Merger of 3 Railroads Is Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission approves the consolidation of Nickel Plate into Norfolk and Western with a later Wabash lease creating a 7450 mile network from Hampton Roads to the Great Lakes. Divestiture of N W and Wabash holdings must occur within ten years. Pennsylvania must shed control. Joint plan includes stock exchange and regional line acquisitions.
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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
Norfolk & Western
Hampton Roads
Great Lakes
Midwest
ICC
Pennsylvania
Commission
N&w
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Goldwater Leads Pack as GOP Convention Opens
At the San Francisco convention the Republican race for the 1964 nomination intensifies as Barry Goldwater gains delegates in a Ohio caucus and claims broad support. William Scranton disputes the tally and pushes for a first ballot win, while Goldwater denounces a Scranton attempt to force a secret ballot and stays on course toward the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Harry Kelly
San Francisco
Johnson
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Ohio
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Scranton
New Explosion Looms In Simmering Cyprus Dispute
The Cyprus crisis nears a new flashpoint as U N patrols report reinforcements to Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Archbishop Makarios convenes a Cabinet session to discuss alleged clandestine Turkish troop landings and appeals to the U N Security Council and Commonwealth leaders for support amidst Greek and Turkish actions near Limassol and the Mannoura coast.
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Simmering
Cyprus
Nicosia
U.N
Makarios
U.N. Security Council
Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference
London
Man‘soura
Greece
Ankara
Turkey
Rubber Pact Set With Big Five Firms
The United Rubber Workers Union expects contracts with Firestone Goodyear and General Tire to shape industry patterns. The three-year deals cover 41,300 production workers and improve pensions insurance and hospital service. Wages will be discussed next spring after ratification at plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United Rubber Workers Union
Firestone
Goodyear
General Tire
URW
Platform In Brief Pledges Civil Rights and Vietnam Stance
San Francisco AP summary of the proposed 1964 Republican platform pledging full implementation of the Civil Rights Act, prudent fiscal management, decisive victory in South Vietnam, U S collaboration with the OAS to restore Cuba, and broad health care coverage funded by general revenues for needy elderly through federal state plan expansion.
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SAN Francisco
Viet Nam
Cuba
OAS
Organization of American States
United States
Two TWU Doctoral Programs Cleared and Tech Law School Approved
The Texas Commission on Higher Education approved two TWU Denton radiation doctoral programs and an initial plan to establish a Texas Tech Law School in Lubbock. Some commissioners, including Rex Barker, opposed the Tech law school and TWU doctorates amid a broader 209 million dollar 1965 67 spending proposal and calls to reduce duplication. A separate Mobile chlorine gas leak at Scott Paper Co. sickened 37 workers and killed Walter Jordan 34.
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Ernest Stromberger
Austin
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Texas Woman’s University At
Denton
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Lee
Rex Barker
Houston
TWU
Commission of 15
Baker
Tech
Law School
L. L. Duckett
el Campo
ITWU
Mobile
Ala
Scott Paper Co
Walter Jordan
Saraland
Lee Roy Jordan
Alabama
J. C. Coil
Weather summary for Texas regions cloudy and hot heat
Weather bulletin reports high temperatures ranging from 92 to 103 in various Texas areas with lows from 62 to 76. North Central Texas shows 7 am readings around 6F. northwest and south regions expect cooler conditions today and Tuesday with scattered showers along the coast and isolated storms in the southwest.
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Snyder
Texas
Platform Is Battleground For Gov Scranton's Forces
Gov William W Scranton fights to block Barry Goldwaters presidential bid by pressing major amendments in the Republican platform. Len Hugh Scott says votes will be forced on key issues while Melvin R Laird predicts broad delegate support and Democrats brace for a Goldwater compatible platform. Scranton sought repudiation of extremism and a disavowal of the John Birch Society but the draft omits these, while pledging full civil rights act implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Lebreton
San Francisco
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Scranton
Len Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
John M. Bailey
Washington
Platform Committee
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
John
Vietnamese siege rumble in Mekong Delta violence escalates
Vietnamese government forces repelled a Communist siege at Vinh Cheo in the Mekong Delta. Civil Guard and regular units suffered heavy losses while the Communists claimed higher casualties. American advisers doubted the higher tolls. A separate report from Taipei claimed a Red Chinese supply ship was sunk near Kwantung.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Vinh Cheo
Taipei
Chung Shing
China
Kwangtung
Viet Nam
Chinchow Bay
Libya pushes U S to withdraw from Wheelus base
Libyan Foreign Minister Hussein Mazak in Cairo urged immediate formal U S withdrawal from Wheelus air base the last American installation in Africa. Libyan sources say Washington refuses and plans to keep the base for six more years while Britain may liquidate its Libyan bases within three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Libya
United States
Wheelus
U.S
Africa
Ree
Hussein Mazak
Mazak
Commissioners Court Accepts Low Bid On County Road Work
Scurry County Commissioners Court accepted bids for resurfacing about 192 miles in Precinct 1. Ennis Creek Road and Plainview Road will be resurfaced. Wood Construction Company of Kermit bid $9,465.30, beating H L Stafford, Abilene Paving, and Jones Brothers. Work to start Thursday. June bills approved.
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Scurry County
Precinct 1
Ennis Creek
Plainview Road
Wood Construction Company of
Kermit
H. L. Stafford
Lubbock
Abilene Paving
Abilene
Jones Brothers
Odessa
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