Literacy tests and voting rules face scrutiny nationwide
In a clarifying stance amid a Louisiana ruling, literacy tests for voting are not universally barred but face scrutiny as possible discriminatory use. Mississippi Governor Johnson concedes past use to bar Black voters and urges an end. Georgia’s new test demands 15 of 20 questions about leaders and government to pass.
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Mississippi
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Jackson
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Commission
Irwin Griswold
Harvard Law School
Georgia
Justice Dept Can Sue States Over Voting Rights
The Supreme Court ruled the Justice Department may sue a state to enforce voting rights for Negroes, enabling statewide actions rather than county by county. The decision followed a Mississippi case and was applied to strike down a Louisiana literacy test requirement, with the Mississippi suit ordered to proceed without delay.
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Supreme Court
Justice Department
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Tests and Litigation Over Literacy Tests in Several States
Complaints say Louisiana tests blocked Black lawyers from passing a constitutional exam. Tests in 21 of 64 parishes halted in 1962. legislature created a simpler multiple choice test but not repealing the old law. Supreme Court cited Alabama’s invalidation and urged lower courts to resolve related Mississippi suit. A 1963 presidential report lists 19 states with literacy tests including Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi New York.
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Mississippi
Justice Department
Presidential Commission On Registration and Voting Participation
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Hawaii
Maine
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New Hampshire
New York
Supreme Court backs blocking new citizenship test in voting cases
The court affirmed a lower court ruling barring 21 Louisiana parishes from using a new citizenship test until full voter reregistration. Justice Black led unanimous opinions, deeming it unfair to require Black voters to pass the citizenship test while white voters kept preregistration rights due to discriminatory practices. The decision also leaves open reviews of Alabama and Louisiana voting suits and Virginia poll tax challenges.
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Justice Black
Mississippi
Hugo L. Black
Justice Department
Alabama
United States District Court
Alexandria
Virginia
Demonstrators Dragged From Attorney General Katzenbach Office
Washington AP policemen shoved about a score of civil rights demonstrators from outside the office of Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach Monday night. A Justice Department spokesman said officials reconsidered an earlier decision to allow the group to spend the night in the fifth floor corridor. Chief U S Marshal James P. McShane urged them to leave, and District police and GSA guards helped remove several demonstrators to the street within about a half hour. The group dispersed after being ejected. Katzenbach had spoken to them earlier outside his office and refused to commit to federal marshals for Selma.
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Selma
Ala
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Atty
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Justice Department
Alabama
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James P. McShane
McShane
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District of Columbia
General Services Administration
Dmonstrators
Computers May Replace Cash News From San Francisco
AP reports from San Francisco that Thomas J. Watson Jr. of IBM says computers may replace cash. Watson, IBM chairman, outlines a future where automation and data processing transform payment methods and commerce. The statement signals a shift toward electronic transactions in business.
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Thomas J. Watson Jr
International Business Machine Corp
Ruby Hits At Own Attorney During Sanity Hearing
Dallas UPI report on Jack Ruby's verbal assaults at his sanity trial hearing scheduled for March 29. Judge Joe B Brown appointed Dallas attorney Phil Burleson and Jasper Tex attorney Joe Tonahill to defend Ruby amid family opposition and Ruby's attempts to fire Tonahill. If found sane he faces execution. if insane he would be committed to a state mental hospital.
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Townhill
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Ex-Airman Thompson pleads guilty to spying for Russia
Robert Glenn Thompson, 30, a former U S airman and Long Island fuel oil businessman, admitted guilt in federal court to being a bargain basement spy for the Soviets. He spied from 1957 to 1963 in Berlin, New York, Detroit, Washington and Great Falls, earning about 1700 dollars. He faces possible death penalty but remains free on bond until sentencing May 13.
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UPI
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U.S
Thompson
Long Island
Leo Rayfiel
Bay Shore
N.Y
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Rayfiel
Berlin
Detroit
Washington
Great Falls
Mont
Computers May Eliminate Cash Use in Shops
Watson addressed the National Automation Conference noting future machines could store bank details in memory. A customer might insert an ID card into a terminal and withdraw funds, transferring the purchase amount from the customer account to the store account.
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National Automation Conference
Watson
Aged Woman Wins Her Home Stay Over Parking Lot
In Orleans Massachusetts voters chose to keep Emma Augusta Rogers in her 130 year old home on a three acre site, voting to postpone indefinitely any move to acquire the land for a parking lot. The 84 year old, nicknamed Emma Gustie, said she was too busy on the phone to attend and feared she would be killed if forced to leave.
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Orleans
Mass
Cane Cod
Emma Gustie
Emma Augusta Rogers
Board of Selectmen
Miss Rogers
Emma
Brooke Seeks To Abolish Literacy Tests
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke travels to Washington with a proposal for a constitutional amendment to abolish literacy tests for voting in federal, state, and local elections. He plans to present the measure to the Congressional Republican leadership he advises. One states that still requires literacy as a voting requisite is noted.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
Washington
Brooke
Congressional
Republican Flask Force
GOP Plans Education Bill With Tax Credits and Grants
Washington AP House Republicans unveiled an education plan alternative to the administration’s 1.3 billion bill. It includes tax credits for local or state school taxes, a credit for families with dependents in college, and a 300 million grant to states for 3 to 7 year olds. Democrats called it warmed-over Goldwater. The package cites 5 billion in tax relief, but backers say 3.3 billion net. Reps Ayres Goodell and Curtis presented it as top Education Committee Republicans.
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House
Hase
House Education and Labor Committee
Goldwater
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Treasury
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Charles E. Goodell
N.Y
Curtis
Massachusetts Law Change Proposal Sought by Brooke
Massachusetts law change sought as Brooke states he has asked Gov. John A. Volpe to submit a proposal to the legislature for consideration.
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Brooke
John A. Volpe
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