in under engineer estimates
Two of three bids for Stephen's Lake recreation area and marina were below the engineer's $335,063.05 estimate. Vecellio and Grogan bid $317,896.28 and Oscar Vecellio $315,994.70, later corrected to $317,794.70. City engineer Davis noted jurisdiction rests with Philadelphia based Community Facilities Administration, with bids to be extended and verified before letting a contract. Leslie Hatfield bid $362,042.01 for dam-related work, marina construction, and field play areas for 96 marina slips.
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Stephen's Lake
Lake Authority
Vecellio and Grogan, Inc
Oscar Vecellio, Inc
Oscar Vecellio
Robert L. Davis
Community Facilities Administration
Philadelphia
Leslie Hatfield
Harry Hatfield
Barboursville
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Federal Housing Administration
Gop
Okey L. Patteson
Earl Vickers
Hulet C. Smith
Fdr Jr
Mass
Ella Dee Kessel
the Inquirer
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