Voting Rights Shift Alters Poll Tax Ban
Washington AP describes Senate leaders introducing a new voting rights bill substitute that removes the state and local poll tax ban and adds criminal penalties for vote buying in federal elections. The plan seeks a Supreme Court ruling on poll taxes in four states and notes Katzenbach’s constitutional concerns. The piece frames GOP civil rights dynamics and intra party splits amid national debates.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Mansfield
Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Goldwater
House
Johnson
Sen
GOP
Sens
Javits
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
Clifford P. Case
New Jersey
Thomas H. Kueehel
California
Providence
R.J
Sen. Dirksen
GOP Split Over Poll Tax Provision in Voting Rights Bill
Washington report details a Republican rift over a plan to outlaw poll testing in state and local elections. Katzenbach doubts constitutional justification, prompting Dirksen to seek removing the provision while Javits and Liberal Republicans press to keep it intact. Civil rights remains a defining GOP issue.
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Washington
Congress
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Katz
New York
Reactor Orbit Is Flawless
The AEC reported the SNAP 10-A nuclear reactor launched April 2 is operating, after 600+ hours in space. In a near polar 800 mile high orbit, it has traveled over 10 million miles and continues to generate substantial electrical power automatically.
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Washington
API
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Cushing Returns To Limited Duty After Surgery
Boston archbishop Richard Cardinal Cushing, 69, resumes limited duties starting Saturday after abdominal surgery on February 20. In The Pilot he says it will be good to return to the altar and desk, and notes hospital confinement teaches humility and that his absence barely affects the world around him. He had portion of intestine removed for polyps.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Pilot
Archdiocesan
$15 Billion Limit OK'd For Weapons and Research
The House Armed Services Committee authorized 15.3034 billion dollars for buying planes missiles and ships and for future weapons research. Chairman L Mendel Rivers announced the panel restored most of the cuts from March 23, proposing 8.8589 billion for procurement and 6.4445 billion for research plus added 150.5 million for a nuclear powered guided missile frigate and 7 million for advanced manned strategic aircraft.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
L. Mendel Rivers
D S.C
Pentagon
Armed Services
Haverhill Paper Wins Judgment Against Loeb
In a six year federal case, settlement announced between the Haverhill Gazette and William Loeb publisher of the Haverhill Journal. A $1,250,000 figure cited by informed sources as Loeb’s payment. Judge Wyzanski set June 2 for formal submission of the agreement.
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Boston
Haverhill Gazette
William Loeb
Haverhill Journal
Loeb
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
U.&. District Court
Union Leader Corp
Manchester
N. H
Gazette
Wyzanski
Journal
U. S. Court of Appeals
Private Shipyards Clause Rejected in Navy Bill Move
Washington D C. The Senate moved to delete a provision requiring at least 35 percent of naval ship repair and conversion work be done in private shipyards. Chairman L Mende Rivers of South Carolina announced the action saying the requirement is not militarily or economically sound.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
An L. Mende
Rivers
Russia to buy Argentine wheat and Soviet petroleum products
Buenos Aires reports Argentina will sell Russia a million tons of wheat this year and Russia will buy 750000 tons of Soviet petroleum products. The announcement was made Thursday in Buenos Aires.
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Russia
Sumnos Aires
API
Argentina
Seattle earthquake causes deaths and $12.5 million damage
A 45 second quake in Seattle area killed two men and four women from heart attacks and injuries. Port Townsend resident Mrs Audrey Bowman, 78, died in a hospital. The disaster prompted SBA loan programs and state investigations, with earlier quake damage figures cited and calls for disaster declaration.
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Seattle
Audrey C. Bowman
Port Townsend
Olympic Peninsula
Here
Templar
British Columbia
Small Business Administration
Washington
D.C
Washington State
Olympia
Dan Evans
State Civil Defense Department
Civil Defense Department
Peak Output In Cars Levels
Ward's Automotive Reports says US passenger car production steadies around 200,000 weekly, a plateau reached last December. This week output was 205,351 units, versus 207,801 last week and 179,237 in the same week a year ago, with holidays and a February blizzard as the only dips.
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Detroit
UPI
Ward
United States
Flood Threat Rises Along Mississippi in Iowa Illinois
The Mississippi River flood crested toward Burlington Iowa and Gulfport Illinois as stages rose seven to eight feet above overflow marks. Estimated damage reached about 10 million dollars across Dubuque Clinton Davenport Iowa and Moline East Moline Rock Island Illinois. Local towns including Keithsburg Niota and Fort Madison faced ongoing levee stress while Quincy expected a crest of 22.5 feet.
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Burlington
Iowa
Gulfport
Dubuque
Hannibal
U.S. Army
Clinton
Davenport
Moline
East Moline
Rock Island
Muscatine
Keithsburg
Oquawka
Jodo Hainaut
Cannon Bronze Corp
Niota
Fort Ma
Dison
F.W. Smith
Fort Madison
Mississippi
Quincy
Industria
Goddard College to Expand into Three Tiny Campuses
Goddard College plans to split into three small campuses on a 423 acre Vermont estate to grow enrollment from 337 to about 780 over ten years at a cost of 5.5 million dollars. The new Hach campus will be a separate liberal arts college with its own faculty and curriculum, while all campuses share central libraries and facilities.
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Plainfield
Goddard College
Vermont
Goddard
Hach
Royce S. Pitkin
Woods
Hills
Pitkin
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