Mississippi votes to remove literacy tests for Negro registration
In a decisive vote Mississippi eliminated state constitutional literacy and essay tests used to bar Black voters. Governor Paul B. Johnson backed the amendment and related bills, aligning with federal civil rights goals after federal examiners registered hundreds of previously disenfranchised Negroes. The new law simplified registration to name, address, crime record, and an oath with a simple application form.
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Mississippi
Ku Klux Klan
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Federal Commission On Civil Rights
Speed progress and modern planning urged by engineer
Consulting engineer Wayne AH Kuhn of Marion tells Southeastern Ohio Regional Commissioners and Engineers Assn that speed advancements from 35 mph to 470 mph by 1945 and to 18 000 mph by 1962 show rapid change. He urges officials to base decisions on modern concepts rather than past precedent.
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Wayne AH. Kuhn
Marion
Southeastern Ohio Regional Commissioners and Engineers Assn
Move to establish a residence for the vice president
Senators Smathers and Monroney push plans to end the second in command’s secondary status. Smathers proposes Admiral's House at Naval Observatory as VP home while Monroney seeks a $1 million commission to acquire a new residence closer to the White House for quicker collaboration.
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Congress
George A. Smathers
Florida
Smathers
Washington
Navy
Naval Observatory
Massachusetts Ave
Embassy Row
A.S. Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Defense Department
Admiral’s House
Moroney
White House
Winthrop Rockefeller Seeks Arkansas GOP Breakthrough
Texarkana reports on Winthrop Rockefeller as he tours Arkansas promoting a two party system. He positions county planning and regional development as central to building a Republican base, aiming to avoid overexposure while sustaining momentum for 1966.
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Ark
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Democratic Party
Orval Faubus
Rockefeller
Lyndon Johnson
Ray Bliss
Washington
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Arkansas Industrial Development Commission
Petit Jean Mountain
Arkansas River
Win” Rockefeller
LBJ
Appalachia
Ozarkia
Stamps
Red River Valley
Communist subversion fears sweep Latin America
A U S State Department briefing warns of intensified Communist activity across Latin America with heavy disruption in Colombia Peru and Venezuela. CIA reports Cuba-driven subversion reach Mexico Uruguay Chile and beyond, with violence arrests and martial law episodes reflecting a growing regional threat.
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State Department
Latin America
Department
U. S
Columbia
Peru
Venezuela
Guatemala
Colombia
Central Intelligence Agency
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee On
Cuba
Fidel Castro
CIA
Armistead Selden Jr
D-Ala
Selden
Havana
Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
U.S
Latin
Amerca
Fulgencio Batista
Mexican
Viet Nam
Mexico
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
British Guiana
Chinese Chop Suey K and Chilean social legislation debate
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd cites Argentina's government as hampered by Communist agitators allied with antigovernment forces as he discusses social legislation backed by President Eduardo Frei's Christian Democratic regime and K developments in China related topics.
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Christian Democratic
Eduardo Frei
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Argentina
Dear Abby letters mix family duty and trust
Content blends multiple Dear Abby Q&As about a wife torn between working to help her husband’s debts and her mother’s pressure, a tooth setting joke, a wedding gift courtesy dispute, and a political analysis on Latin American unrest citing Peru Venezuela Colombia and Cuba with references to communist influence and regional turmoil.
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Abby
Administration backs poverty law clash and Eisenhower signal
Inside Report notes a Senate move to place local poverty workers under the Hatch Act. Public officials push for a prohibition while two Democratic senators defy White House pressure. The piece also highlights Sargent Shriver remarks and Eisenhower’s Capitol Hill meeting with GOP leaders.
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Johnson
Senate
George Murphy
California
Senate Labor Committee
White House
Labor Committee
Eisenhower nudges Republicans on Vietnam policy
A closed door session sees Gen. Eisenhower urge Republicans to support the Johnson administration on Vietnam without endorsing every action, signaling space for attacks on John son policy before 1966 elections. The piece notes USIA film plans for LBJ and ongoing wheat export rules tied to U S vessel shipping, with private White House debates on export limits and costs.
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Viet Nam
Mr. Johnson
Gen
Eisenhower
Johnson
LBJ
Texas
USIA
U.S
John F. Kennedy
House
Senate
Dent
Soviet Union
White House
George McGovern
South Dakota
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