Pay-TV Wins Major Battle In California High Court
California Supreme Court rules Proposition 15 banning Pay-TV unconstitutional by 6 to 1. Decision cites free speech guarantees and upholds lower court ruling for Subscription Television, risking financial hurt to the theater lobby backed campaign. CBS ties noted for Sylvester Weaver appointment.
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UPI
California Supreme Court
Subscription Television, Inc
Los Angeles
Superior Court
Irving J. Perluss
Sacramento
Sylvester L. Weaver
U.S. Supreme Court
March Proclaimed Red Cross Month in Vermont
Governor Hoff proclaimed March Red Cross month in Vermont. At the state house he presented a check to Homer W. Hurlburt, fund chairman, urging citizens to support the statewide campaign. Hurlburt noted the greater need due to national relief efforts and Red Cross personnel in Vietnam assisting servicemen.
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Vermont
Statehouse
Homer W. Hurlburt
Red Cross Fund
Hurlburt
Coste Ly
Red Cross
United States
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
New York Life Insurance Co
Senators to Fight LBJ Plan
Washington UPI Wayne Morse D Ore chair education subcommittee says he will oppose President Johnsons proposed cuts to federal education programs. He has backing from several subcommittee members including Javits Prouty Yarborough Randolph Clark and others, calling the cutbacks a stab in the back of educators and letting down the school children of America.
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D-Tex
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Morse
Johnson
School Children of America
LBJ Signs New GI Bill
President Johnson signed a sweeping cold war GI bill of rights expanding education housing and medical benefits to nearly four million ex servicemen. The measure modeled after earlier GI bills offers tuition fees for off duty schooling home loan guarantees medical care and federal job preferences with an initial year cost around 335 million and five year cost about 2.1 billion.
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UPI
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Korea
Veterans Administration
Smith Urges Direct Vote for President and Vice President
UPI reports Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine testifies before the Senate constitutional amendments subcommittee on reform of the electoral college. She urges direct popular vote for president and vice president, end of national conventions, primaries to select candidates, and runoff provisions if no majority is reached.
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