Dirksen Loses Fight as One Vote Rule Stands in Senate
Washington reporters note a constitutional amendment to curb the Supreme Court one man one vote rule failed to advance in the Senate. The measure now sits in a pigeonhole though lawmakers say the fight is far from over.
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UPS
Supreme Court
Everett M. Dirksen
High Court
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Edward M. Kennedy
Dirksen
House
Tallinois
Paul H. Douglas
Federal Pay Raise OK'd At 4.5% by Committee
The House Civil Service Committee approved a bill to raise federal salaries 4.5 percent this October affecting 1.8 million workers, exceeding Johnson's proposal. The plan includes later steps to close the pay gap with private industry, plus substantial House leadership raises and a high initial cost.
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House Civil Service Committee
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Labor Department
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Biracial Unit Formed At Americus Sparks Debate
A biracial committee formed in Americus Georgia to ease racial tensions was not officially sanctioned by city and county authorities. Warren Fortson said the announcement was premature amid harassment of prospective white committee members. Governor Sanders urged dialogue while promising troops would keep order as demonstrators gathered. Mayor Walker condemned outside rhetoric and urged affected Negroes to stand firm. In Bridgeport Connecticut a white police officer was cleared in the shooting death of a 16 year old black youth, Legister Pickett, as he was chased after a slashing incident.
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Americus
Warren Fortson
Fortson
Carl Sanders
Sanders
Americas
South Georgia
T. Griffin Walker
Bridgeport
UPS
Isadore AL. Keller
Legister Pickett
Gilbert Fisher
Pickett
Taylor on Viet Nam Far More Hopeful Now
Washington AP Taylor offers a hopeful yet cautious view after a year in Saigon. He praises progress and pledges continued military and diplomatic focus. Johnson seeks 1.7 billion in funding plus a 340000 man manpower boost as the administration tests policy on Vietnam. Taylor will advise the president on military and diplomatic matters while joining the intelligence board.
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Viet Nam
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Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
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Defense Appropriations
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Saigon
Intelligence Board
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Robert 8. McNamara
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Henry Cabot Lodge
McNamara
Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Volpe seeks corruption unit under Brooke backed plan
Boston Governor Volpe urges legislature to establish a corruption division in the attorney general’s office and to grant power to create a crime commission. The proposal mirrors the defunct Massachusetts Crime Commission report and includes separate quarters and staff, a director, two assistants, and a five member unpaid crime commission with subpoena power and optional public hearings.
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Attorney General’s Office
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