Justice Dept Sues Three States to End Poll Tax Voting
The Justice Department files suits in Montgomery Austin and Richmond to strike down poll taxes as racial discrimination under the new Voting Rights Act. Federal examiners will register Negroes in nine Deep South counties, with registrars opening offices in six locations. Local officials criticize federal oversight, while some insist literacy tests be retained.
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Justice Department
Alabama
Texas
Virginia
Department
U. S
Montgomery
Ala
Austin
Tex
Richmond
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Deep South
Katzenbach
John Doar
Civil Rights Division
Jackson
Miss
Johnson
Mississippi
John W. Macy
The
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Leflore
Madison
Dallas
Lowndes
Hale and Marengo
East Carroll
East Felician
Plaquemines
Louisiana
Carl Golson
Lowndes County
Marengo County
Taylor Speidle
Rights Bloc Will Change Its Pattern
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr says the civil rights movement is entering a new phase by lining up with labor unions intellectuals and religious groups. The SCLC convention in Birmingham discusses alliances and the impact of a new voting rights bill on future demonstrations. King reports on a Northern tour noting rising segregation there.
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
South
SCLC
Andrew Young
Pacifists Arrested at Capitol Hearings Begin
About 450 pacifist demonstrators faced hearings on disorderly conduct after a Capitol grounds protest against U S policy in Vietnam. Police dispersed marchers from the Washington Monument to the Capitol as leaders Dellinger and Lynd were splattered with red paint. two attackers from the American Nazi party were arrested.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
Viet Nam
U.S
Associated Press
Washington Monument
Capitol
James M. Powell
Capitol Police
David Dellinger
Liberation Magazine
Staughton Lynd
Yale University
Nazi Party
Liberation
Hfe
Dellinger
House of Representatives
Johnson Briefings On Vietnam Aim For Congressional Consensus
President Johnson led top level briefings for House members on Vietnam with Senate sessions having occurred earlier. Sen. Mansfield reported no shift in policy, while Gruening said the briefing heartened him and Taylor outlined a balanced, cautiously optimistic outlook amid ongoing military and diplomatic questions. Johnson announced four more briefings for House members and planned a dinner with business, labor, and professional leaders.
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Johnson
House
White House
Senate
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Hubert H. Humphrey
Maxwell D. Taylor
South Viet Nam
Taylor
Ernest Gruening
Dalaska
U.S
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
House of Representatives
Congress
United States
Medicare Enrollment Opens Next Week For Seniors
The Social Security Administration will mail information kits and sign up cards to about 14 million people over 65 on the Social Security rolls. Enrollment begins next week with one million cards mailed weekly to extend through early December to avoid Christmas mail rush. The plan covers basic hospital insurance free of premium and a voluntary supplemental plan costing $3 monthly, with the government paying the other half. Officials estimate 90 to 95 percent of Americans over 65 will participate.
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Washington
UPI
Social Security Administration
Social Security
Post Office Department
Post Office
Blue Shield At New High in First Quarter 1965
Blue Shield membership and benefits hit record levels in Q1 1965 as the National Association of Blue Shield Plans reports 56,010,476 members, up 2,674,604 from 1964. Benefits paid reached 335 million dollars, a 39 million rise, while operating expense as a share of premium income fell to 8.4 percent.
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Blue Shield
National Association of Blue Shield
United States
Canada
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Sandra Halvorsen
Seventeen” Magazine
College Board
England
Gruening
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Massillon
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Medicare
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Wiltsie
West Street
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