White House Defends Kennedy Transport Fleet Amid Byrd Critique
White House sources sharply rebut Byrd's questions about planes yachts and helicopters used by President Kennedy. Officials itemized fleet including 10 helicopters two new, three Boeing 707s and a DC6B, a Fanjet jet, a Lincoln Continentals and Coast Guard racing yawl Manitou, noting many assets existed before Kennedy and serve multiple government needs.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
White House
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Kennedy
Byrd
Berryville
House
Eisenhower
Air Force
Ford Motor Co
Navy
Coast Guard
Secretary of the Navy
Suburb Quiet After Racial Violence
In Forcroft Pennsylvania a white suburb calms after the first Negro family moves into a previously all white development. State police commissioner Col. E. Wilson Purdy says peace is preserved and no violence will be tolerated as police escort remains. Curfew ends with quiet scenes of daily life.
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Philadelphia
Col. E. Wilson Purdy
Pennsylvania
Horace Bakers
Labor Day Holiday Traffic Fatalities Seen Rising Toward 1963
The National Safety Council reported Labor Day weekend traffic deaths on track to exceed 430 to 520 and possibly reach 600, with 164 fatalities so far on the three day period. Council president Howard Pyle cited speed as a major factor from the 1963 Independence Day toll and warned conditions remain dangerous. Vehicle travel was projected at 8.4 billion miles, a Labor Day record.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
Rural Recreation Drives Tourists With Farm Loans
Three Illinois farmers have FHA backed loans totaling about 53 thousand dollars to develop on farm recreation as extra income. James Lacey of Woodlawn expanded a hunting lodge with a 16.3 thousand loan. Fred Bushnell of Plainfield converted 40 acres to fishing camping and riding with a 22 thousand loan. Gerald Walst of Effingham awaits final approval for a 15 thousand loan to add camping and lake facilities. The program nationwide has issued 1.682 million dollars and 25 acres earmarked near Interstate 57 and 70 for a pilot project.
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Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Jefferson County
James Lacey
Woodlawn
Bushnell
Will County
Brandon
Joliet
Rt. 66
Chicago
Chicago Motor Clio
Gerald Walst
Effingham
Monroe Lucas
Walst
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Commission
Lucas
Labor Day Publication Notice For The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Monday September Labor Day. Evening edition reschedules content and deliveries accordingly.
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Southern Illinoisan
Top Adviser On Viet Nam Cancels Trip
Asst. Secretary of State Roger Hilsman canceled plans to visit Japan to stay in touch with the Viet Nam crisis. President Diem’s brother Ngo Dinh Nhu is blamed for oppressive acts, with officials voicing strong dissatisfaction and urging removal, though no move toward that goal is seen as near.
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Viet Nam
Washington
Roger Hilsman
Japan
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Robert C. McNamara
MacGeorge Bundy
Hilsman
United States
Saigon
State Department
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
U.S
Diem Rally Draws Support in Saigon Demonstration
Vietnamese demonstrators cheered President Ngo Dinh Diem in a massed rally in front of the U S Information Agency in downtown Saigon. Cheerleaders led applause for Diem and government backed by a partial easing of martial law as monks and nuns returned to Xa Lai pagoda amid a near standstill in the city center.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S. Information Agency
Saigon
Diem
South Viet Nam
United States
Xa Lai
Du Quoin Crowds Top 62 Totals As Fair Enters Stretch
At the Du Quoin State Fair Friday the crowd rose about 25 percent from last year with bigger night attendance than prior Fridays. Winners include Red Bud entries in livestock judging and a home show art winner Kaye Barnfield Benton. Schedule lists stock car trials, two 100 mile races, and shows by Andy Williams Osmond Brothers Red Skelton and others with ticket prices ranging from 1 to 7.45 dollars.
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Fred Grohman, Jr
Red Bud
Ram
Ene
Lloyd Roscow
Mell
Roger Hartman
Thompson Farm
Lesser
Robert Heggemeier
Nashville
Richland Farm
Earl Hargis
Sparta
Kaye Barnfield
Benton
Andy Williams
the Osmond Brothers
Mark Wilson
Allakazam
Inside The Southern Illnoisan highlights
Marchers tell of experiences in Washington on page 5. A man is killed in a hunting accident on page 3. Search continues for a third minor on page 4. SIU grid practice opens today on page 9. A sprint race is won by Foyt on page 9.
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Washington
Foyt
Miss America Pageant Grows Into Culture Focus At Atlantic City
In Atlantic City 52 contestants compete for the 1964 crown in a campus setting with the theme Hail Alma Mater. Most attend college or plan to, while Cheryle Jeanne Thompson of Nevada studies music in New York City. The pageant emphasizes talent and scholarship, reducing exposure and adding chaperones and women judges to raise its cultural tone.
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Cheryle Jeanne Thompson
Las Vegas
Nevada
New York City
Judy Schlieper
Decatur
Illinois
Lenora S. Slaughter
St. Petersburg, Fla
Miss Slaughter
Judge Delays IC Strike Over East St. Louis Yard Change
Federal judge Joseph Sam Perry again postpones a strike by four unions against the Illinois Central Railroad over yard facility changes in East St. Louis. A hearing on injunctions is moved to November 8 with a temporary ban remaining in place.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
East St. Louis
Joseph Sam Perry
U.S. District Court
Perry
Four Brotherhoods
National Labor Relations Board
First manned Apollo flight slips nine to eleven months
The first manned Apollo capsule flight has fallen behind schedule due to technical and management problems. Officials say the earth-orbital test mission may occur late 1965 or early 1966, delaying the moon landing goal set for the end of the decade.
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New York Times
Washington
Space Agency
Project Apollo
New York Girl Is Miss USA Champion in 196...
Michele Metrinko an 18 year old from New York City was named Miss USA beating 44 entrants. She is 5 feet 8 inches tall with a 36 24 36 figure and will represent the United States in Miss World in London in November.
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Huntington
W. Va
Michele Metrinko
New York City
Miss Metrinko
United States
London
Showers For Southern Illinois Weather Forecast
Fair to partly cloudy Sunday with no important temperature changes. Highs 76 to 84. Increasing cloudiness and a little warmer Sunday night with showers. Low 57 to 64. Monday mostly cloudy with showers likely. Weather map details on page 8.
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Illinois
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Albert Henry
Peter L. Kedzierski
du Quoin
Buck Rogers
Gordon
Stephen Tatarsky
Eldon B. Colegrove
Murphysboro
Anna
Golconda
Harrisburg
McLeansboro
Red Skelton
Atlantic City
N.J
New York
U.S.A
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