NAACP Black Leaders Inspect Mississippi Integration Tour
NAACP head Charles Evers and others arrive in Jackson for a four day statewide inspection to gauge civil rights progress. Negro groups register at Heidelberg and King Edward hotels and a Sun N San motel without incident as tensions ease. The tour shifts to Canton Philadelphia and Meridian with a focus on missing civil rights workers case. Governor Johnson says no meeting planned.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Evers
NAACP
Canton
Philadelphia
Meridian
Heidelberg
King Edward Hotel
Sun-N-San
Hotel Closes In Jackson Over Civil Rights Act
The Robert E. Lee, a 12 story Jackson hotel, shuts down rather than operate as a public facility under the Civil Rights Act. Owners say provisions force closure of the privately owned hotel named for Gen. Robert E. Lee. Negroes had entered two other Jackson hotels and a downtown motel without incident.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Old South
Weather roundup for Texas with heat across regions
Texas set to stay hot with highs near 100 in many areas. North Central and Northeast Texas expect hot days and warm nights with highs up to 104. Coast and Southeast regions face clear to partly cloudy skies with a chance of isolated thundershowers near the coast. Northwest and Southwest Texas also hot with highs 92 to 104 and 88 to 102 respectively.
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Texas
Sharp Mexico City Quake Sparks Tourism Panic
A sharp earthquake hit Mexico City forcing tourists to flee hotels in nightwear. Windows shattered walls cracked but no major damage reported. power and lines were disrupted and the Hilton Continental sustained minor damage.
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Mexico City
Tokyo
Mexico
All Lights Union
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Sonora
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Britain
France
China
Soviet U
Securiyy Council
Hilton Continental
Road Death Toll Sets Record Across Nation
The Associated Press reports 486 traffic deaths during a 78 hour Independence Day weekend from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight, surpassing the previous 1960 record of 442. The last 24 hours saw a surge with over 175 fatalities as motorists returned home.
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National Safety Council
Commissioners Accept Insurance Cost Raise Vote Saturday
The Scurry County commissioners court voted to continue county participation in the hospitalization program with Bankers Life Insurance Co A rate increase of about 20 percent was approved after Joe Williamson of Bankers Life explained the claims payout rose 21 percent over premiums. The court also approved closing most county offices on Saturdays starting next Saturday making Scurry County unique in the area for Saturday closings.
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Scurry County
Banker's Life Insurance Co
Joe Williamson
Williamson
West Texas
13 People Pulled From Burning Car in Adams City
Reporter Wiley Smith of theGreely Tribune aided Mrs. Dixie Hansen to rescue nine children and four adults from a burning car north of Denver. The rear tires blew out and the vehicle burned, with no injuries reported.
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Adams City
Colo
Denver
E. B. Lane
Dixie Hansen
Pierce
Wiley Smith
Greeley
Scranton Pledges Battle On Civil Rights Platform
AP dispatch from San Francisco reports Scranton backers press for a platform declaring the 1964 Civil Rights Act constitutional. Rep. Melvin R. Laird chairs the platform committee as Goldwater forces anticipate language opposing perceived constitutional challenges.
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Lewis Gulick
San Francisco
Scranton
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Scott
Goldwater
John J. Rhodes
Ing
Riot at Texarkana Leaves Four Wounded during Beach Breach
Four people were shot Sunday as African Americans attempted to swim at a Texarkana beach, sparking arrests for inciting a riot. Sheriff Dowd said the event, planned in Arkansas, drew 23 Black participants amid a clash with whites. one man faced assault to murder charges.
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Texarkana
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Here
Bill Dowd
Texar
Kana
Ark
Arkansas
Dowd
Clifford Williams
Williams
Linden
Wayne Brown
Italian exchange student to attend Snyder High School
Franca Angela Gea, 17, will be the American Field Service exchange student for 1964-65 at Snyder High. She will live with Mr. and Mrs. V. V. Shearburn. Gea, from Turin, cites music reading swimming as hobbies and plans to study physics and chemistry in college. She hopes international exchanges prevent wars and improve world understanding. She is 1.60 meters tall with fair hair and brown eyes.
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Franca Angela Gea
Snyder High School
Miss Gea
Paul Keaton
American Field Service
V. V. Shearburn
Forty - First Street
Turin
Rivarossa
Chopin
Beethoven
Wagner
America
Heat to Persist as Texas Sees 100 Degree Day
Associated Press notes generally fair skies across Texas with temperatures hitting the 100s again. Dalhart at pre dawn measured 69 while Dallas reached 84 as forecasts called for clear to partly cloudy conditions and continued heat into Tuesday. Isolated afternoon and evening thunderstorms were expected near the coast and in the northern Panhandle.
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Dalhart
Panhandle
Dallas
Explosions Hit American Cyanamid Plant in Edinburgh
A series of blasts at American Cyanamid Co. explosives and mining department in Edinburgh near New Castle caused three fires and widespread damage. Six people were treated at Jameson Memorial Hospital and one at St Francis Hospital. About 250 workers are employed at the department. Power and telephone lines were disrupted.
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New Castle, Pa
American Cyanamid Co
Edinburgh
Scranton Names Milton Eisenhower To Nominate Him
Gov. Scranton of Pennsylvania announced that Dr. Milton Eisenhower will nominate him at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco. Scranton urged Illinois support on civil rights to sway the 58 delegate votes and deter a Goldwater first-ballot win.
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Chicago
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Milton Eisenhower
Scranton
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Johnson
Harrisburg
Diaz Ordaz Wins Mexican Presidency In Quiet Election
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, 53, a PRI candidate, won Mexico’s presidential race amid a calm vote with fractured returns. His rival Jose Gonzalez Torres, 44, of PAN, contested irregularities in about a dozen states. Diaz Ordaz to take office December 1 for six years.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Jose Gonzalez Torres
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PAN
Federal Electoral Commission
Diaz Ordaz
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Puebla
Oaxaca
Guadalajara
Congress
Interior Ministry
Lopez Mateos
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PRI
Gonzalez Torres
Michoacan
Chamber of Deputies
Hermosillo
Sonora
Socialist Party
Hemmosillo
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