Redistricting Ordered for Texas by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed a Houston District Court ruling that Texas congressional districts must be redrawn but allowed a possible postponement for this year’s elections. The order keeps a stay pending timely application for relief and notes the imminent election and Texas election machinery.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
Texas
High Court
U.S. District Court
Houston
Federal District Court
High Tribunal
Hugo L. Black
Court Won't Rule On Desegregation Of N.C. Hospitals
The Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging Greensboro North Carolina hospitals that accepted federal funds and must desegregate staff and facilities. The lower court ruling upheld that hospital policies violated the U.S. Constitution and struck down a Hill-Burton Act provision allowing separate but equal facilities. The Moses Cone and Wesley Long hospitals appealed, arguing federal funds conferred no rights of supervision over their operation.
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Moses H. Cone
Wesley Long
Greensboro
Five Day Forecast Urges Warmth Above Normal
The forecast through Saturday shows average temperatures about eight degrees above the seasonal 25 degree norm with little day to day change. Expect showers late Wednesday and again Saturday.
Reward Offered for Arrest of Rail Saboteurs
The Association of American Railroads offers a 100000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of dynamiters who wrecked a Florida East Coast Railway train on February 26. President Johnson and Governor Bryant received telegrams announcing the decision. Daniel P Loomis said the board approved the reward and praised Johnson for ordering FBI involvement. The February 26 blast was the fifth attack in under three weeks.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads Today
Florida East Coast Railway
Association
Johnson
Farris Bryant
Floria
Daniel P. Loomis
FBI
Florida East Coast Line
Prosecutor Blasts Hoffa In Summation In Tennessee Trial
In Chattanooga officials report Prosecutor James Neal called Teamster President James Hoffa and five codefendants charged with trying to influence a jury in Nashville a grave attack on the jury system. Neal urged the jury to find Hoffa guilty, warning that a conviction could bring an 11 year prison sentence. He described Edward Grady Partin as a trusted witness who tied Hoffa to a wider conspiracy.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville
Neal
Justice Department
Goldwater and Rockefeller Funds Draw Fire in NH
In Concord New Hampshire Democratic and Republican critics accused Sen Barry Goldwater and Governor Nelson Rockefeller of excessive campaign spending. J Richard Jackman state Draft Lodge chairman said Goldwater would spend 150000 in New Hampshire defying the 25000 limit while Rep Ernest R Coutermarch Lebanon questioned how Rockefeller funding maintains elaborate headquarters bill boards radio TV and a special rotogravure edition within the limit.
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Concord
N.H
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
J. Richard Jackman
Draft Lodge For President Committee
New Hampshire
Jackman
Goldwater
Ernest R. Coutermarch
Lebanon
Rockefeller
Coutermarch
King Paul of Greece Worse as Blood Clot Found
King Paul, 62, faces a lung blood clot after a stomach ulcer operation two weeks ago. He previously had a clot in his left leg and was re bedded for swelling. Crown Prince Constantine named regent as condition noted not yet alarming.
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Athens
Greece
Paul
George Papandreou
Constantine
Ruby Lawyer Is Cited For Contempt of Court
Dallas jury selection for Jack Ruby's murder trial neared completion when defense attorney Joe H. Tonahill, a Jasper Tex. lawyer, was held in contempt for an outburst of temper and fined 25 dollars. Tonahill apologized as Chief Defense Attorney Melvin Belli urged reconsideration.
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Dallas
UPI
Joe B. Brown
Joe H. Tonahill
Jack Ruby
Tonahill
Jasper
Tex
Melvin Belli
San Francisco
Belli
Tonnhill
George E Staton
Bell
Staton
Ruby
Shout
Brown
Lee Harvey Ostwald
Scranton Shuns Draft and VP Nomination
Gov William W Scranton said after deep thought he will not pursue the Republican presidential nomination nor accept a vice presidential offer. He noted Pennsylvania’s single term limit ending January 1967 and is seen as a potential moderate compromise for the national ticket to appeal to big city voters while opposing President Johnson.
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Pennsylvania
William W Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Scranton
Associated Press
Big City
Johnson
Swiss expels Jacques Soustelle military leader underground
The Swiss government announced that Jacques Soustelle, a political leader of the anti De Gaulle underground, has been expelled. He was arrested in Lausanne on Saturday. The report gave no details on entry into Switzerland or the country to which he was sent.
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Bern
Switzerland
Jacques Soustelle
anti-De Gaulle
Soustelle
Lausanne
Judicial body rejects code for press in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Judicial Council rejected Rep. Martin Walsh's proposed ethics code for newspapers as unconstitutional and dangerous to press freedom. It warned the bill would hurt all papers, create a state supervised commission, and impose bonds for adverse comments about officials. The council noted prior crime and court reporting guidelines exist from a joint bar and press committee.
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Boston
Judicial Council
U.S
Endicott Peabody
Martin H. Walsh
D-Gardner
Commonwealth
Walsh
Bar and Press
Bar Associations
Wreckage Found in Sierra Peak After Paradise Airlines Crash
Air searchers found the four engine Paradise Airlines Constellation wreckage near Genoa Peak east of Lake Tahoe. All 85 aboard were killed. Captain Norris, 43, chief pilot, lived in Alameda. First officer Watson 28 of South San Francisco. Flight attendant Wynetta McDowell 29 of Pittsburg. Other crew Jake Worthley 33 and Donald Watson 28.
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Calif
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
Paradise Airlines
Constellation
Nevada
San Jose
Eastern Air Lines
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
British Eagle Airways
Norris
Squaw Valley
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
George R. Baker
Alexander
Sherry
Western Air Rescue Center
Hamilton Air Force Base
Genoa
Nev
Associated Press
California
Genoa Peak
Vleasura
Oakland
Monte Martin Salinas
Monte Mar
Monterey
Herman Jones
High Sierra
Ivan Stracener
Paradise
Alameda
Wynetta McDowell
Pittsburg
Donald Watson
South San Francisco
Jake Worthley
Fremont
Report Hails War on Poverty and Inflation Warning
Washington AP The Senate House Economic Committee split along party lines in two sections on the Presidents annual economic report. Republicans fault Johnson economics as inflationary and wasteful while Democrats praise tax cuts and defense spending, cautioning unemployment remains too high. The minority says policy risks a bust despite a rebound aided by prior administration.
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Washington
Senate House Economic Com
Johnson
House
Children Burned Alive Testimony From Auschwitz Trial
FRANKFURT Germany AP a former Auschwitz inmate Dr Hila Lingens testified that children were thrown alive onto burning piles near the camp gas ovens. She described the guards actions and noted that she survived as a physician and an Aryan while others faced harsher treatment.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Hila Lingens
Austrian Social Ministry
Dr. Lingens
Auschwitz
Argentina Arrests Mercy Killer in Nazi Case
Frankfurt AP reports Dr. Gerhard Bohne, 66, charged with murder in Nazi mercy killings, was arrested in Buenos Aires after fleeing East Germany last summer. He is held for extradition. had been freed from pretrial custody for health reasons and living in Duesseldorf when he disappeared last August.
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Buenos Aires
Argenttina
Bohne
Eest Germany
Duesseldorf
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