India’s Search For Leader Perils Future
In New Delhi as Nehru’s successor remains unsettled, quarrels among Congress leaders delay selecting a new prime minister. Acting PM G L Nanda, Lal Bahadur, Morarji Desai, and T T Krishnamachari top contenders face a stubborn deadlock amid a party divided by right, center, and left factions. The party vows to keep India on Nehru’s neutralist socialist path.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress Party
East West
G. L. Nanda
Lal Bahadur
Morarji Desai
T. T. Krishnamachati
Goldwater Threats Cast Shadow On California Rally
In Buena Park police guarded Sen. Barry Goldwater after anonymous calls threatened he would be shot. He spoke on Vietnam and Johnson at an outdoor rally to a crowd estimated between two thousand and twenty six thousand with no disturbances.
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Los Angeles
Barry Goldwater
Buena Park
Laree
Goldwater
Johnson
South
Viet Nam
Wat Hes
California
Derailment injures 34 in South Carolina swamp area
A Seaboard Airline Railroad Silver Meteor passenger train from Miami to New York derailed in a swampy area near Umner South Carolina tonight. At least 34 persons were reported injured.
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Umner
S.C
Seabord Airline
New York
Weather Outlook for Sunday Through Monday
Mostly cloudy conditions persist with continued northeasterly winds. Highs around 63 degrees, with Sunday night and Monday bringing light rain showers and cooler lows in the mids. Map and weather details are on page four.
Tuesday GOP Stakes High In California Vote in 1964
The California primary May 26 looms as pivotal with high stakes for the Republican race. Rockefeller and Goldwater lead, while Salinger and Cranston contend for the nomination, and results expected late Tuesday amid 7.1 million eligible voters and 6 convention votes at stake.
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South Dakota
New York
California
New Hampshire
San Francisco
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Barry M. Goldhater
Arizona
Clair Engle
White House
Pierre Salinger
Alan Cranston
Nelson Jr It's A Boy For Rocky From Lindsay-Schaub
Nelson Jr is born to Governor Nelson A Rockefeller and Mrs Margaretta Murphy at New York Hospital at 4 15 p m weighing seven pounds. The governor, present during the birth, had entered the hospital earlier and later returned to be with his wife amid speculation on his presidential ambitions.
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Lindsay-Schaub Wire Services
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nelson Jr
New York Hospital
Rockefeller
Charles M. McLane
California
Margaretta Filler Murphy
James Slater Murphy
Murphy
Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller
Michael C. Rockefeller
New Guinea
U.S
Rusk Boards Bangkok Talks With Thai Premier
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met Thai Premier Thanom Kittikachorn in Bangkok for a one hour conference at the premier's residence. Officials said the talks touched on possible US troop actions and the broader Laos Viet Nam Cambodia situation ahead of a Honolulu briefing.
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Dean Rusk
Thailand
Laos
Thanom Kittikachorn
Pathet Lao
Rusk
U.S
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
South Viet Nam
United States
Johnson
Vietnamese Junta Frees Four Generals
Four Vietnamese generals of the former ruling junta were freed, according to reliable government sources in Saigon. They were arrested after Maj. Gen Nguyen Khanh seized power on January 30, as part of a move by the military council to heal wounds from the January coup and bolster Khanh's position.
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Nguyen Khanh
Saigon
Jong
Shanh
Military Revolutionary ‘Council
Khanh
Nuclear Rocket for Space Clear to Fly in Five Years
The Atomic Energy Commission and the United States Air Force back a simple nuclear rocket engine. Known as Project Poodle, its propulsion uses radioactive polonium and would deliver a gentle, weeks-long push. Aimed at modest payloads, the device weighs about 25 pounds and fits a 3 inch by 12 inch cylinder.
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New York Times
New York
Atomic Energy Commission
United States Air Force
Hanford. Wash
Jalmore
Johnson
U.S
Project Rover
Fiat
Rover
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Poverty War Act Could Aid Southern Illinois Under Plan
The $962 million Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 moves to the House, aiming to fight poverty through job training, youth camps, and community grants. Southern Illinois may benefit, with proposals for a Shawnee National Forest youth corps and state plans to form local programs.
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Stephen Tatarsky
House Education and Labor Committee
Southern Illinois
House
Southern Wingis
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Sargent Shriver
Shawnee National Forest
John Cullerton
Congress
Cullerton
Southern ‘Llinons Inc
Southern
Illinois
Dow
Seversl
House Committee
Beable
War dead honored and era ends at Attucks School
War dead honored feature recaps local ceremony and the era ending at Attucks School as part of a wider Southern Illinois news section. Gen Bradley recalls D-Day references appear in the issue.
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Williamson
Attucks School
Gen Bradley
Foyt
Gray forecasts strong odds for major anti poverty bill
Rep Kenneth Gray says the large anti poverty bill has an excellent chance to pass and bring benefits to Southern Illinois. He cites $962 million for Johnsons poverty fight, plus training, retraining and relaxed small loan rules. Other favorable bills include ARA funding and Public Works programs, with Appalachia aid as a fallback.
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Kenneth Gray
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Gray
House
Senate
Johnson
Rules Committee
Appalachia
Ilh-nois
Johnson Urges Nation and World Without Fear
President Johnson, speaking at the University of Texas on May 30, urged a broad national consensus to end obstruction and paralysis, foster a knowledge explosion, and build a Great Society rooted in liberty, peace, justice, and education for all. He emphasized amplifying the American voice to guide leadership and energize national work.
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Adlai
Princeton
Adlai Stevenson
Robert Kennedy
Austin
Tex
Johnson
University of Texas
America
More Brazil Funds Sought for Alliance Progress
The United States plans to ask Congress for substantial supplementary foreign aid for the new Brazil regime to join the Alliance for Progress. Officials said the request will follow Brazil's government stabilization and debt talks, with U S participation to be set after economic plans and balance of payments needs are clarified.
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New York Times
Washington
Congress
Brazil
Alliance For Progress
United States
Earelier
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