Racial Themes Dominate Governors Conference
Deep South governors at the Southern Conference discussed civil rights amid topics from tourism to transportation. Alabama Governor Wallace led with fierce objections to federal school intrusion, while South Carolina Governor McNair urged softer federal school guidelines. Louisiana Governor McKeithen proposed a term limit amendment and urged strong state stance against demonstrator violence, as Mississippi Governor Johnson spoke of balancing the burden of integration.
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Robert E. McNair
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John J. McKeithen
Mississippi
Paul B. Johnson Jr
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Body Shop Ditchs Call Signal for Mortuary Mixup
Wichita auto repair shop workers answered calls with body shop prompting misdialing as the number resembled a local mortuary. To cut confusion they revised their recorded greeting to clarify the business and reduce dead air replies.
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Ford to test electric car prototype in England next year
Ford Motor Co will test a prototype electric powered car in England and then introduce it in the United States. The company cites a lightweight sodium sulfide battery and notes one charge could match a gasoline tank, with five year potential to compete with gasoline cars.
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Ford Motor Co
England
United States
Ford
Humphrey to Crown Forest Festival Queen in West Virginia
Vice President Hubert Humphrey will visit Elkins on October 7 for the Mountain State Forest Festival. He will crown Anne Humphries of Clarksburg as queen and speak at West Virginia University during Festival of Ideas week.
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W. Va
Hubert Humphrey
Mountain State Forest
West Virginia
Queen Anne Humphries
Clarksburg
Humphrey
West Virginia University
West Virginia Traffic Deaths Reach Record Pace
Charleston AP reports 1996 traffic fatalities in West Virginia reached 503, surpassing the 1936 record. The 1966 pace is 19 higher than that historical peak, with 362 deaths logged so far this year.
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W. Va
West
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