Supreme Court Rules Equal Representation Key to House
The Supreme Court holds that the Constitution requires equal representation for equal numbers of people in the U.S. House. Justice Black states federal courts may review congressional districting, while Justices Harlan Clark and Stewart publish separate opinions challenging or narrowing the ruling and its implications for Georgia districts.
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Georgia
Justice Black
Black
House of Representatives
Justice Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Clark
Clark
Federal District Court
Justice Stewart
Harlan
Fulton County
Atlanta
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Tennessee
Legislature enters fourth week of Vermont special session
Vermont lawmakers resume on Monday for the fourth week of a two week target to finish work. Public hearings will cover Gov Hoff tax districts a consolidated Health and Welfare Department and a gross income tax. The education aid bill faces revisions with 1.0 to 1.5 million expected increase and protections for all towns in 1964.
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Town
W. Arthur Simpson
Lyndon
Vermont
State House
Hoff
House Education Committee
John H. Downs
Ways & Means Committee
Bennington
Windham
Appropriations Committee
Ways & Means
Richard W. Mallary
Fairlee
Tax Cut Compromise Talks Resume In Congress
Senate and House conferees pick up tax cut negotiations with a potential compromise by Wednesday the measure could reach the President for signature by next week boosting paychecks by mid March. The wariness centers on 11.2 versus 11.9 billion dollar reductions.
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Washington
Senate House
Johnson
House
Senate
Congress
Violence in Saigon Theater Bombing Kills Three Americans
In Saigon a wounded ricksha driver is held as a prime suspect after a bomb blast at a U.S. theater that killed three Americans and wounded 51. A Marine captain and an MP were among the dead. security measures for Americans in Saigon are tightened as police pursue multiple terrorism leads.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ricksha
U.S
Marine Corps
Ricksha Boy
Adrian Messenger
William Koch
David
Kontum
Union Meets in Vermont Votes No on Sales Tax
More than 100 delegates at the first Vermont AFL-CIO COPE conference opposed a proposed three percent sales tax. Ralph Williams called the tax regressive, while Gov. Hoff urged support and discussed his education program and opposition to right to work. The conference focused on training and boosting labor’s political role.
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Senate
House Labor
Johnson
Williams
Gov. Hoff
Vermont
Afl-Cio
COPE
Thomas Breslin
United Steel Workers Union
House of Representatives
State Senate
Kennedy
Leddy Hurt In Accident Near Burlington
Democratic leader and attorney Bernard J. Leddy, 51, suffered a mild concussion when his car skidded at Pearl and Prospect Street and struck a utility pole. He was taken to the home of his law partner Matthew G. Leary Jr. for treatment after the crash. Leddy once ran for governor in 1958 and lost to Robert T. Stafford by less than 800 votes.
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Burlington
Bernard J. Leddy
Leddy
Pearl and
Prospect Street
Matthew G. Leary Jr
Robert T. Stafford
Reliability Gap Leaves Missiles Debate Open
Washington sources say Secretary McNamara and Air Force Chief Gen Curtis LeMay gave contradictory testimony to the House Armed Services Committee on missile reliability. They differed both in overall reliability estimates and in specific figures cited.
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Washington
Congress
Robert S. McNamara
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
Capitol Hill
House Armed Services Committee
McNamara
LeMay
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
House Committee
Department of Defense
Son Charged With Shooting His Father in Family Quarrel
A 15 year old Hoosick Falls youth is charged as a juvenile delinquent after allegedly shooting his father Norman Peltier 54 in the head with a .22 caliber bullet during a dispute when police say the mother was being beaten. Peltier remains at Albany Medical Center with facial injuries. The youth, a student at Hoosick Falls Central School, was released to his mother Hazel 49 and is to appear before Rensselaer Family Court. Warrants for disorderly conduct and third degree assault have been issued against Peltier.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Norman Peltier
Albany Medical Center
Philip Martinez
Joseph Hayes
Hoosick Falls Central School
Hazel
Rensselaer Family Court
Marcus L Filley
Peltier
Inside Vermont events at World's Fair and local notes
Page four notes Lt. Gov Malcolm Wilson near the New York governor’s chair per columnist Kirtland King. Page six reports Mark Donavan winning Bi-State ski meet at Prospect Mountain. Page details wildfire damage in Pownal.
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Malcolm Wilson
New York
Kirtland King
Mark Donavan
Prospect Mountain
Prospect
Woodford
Ruby murder trial opens with motion for acquittal
Defense of Jack Ruby seeks directed verdict citing Jan 29 30 neurological exam results showing brain damage. Judge Joe B Brown overrules, saying it is a jury issue. Trial began with 900 juror candidates and heavy security as Ruby sat with his lawyers.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Townhill
James Bowie
Texas
Oswald
Belli
Brown
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Nguyen Khanh
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