Johnson frames 1964 choice as mandate for progress
President Johnson campaigns against Barry Goldwater, calling the vote in November a choice between fear and peace and prosperity. He urges voters to reelect him to keep Kennedy’s torch of promise and to undo nothing of their shared achievements. LBJ and Hubert Humphrey head to Texas to prepare for the campaign after the Democratic convention.
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UPI
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Barry M. Goldwater
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
LBJ
Texas
Democratic National Committee
John M. Bailey
Goldwater
William E. Miller
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Explosion causes no injuries at Jackson newspaper office
An apparent small homemade bomb exploded at Hazel Brannon Smith’s Northside Reporter office in Jackson Mississippi. No one was inside the building and no injuries occurred. Police tied the blast to ongoing desegregation tensions as the South moves toward school integration.
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Jackson Miss
Hazel Brannon Smith
Leake County
J.T. Logan
South Carolina
Pickens
Spartanburg
Sumter Countie
Orangeburg
Shelby County
Memphis
Tennessee
Lorain County Fair Racing Toward Record Finale
Five days of perfect weather drew crowds to the Lorain County Fair in Wellington. Attendance neared a new high, with 24,087 on Junior Fair Night and projections suggesting a final tally near 108,800. Fireworks capped the event as ponies headed to the Canfield Fair and exhibitors prepared for Ohio State Fair entries.
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Lorain County Fair
Wellington
Canfield Fair
Columbus
Lorain County
Where to turn for proposed new state route 6 through Erie County
High way Department journals the plan for a proposed state route 6 through Erie County. The notice details the route alignment and call for public input as part of the project process.
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Erie County
Highway Department
Junior Fair King and Queen Crowned at Lorain County
Jim McConnell and Mary Lou Burrer were crowned 1964 Junior Fair King and Queen at the Lorain County Fairgrounds. Burrer, 18, daughter of Richard Burrer, is a Keystone High senior and 4-H leader. McConnell, 18, Wellington High School graduate, is 4-H and FFA active and president of the Junior Fair Board. Both received WEOL radios. McConnell earned a Rural Youth Scholarship to Ohio State University.
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Mary Lou Burrer
Lorain County Fairgrounds
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LaGrange
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Lorain County
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Ohio State University
Wellington High School
McConnell
Howard McConnell
Wellington
Junior Fair Board
Pittsfield Progressive Workers +H Club
Wellington Future Farmers of America
WEOL
Barry Goldwater backs Humphrey running mate in California cruise
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater on a Santa Barbara coastal cruise praised Sen. Hubert Humphrey as Democratic vice presidential nominee. He issued a statement congratulating President Johnson and argued Humphrey’s selection undermines the Johnson administration’s conservative label while forecasts note warm, humid Northeast Ohio weather with showers and scattered storms later today and into tonight.
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Humphrey
Minnesota
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Johnson
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Cleo's Cast to Coast Is in Millions
Hurricane Cleo brushed past Cape Kennedy and weakened as it moved inland after a 200 mile Florida coast sweep. The storm caused about 50 million dollars in damage along the south Florida Gulf Coast, with warnings of possible reintensification later today as it regains warm moist air.
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Gold Coast
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Biscayne Bay
Balloon payload recovered from midwest cosmic ray study
Washington UPI reports NASA successfully recovered the scientific payload from a balloon launched to 23 miles over the Midwest on Wednesday. The experiment aimed to study cosmic rays.
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UPI
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WASA
Midwest
Cyprus presidents vows to block Turkish troops landing
UPI report from Nicosia states President Makarios will not permit Turkish soldiers to land on the island to replace 335 troops. He warned Cyprus will shoot if necessary to stop the landing as Turkish leaders insist on sending a 335 man contingent amid mounting tension. Khrushchev arrives in Czechoslovakia to mark Slovak liberation and denounce the US and China. He begins a 10 day tour with speeches in Bratislava and another planned for Saturday.
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Cyprus
UPI
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Makarios
Mediterranean
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Czechoslovakia
Nikita
Khrushchev
United States
China
Chrysler chief warns against UAW strike over new contract
George H. Love, board chairman of Chrysler, says a UAW strike would be unjustified and delivers that Chrysler’s latest proposal is the most generous ever. The union threatens to strike September 9 to pressure terms, which Love calls a terrible economic blow to the Detroit area.
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UPT
George H. Love
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
UAW
Chrysler
Love
Lave
Detroit
South Viet Nam faces possible pro Communist or neutralist chief
South Viet Nam may soon have a pro Communist or pro neutralist chief of state as the Military Revolutionary Council transfers the election to a National Congress. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, Maj. Gen. Duong Van Minh, and Lt. Gen. Tran Thien Khiem form a ruling triumvirate amid tensions. The congress could be influenced by pro neutralists or communists, threatening American aims to prevent Communist dominance. Buddhist and Dai Viet pressure grows, and the council fights to hold power as Catholics clash with security forces.
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Duong van Minh
Tran Thien Khiem
Minh
Khiem
Khanh
South Viet Nam
Gen. Khanh
U.S
Southeast Asia
Congress
Military Council
National Congress
Dai Viet
Congo Pro-Communist Rebel Regime Purged at Stanleyville
UPI reports a purge of the pro-Communist rebel regime in Stanleyville after Congo’s government announced victory at Albertville. Government triumph there seemed complete as reports from Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika, said rebels were leaving the country after three days of fighting.
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Congo
UPI
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Albertville
Dar Es Salaam
Tanganyika
Sleeping sickness epidemic shows signs of ebb in Houston
Medical authorities report the worst of Houston sleeping sickness may be over despite new cases and another death. A third death is confirmed as encephalitis, with 16 suspected deaths in the city from the disease carried by the female culex mosquito.
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UPI
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