Poll Tax Suits Grow as Negro Voter Registration Expands
Federal registrars enrolled 1,144 Negro voters in nine Southern counties amid Justice Department suits in Virginia Alabama and Texas challenging poll taxes as voting barriers. The actions signal shifts in Deep South politics as black registration rises and officials assess implications for state and national politics.
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Urban Bill Up for Vote Debates Cut in Senate
Washington AP report on a final Senate vote for a cabinet department of housing and urban development. Support appears likely, with 55 to 60 of 100 senators backing the measure, amid debate limits won by Mansfield. If Weaver is named secretary, he would be the first Black Cabinet member.
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Mysterious ailment at capital hospital reported rising cases
Washington officials at St Elizabeths Mental Hospital report eight new cases of a pneumonia-like illness that has caused eight deaths in two weeks. The total struck reaches 53 since the first case on July 29 as specialists from the Federal Communicable Disease Center assist doctors in locating the cause.
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Murders Admit to Crewman Aboard the Seven Seas
Ramirez says he shot the captain and four crew members after a dispute about Fidel Castro and that the cook Gerald Davison may still be alive. The murder occurred as the Panama-flagged Seven Seas drifted south toward Tampa for repairs. Jurisdiction hinges on whether the ship stayed within U.S. waters as it sailed.
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Diaz
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Gerald Davison
Nixon Denounces Viet Nam Critics as Democrats
In Cedar Rapids, Richard Nixon told reporters Johnson should discipline his own party over Viet Nam before blaming Republicans. He criticized Johnson for hitting a Republican target in public remarks. Ford denied he leaked details, as Nixon spoke during Hoover birthday ceremonies near West Branch.
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Gerald Ford
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Herbert Hoover
West Branch
City Manager Backs Raise for Assistant in Johnson City
Johnson City officials report Assistant City Manager Jack Strickland received a 35,000 a year raise bringing his pay above City Manager David Burkhalter by 6,400. Burkhalter approved the 16,000 annual increase while his own salary remains frozen at 9,600 by voters.
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House Targets Draft Card Mutilation and Defense Funding
The House moved to jail those who destroy draft cards as part of a tougher bill. It approved a $1.7 billion defense base construction appropriation, sending both measures to the Senate. Rep. L Mendel Rivers noted protests against U.S. Vietnam policy and draft card burning as rallying symbols, while the bill expands penalties for destroying draft cards. A Connecticut incident reports a hearse speeding at 73 mph before police halted it with a body aboard.
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UPI
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L. Mendel Rivers
D- 5.C
U.S
Viet Nam
Connor Urges Roadside Law For Scenic Highways
Commerce Secretary John Conner urged Congress to pass administration backed laws to tighten federal control of highway signboards, regulate junkyards, and fund scenic roads. He told a Senate subcommittee millions of Americans travel highways daily and deserve views of beauty, not barren, cluttered landscapes. Officers questioned drivers in a radar patrol incident, highlighting local tensions.
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Connor
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