Voting Rights Bill Starts Speedy Trip In Congress
President Johnson's new voting rights bill aims to enlarge representative government by reducing racial barriers in the South and creating federal machinery to register Negro voters and count ballots. Attorney General Katzenbach defends constitutionality and cites past efforts as too slow. House Judiciary subcommittee hears the case as supporters push for swift action despite Eastland opposition.
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UPI
Nicholas Katzenbach
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Katzenbach
House Judiciary
South
Congress
Hoff Seeks Probe of Vermont ETV System
Governor Hoff asks the Vermont Board of Education to study a proposed 1.8 million dollar bonding plan for an educational television network. He worries channels reserved for state use may be better kept or reallocated and cites rapid advances in television tech. The request aims to prevent proceeding on faulty information.
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Montpelier
UPI
Philip H. Hoff
State Board of Education
Vermont
Hoff
Tom Ss. Arthur
Arthur
Vermont House Civil Rights Resolution Lamented
Inside editorial bemoans the Vermont House failure to pass a civil rights resolution. Columnist Ron Raynolds commends lawyers who stood up for rights. Putnam Hospital adds an electron microscope. A Vermont doe season is urged by a biologist but criticized by hunters at a Montpelier hearing.
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Ron Raynolds
Vermont
Montpelier
FBI Enters Coin Probe at Museum
The FBI has joined the Bennington Museum coin theft case involving 93 of 96 coins from the Hall Park McCullough collection. Museum director Richard C. Barret said an FBI agent inspected the premises and noted possible cross state movement of coins. The value rose to over $20,000, and authorities consider the rare coins highly portable and traceable through the museum’s photographic records.
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Vermont
Bennington Museum
Richard C. Barret
Hall Park
Boston
Barret
FBI
Viet Nam War Toll Rises With Casualties Reported
Report from Saigon notes heavy losses in Viet Nam on a day of air strikes and ground fighting. Between 20 and 30 schoolchildren died when a cave collapsed after bombs fell near Da Nang. Ten Viet Cong soldiers were killed in a schoolyard attack, while Marines and other U.S. forces sustained multiple non fatal wounds. Air raids by B57 jets hit Viet Cong camps near Tay Ninh and Pleiku areas as weather and terrain hampered assessment of results.
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Man Quang Village
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Nha Trang
Louie S. Parham
Nevis
Tex
U.S
Mekong River
Binh Duong
Tay Ninh
Pleiku
Phan Thiet-Binh Tay
Negroes Plan Montgomery March With King Promise of Protection
Federal Judge Frank M Johnson ordered Alabama officials to permit and protect a Selma to Montgomery civil rights march. The 40 mile trek will start no earlier than Friday and last five days ending before the Capitol. King said an announcement was due and Wallace promised to seek no violence as court approved the plan and protection. President Johnson welcomed court action urging law and order as officials worked out security details with Montgomery and Dallas County authorities.
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Ala
UPI
Frank M. Johnson
Alabama
Johnson
Capitol
Martin Luther King Jr
George Wallace
Wallace
Washington
King
Selma
Dallas County
Montgomery County
Mac Sim Butler
Butler
Two Men Orbited In Sunrise IT
Moscow reports the Voskhod II carried two cosmonauts into orbit with Alexei Leonov performing a space stroll for about 20 minutes. He floated 10 minutes free on a lifeline, photographed Earth, and conducted observations. The mission, aired on Moscow television, underscored Soviet advances ahead of a planned U.S. launch next week.
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Alexei Leonov
United States
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John W. Young
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Yuri A. Gagarin
Earth
Moon
Harrie Massey
British National Committee For Space Research
Leonov
Selma Resolution Passes Vermont House After Debate
The Vermont House approved a watered-down resolution condemning racial prejudice after over an hour of discussion and a half hour of procedural turmoil. It praised President Johnson for support of Negro voter registration, omitting a stronger call for federal intervention in Alabama. The session also saw moves to realign Senate voting and approval of Vermont's participation in a New England welfare compact.
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Vermont
Simpson
James Reed
Selma
Jesus
Jerusalem
St. Paul
Rome
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
Dallas County
Emory Hebard
Glover
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Versmont
New England
Senate Debates Track Share Adjustment in Vermont
In Montpelier the Vermont Senate plans special order debate on a finance backed bill to adjust betting share at Green Mountain Park in Powunal. The measure, favored by Finance Committee, would extend the adjustment to six years and drop a House error forcing 170 racing dates in each of the next two seasons. Committee chair William Burke signals possible rule suspension to advance the track’s graduated sharing plan.
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