Poll Tax Provision Faces Opposition in Senate Debate
Senate figures clash over the poll tax ban added to President Johnson's voting rights bill. Senator Mansfield urges elimination as unconstitutional, aligning with Senator Dirksen who helped draft the measure. Hart defends its constitutionality amid a nationwide debate on ending literacy tests and federally registering voters.
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Montana
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Illinois
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
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Dirksen
South
Negro Leader Denounces Little Rock Desegregation Shift
In Little Rock Arkansas the school board moves from pupil assignment to freedom of choice for desegregation. NAACP leader L C Bates warns it will not ease Negro students access and may trigger more litigation and federal funding delays. Board president Russell Matson Jr. counters that the change could speed integration and reduce reassignment hearings.
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Fires rage across New England. one dead
A sequence of multiple alarm fires struck New England areas on Friday. Maple Inn in Nashua saw Richard Coolidge, 21, die, and William Barlow listed missing. Springfield Clinton Hotel fire displaced about 100. Boston North End blaze sent 275 residents fleeing. Back Bay apartment fire affected 35 residents with no injuries reported. Thorwald Hotel in Gloucester burned. Volpe plans lunch with Aldo Moro after helicopter incident.
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Springfield
Mass
Clinton Hotel
Boston
North End
Dr King Leads 18000 in Boston Protest on Common
Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke to about 18 000 people on Boston Common amid rain as part of a three mile Roxbury march. He urged creative nonviolence and urged Boston to be a testing ground for freedom and equality.
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Gov
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Alabama
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Associated Press
Floods Rise as Mississippi Crest Near Prairie du Chien
Flood waters along a 400 mile river corridor threaten Illinois Iowa and Missouri as the Mississippi crests at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin near 23.2 feet. Evacuations expanded as communities brace for higher water and pressure on makeshift dikes. The Rock Island district warns the Quad Cities area faces significant impact when the crest reaches Davenport and neighboring towns Monday.
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Quad-Cities
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Davenport
FCC Claims Jurisdiction Over CATV Operations
The FCC moved to protect local television operators from CATV competition by asserting jurisdiction over all CATV systems. Rules effective June 1 require CATV to carry all local programs and prohibit duplicating local signals with distant imports for 15 days. The agency asked Congress for legislative clarification and invited public comment on policy questions shaping future CATV regulation.
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Russell Sworn As South Carolina Senator
Former Governor Donald Russell was sworn in as the new U S senator from South Carolina. He aligned with the Southern bloc against the voting rights bill after taking the oath at noon EST, succeeding the late Sen Olin D Johnston.
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D-S.c
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