Texas poll tax outlaw spurs registration drive and federal action
Texas voters face a clash over registration after the poll tax repeal. Justice Department seeks two extra registration periods before May 7 primary and general election, while Texas officials decry federal overreach and insist states rights are being violated.
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U. S. Department of Justice
John B. Connally Jr
Waggoner Carr
Federal Justice Department
U. S
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Justice Department
Deficits Seen Across State And Local Budgets
New York Comptroller Arthur Levitt warns that balanced-budget laws will become mandatory for most states and towns to avoid mounting debt. He notes 1964 local expenditures at 7.4 billion with half funded by local taxes and assessments and a rising share from borrowing.
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New York State
Arthur Levitt
Levitt
Project Prayer targets Supreme Court justices over school prayer ban
The piece describes Project Prayer a militant movement led by Pat Boone Susan Seaforth and Sam Cagnar aiming to overturn the Supreme Court ruling banning school prayer. It notes allies push Senator Dirksen's constitutional amendment and a Pacific coast challenge to build nationwide support for restoring school prayer.
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Supreme Court
Project Prayer
Pat Boone
Susan Seaforth
Sam Cagnar
Los Angeles
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Secret Service trip file grows from 400 to 1800 names
In three years since Kennedy's assassination the Secret Service has expanded its trip file to 1800 names from 400 in 1962. The list flags those posing a risk to the President, triggering automatic checks during travel. Details on methods remain undisclosed, but the rise in scrutiny is clear. Lee Harvey Oswald's name appeared on the old 400.
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John F. Kennedy
Secret Service
David C. Acheson
Secretary of the Treasury
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Head Injury Statistics Spur Medical Drive
Two thirds of highway accidents involve the head and 70 percent of deaths in such crashes result from brain injury. The finding spurs a push to make latest brain injury treatments available to doctors and hospitals. Wider knowledge could save lives or reduce serious after-effects.
Fulbright Critiques Johnson Vietnam Policy and Assumptions
Sen. J. W. Fulbright condemns Johnson for acting before facts were nailed down while himself assuming outcomes in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. He argues the administration misread Communist influence, calls the Dominican action a panic and timidity, and questions Red China’s intent as a potential buffer against aggression.
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Rowland Evans and Robert Novak Inside Report
Washington column argues the War on Poverty funding for the National Center for Community Action Education may be blocked by House Education and Labor chair Adam Clayton Powell and other civil rights movement tensions. It notes Farmer’s CORE resignation and initial endorsements followed by internal CORE struggles.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
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Rep. Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
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Farmer
Shriver
Rise and fall of Jim Farmer literacy center within civil rights era
The piece traces how Adam Clayton Powell and CORE faced backlash as a literacy initiative tied to civil rights faltered. It notes competing plans led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and OEO scrutiny, with doubts about funding, scope, and governance. It argues OEO withheld approval amid uncertain outcomes.
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OSE
Farmer’s Center
OEO
End of Uncertainty for Viet Nam Vets First Major Assault
In Cu Chi near the U S 25th Division camp, Pfc Clark Richie of Jay Oklahoma and comrades in Bunker 14 await a long anticipated first major operation against Viet Cong forces. The unit known as the Wolfhounds of Korea braces for combat and the letter home hints at the looming mission. The tense morning passes with little talk as the siege of near silent camp life continues.
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Clark Richie
John Nance
CU Chi
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Bunker 14
U. S. 25Th Division
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Jay
Okla
27Th Infantry Regiment
Wolfhounds
Korea
Viet Nam
Richie in Cu Chi Prepares for Helicopter Assault
A U S Army unit at Cu Chi readies a helicopter assault on a Viet Cong stronghold named Xom Moi. Richie, a first time combatant, teaches local children in the mornings and plans to return to camp by nightfall after the sunrise operation.
Dear Abby Advice Column On Work In Marriage
A bored mother asks if she should work outside the home while her husband opposes it. Abby says stay home if income not needed and teach preschoolers to play alone. A second letter asks how to judge a suitor’s sincerity. Abby says know him well before marriage.
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Abby
Dear
Unachieved ambitions listed by columnist
A New York columnist lists wild, humorous unachieved goals from milk a giraffe to see Cuba’s Castro overthrown. The piece emphasizes zest from unfinished ideas and the argument that life remains full of worthwhile things crying to be done.
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New York
Cuba
Castro
Space Age Traffic Lights Debut in Abilene Texas
Abilene Texas adopts space age traffic lights with a countdown to alert drivers before intersections. The system, tested over nine months, shows a three second red phase after reaching one, aiming to reduce accidents and give motorists time to cross.
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New York
Abilene
Texas
Capital Quote urges air sea firepower before more U S troops
House Republican Leader Gerald R Ford argues for increasing air and sea power rather than dispatching additional American troops to Vietnam. He urges trying this approach before sending more of our boys into combat.
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U. S
Viet Nam
House
Gerald R. Ford
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