Isbell Strikes Cuba and Heads Toward Florida
Hurricane Isbell smashed toward Florida after battering Cuba's Pinar del Rio. Winds of 80 to 100 mph lashed western Cuba as thousands fled homes and San Juan Martinez suffered heavy damage. Forecasters predicted the storm would cross toward Key West and sweep across the Everglades.
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U.S
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Hilda
Havana
Miami Weather Bureau
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Florida Gulf Coast
Everglades
San Juan Martinez
Fidel Castro
Flora
Cleo
Weather Bureau
Key West Navy
Yankees Face Do or Die Sixth Game for World Series Lead
The New York Yankees chase a comeback as they duel the St. Louis Cardinals in a do or die sixth game. Whitey Ford is questionable with a heel injury, while Curt Bleeding Bouton aims to slow a Cardinals squad riding high atop the series at Busch Stadium.
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New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Bouton
Mickey Mantie
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Barney Schultz
Yankees
Whitey Ford
Cardinal
Keane
Sowthpaw Ray Sadecki
Roger Craig
Bob Gibson
Ford
Berra
New York
Mel
Stottiemore
Cardinals
Martin Luther King Jr Wins 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Institute in Oslo awards Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the 1964 Peace Prize worth 273 000 Swedish kroner. He led nonviolent civil rights efforts in the United States and will receive the prize at Oslo ceremonies on December 10. King, born in Atlanta in 1929, led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Norway
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Martin Luther King
Oslo Nobel Institute
King
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Atlanta
Crozer Theological Seminary
Chester
Boston University
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Time Magazine
Jam Council For Cooperation
Chiscago
American Friends Service Committee
Council Gets CATV Bill and Low Parking Meter Revenue
Councilman H W Butler Jr noted low meter receipts from several city lots and urged the Parking Authority to review the situation without overhauling its program. Stewart Bell Jr said free lots attract users, while Butler cited 26 meters on the Sarah Zone lot earning under 10 cents daily in September, with Kent St. details continued on page 2.
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Authority
Stewart Bell, Jr
Butler
Sarah Zone
Kent St
City Council Hears Community Antenna TV Franchise Plan
The Community Antenna Television franchise ordinance neared its second reading with nine pages of detail. It would require an All Bands System with ten channels for commercial TV and educational use, plus two for closed circuit programming. The bill sets rate regulations, including a $7.50 installation charge and $1 for each additional connection, with further study requested by Councilman Henkel.
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Carroll H. Henkel
Charles F. Erickson
Parkersburg
W.va
CATV
Cmpany
Henkel
Community Chest Drive reaches $25 360 of goal
As of today 25 360 dollars or 42.6 percent of the 59 433 dollar goal has been raised for the Community Chest Drive. The drive supports Girl Scouts Children’s Home Society Fremont Street Nursery P Clinic Boy Scouts Salvation Army USC and Winchester Day Nursery. Forecasters predict sunny warm weather through Friday with no rain in sight.
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Children’s Home Society
Fremont St. Nursery
P Clinic
Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
USC
Winchester Day Nursery
Republican Dinner Targets Democrats and Southern Moderates
Rep. Donald C. Bruce of Indiana addressed about 200 attendees at a Winchester and Frederick County GOP dinner. He accused the Democratic Party of buying Southern Democrats with favors and urged increased Republican representation in the House, predicting gains in the South. He called the Poverty bill a farce and urged replacing Sen. John O. Marsh Jr. with Roy Erickson in Congress.
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R-Ind
Winchester
Frederick County
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National Democratic Party
Bruce
House of Representatives
Louisiana
Georgia
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Rebel
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White Seventh
Valley
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Harrisonburg
Roy Erickson
Congress
Bruce Con
Vermont
Barry Goldwater
Car Rams Boy Scouts Killing Scout in Pennsylvania Crash
A car struck 25 members of Troop 55 of Zion Lutheran Church in Hollidaysburg while marching after dark. One 12 year old Scout, Thomas Daugherty of Darby Lakemont, died two hours later. Driver Uell Lingenfelter, 37, of Williamsburg, faced drunk driving charges. He was jailed on $100 bond.
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Thomas Daugherty
Darby Lakemont
Uell
Ex-Convict Quizzed Over Plot to Kill President Johnson
Corpus Christi officers questioned Julius Schmidt 29 after guns and Nazi flags were seized at his home amid a reported plot to assassinate President Johnson. Jerry Bird 27 was also taken into custody. Investigators said two more arrests may follow and guns had been bought illegally.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Julius Schmidt
Cor
Pus Christi
Jerry Bird
Callalien
Texas
Schmidt
Nueces County
Johnnie Mitchell
Mitchell
Southern Governors Back Johnson in 1964 South Vote
In San Antonio eleven Southern governors pledge to back President Johnson over Barry Goldwater, aiming to keep the South Democratic. Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon and others show mixed views with some predicting Goldwater wins in their states, while Faubus is absent and North Carolina's Sanford notes Goldwater's slide. Delaware's Carver predicts 63 percent Johnson support.
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Tex
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Associated Press
Southern Governors Conference
Goldwater
Henry Bell
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
South
Delaware
Elbert N. Carver
GOP Denies Dean Bribery Charge Based on Nonsensical Story
Washington AP report states GOP chairman Dean Burch dismisses Democratic accusations that Republicans paid a Democratic employee $1,000 for confidential information as a nonsensical story. The claim centers on Wayne Phillips and Teletype operator Louis Flax, with references to John Grenier and a looming Page 2 continuation.
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Burch
Dean
Washington
Dean Burch
Democratic National Committee
John M. Bailey
Bobby Baker
Billie Sol Estes
Foster Furecolo
Massachusetts
Bailey
Republican National Committee
Wayne Phillips
Democratic Committee
Louis Flax
Fee
Flax
John Grenier
Phillips
Precinct Battle Shows GOP Grass Roots Surge in the South
Across the South and beyond, Associated Press reports GOP precinct activity at peak levels with volunteers canvassing, registering voters, and targeting undecideds. Democrats lag in reactive organizing while Goldwater supporters push turnout in cities like Memphis and Nashville.
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Associated Press
Ridge of high pressure brings clear skies across region
A ridge of high pressure extends from California to Virginia bringing clear skies and warmer temperatures. Denny's Com Auction runs tonight at 7 offering furniture appliances and tools with fur specials highlighted for Thursday and Friday October 15 and 16 at Worth's.
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California
Virginia
Denny’s
Worth’s
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