Rail merger recommended to create Great Northern Pacific Burlington Lines
Examiner Robert H. Murphy urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to merge four railways and lease the Spokane Portland and Seattle, forming a system with about 25 000 miles. If approved, the Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines would rank as the largest US railroad by miles and distribution and third by revenue.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert H. Murphy
Great Northern Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Pacific Coast Railroad
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines, Inc
Murphy
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
H. E. Gilbert
The
Brotherhood of Loco
Richmond Council Debates First Racial Equality Resolution
Richmond mayor urges City Council to condemn racial discrimination and declare intergroup discord a detriment to welfare. The resolution, sponsored by Mayor Crowe, proposes an anti discrimination stance to guide the new council elected in June as it considers appointing new members and a named commission. One of six new council members is a Black individual.
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Richmond
Morrill M. Crowe
Crowe
Lowry Named Boy Scout Chairman in Shawnee District
Henry Lowry of Winchester is appointed chairman of Shawnee District Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America to fill the unexpired term of William Allison who is leaving the area. Dr T C Powers council president announced the appointment. The Shawnee District serves Winchester and Frederick and Clarke Counties.
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Henry Lowry
Winchester
Shenandoah
Boy Scouts of America
William Allison
T. C. Powers
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Typhoon Ka Downgraded as Kyushu Devastation Grows
Typhoon Ka weakened to a tropical storm after striking Kyushu killing 13 people and leaving more than 4,000 homeless. The disaster raised fears of further damage as rescue and relief efforts began across the island.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Rehearings Sought in Danville Civil Rights Cases
Civil rights lawyers petitioned the U S 4th Circuit to rehear eight Danville facial demonstrator cases and stay its ruling allowing state court prosecutions of more than 365 demonstrators. They argue the court overstepped by citing a changed racial climate and seek Supreme Court review.
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Richmond
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Danville
Supreme Court
Goldwater pushes NATO ties and hot line access
Barry Goldwater urged NATO allies be invited to join the Washington Moscow hot line if elected. He blasted Democrats for appeasement and warned Johnson policies undermine NATO unity. He argued U S NATO must have its own stocky tactical nuclear weapons and criticized bypassing partners for direct talks with the Soviet Union.
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Walter R. Mears
Cleveland
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
U.S
Europe
United States
Goldwater
New York City
Arizona
Johnson
NATO
Soviet Union
Moscow
Outbreak of Gunfire in Monroe injures four
In Monroe Georgia a crowd of several hundred Negroes and white individuals exchanged gunfire. Four Negroes received shotgun wounds and the mob damaged a service station run by a white man. A car owned by Mrs. Tommy Cooper was fired upon as she entered the station. Police Chief Jack Morris said there were no prior complaints of trouble and the station had been open less than a month.
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Monroe
Jack Morris
Morris
Tommy Cooper
Monroes
Atlanta
Nine Die in Downpour Crash Near Tyler Texas
In a dark rainstorm a car and a pickup collided near Tyler Texas killing nine people. The sole survivor, 8 year old Gayle Redeker, lay in a hospital unaware her family perished. Victims include Edwin and Miriam Redeker and three siblings from Milford Illinois and four Tyler area residents.
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Tyler
Tex
Illinois
Texas
Gayle Redeker
Medical Center Hospital
Gayle
Edwin Redeker
Box 116
Milford
Alma
Beverly
William David Frizzell
Freddie Hammonds
Leon W. Ward
Louis Gill
Retiring Front Royal Mayor Rufus Purdum served 61 years on railroads
Rufus E. Purdum of Front Royal retires after 61 years in railroad work. A Front Royal agent for Norfolk and Western for 52 years, he also held posts with C and O and other lines. He served six terms as mayor and held civic roles on the draft and Rotary boards.
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Rufus E. Purdum
Front Royal
Purdum
Norfolk and Western Railway
Appomattox
C & O Railway
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Santa Fe
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Clifton Forge
Shenandoah
N&w
Rotar Club
Rotary
Panamanian San Blas Rivalry Sparks Victorian Anxiety
A fragment mentions Panama's San Blas rivals and a Victorian era tone as parents seek to shelter children and keep dogs out of sight amid moral concerns.
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Panama
San
Goldwater Group Meets Tomorrow at Duff's Rebel
Citizens for Goldwater will meet tomorrow at 8 o clock at Duff's Rebel Restaurant. The group includes independents, Republicans and conservatives. Harrington Smith, co chairman, will preside over the meeting. All interested persons invited to attend.
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Citizens For Goldwater
Duff's Rebel
Harrington Smith
Catholic Schools Begin Negro Student Registration in St Augustine
Two of St Augustine's Catholic schools started registering Negro students for the fall term marking the area's first integration in Catholic education. School officials would not comment. A third Catholic school for Negroes has been closed.
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ST. Augustine, Fla
St. Augustine’s Catholic
Hurricane Cleo Affects Jamaica Cuba Collision Risk
Hurricane Cleo weakened from 140 mph to 110 mph as it neared Jamaica and Cuba. Jamaica braces for gales while Havana evacuates Oriente Province. Cuban authorities warn of possible hurricane force winds as Cleo tracks west northwest between 100 and 150 miles from Jamaica.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Hall
Cleo
Cuba
Flora
Havana Radio
Oriente
Kingston Weather Bureau
Haiti
Port Maria
Monte 1
Bay
Weather Bureau
Thhe
Jamai ‘Ca
Fauquier County Seeks Athlete in Father's Death
Fauquier County authorities seek Lloyd Cassell Jr. for questioning in the shooting death of his father Lloyd Cassell Sr., 55, found in a dining room chair after services at a nearby church. Sheriff Hall said Cassell Jr. was visiting a woman and had permission to borrow a truck, returning late and acting normally.
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Calverton
Fauquier
S.s.hall
Lloyd Cassell Jr
Lloyd Cassell Sr
Cassell
Sheriff Hall
Maggie Ostrand
Orleans
Miss Ostrand
Hall
Lloyd Jr
Shooting Victim From Front Royal Remembered
Fauquier County man Lloyd Whiting Cassell Sr. was found shot to death at his Warrenton area home Sunday night. He was married to former Miss Elizabeth Sonner of Front Royal and played for the old Front Royal All-Star Baseball team. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Moser Funeral Home Warrenton with burial in Warrenton Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, three daughters Barbara Diane Elizabeth, two sons Lloyd W Jr and Alden Edward, his mother Mrs Mandy Cassell of Calverton, and sister Mrs Linda C Gray of Manassas.
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Fauquier County
Elizabeth Sonner
Front Royal
Lloyd Whiting Cassell
Moser Funeral Home
Warrenton
Cassell
Barbara
Diane
Elizabeth
Lloyd W., Jr
Alden Edward
East Rockingham Recreation Bathing Beauty Contest
The East Rockingham Recreation Association announces its second annual bathing beauty contest on Saturday. The event is open to single girls aged 16 to 21 residing in Harrisonburg Rockingham County or northern Augusta County. Jennings Morris serves as association president.
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Harrisonburg
Rockingham Recreation Association
Rockingham County
Augusta County
Jennings Morris
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