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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1964
Page
9
Storms across the Gulf moved out into the Atlantic bringing relief to drenched regions. Heavy rains and floods caused crop damage, evacuations, and fatalities across Georgia Florida and Alabama as thousands faced transport and property losses from persistent downpours.
Seven primaries Tuesday touch off a busy pre convention week with contests in Indiana Ohio Oklahoma Alabama Florida New Mexico and the District of Columbia plus conventions in Delaware Michigan Alaska Nevada and Wyoming. Voters choose presidential preferences and 139 delegates while nominating governors senators and House members. Indiana focuses on Gov George C Wallace against the Johnson civil rights bill with 51 first ballot votes at stake. Goldwater leads the Republican field in Indiana and is favored to win 32 first ballot votes.
A 15 year old boy fell about halfway down a 200 foot Niagara Falls gorge near the Ontario city. Firemen lowered rescuers into the chasm using a rope and basket attached to a fire truck ladder. The youth, George Lawrence, received emergency abdominal surgery after the rescue.
The Virginia 1964 traffic toll surpassed last year with ten weekend fatalities, bringing the total to 275. Victims include Donald Revely and James Hunter near Hot Springs, April Delany in Portsmouth, and Edward Palmer in Falls Church, among others across Wise, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, and nearby areas.
Soviet bloc protests flare in Sofia as youths block church routes for Easter Mass. In Prague, CTK reports 31 arrests after clashes during May Day events, contradicting claims of student leadership. 3,000 students rallied in Kinsky Park for May Day poetry.
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