Contempt Charge Lifted For 2 Miss. Governors
The Fifth Circuit dismissed criminal contempt charges against Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr. and former Gov. Ross R. Barnett over the 1962 Meredith enrollment at the University of Mississippi. In a 4 to 3 ruling, the court said changed circumstances made further prosecution unnecessary. Civil contempt judgments remain, with no sanctions imposed.
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New Orleans
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Mississippi
Ross R. Barnett
University of Mississippi
Court of Appeals For
Fifth Circuit
Johnson
Barnett
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Supereme
Qn Court
Elbert P. Tuttle
Atlanta
Ole Miss
Justice Department
Board of Trustees
University
Jackson
Oxford
Tours for Service Schools Ended To Plug Dollar Leak
Washington AP reports about 2,800 cadets and midshipmen at Army Navy and Air Force academies will skip overseas summer training. The Defense Department says duty abroad is canceled to curb outflow of dollars, saving about $950,000 annually. Restricted trips include Mediterranean and Pacific cruises, naval hunter killer group voyages, and Arctic and Atlantic deployments. Units affected include 1,700 Naval Academy mid and year men, 600 West Point cadets, and 500 Air Force cadets.
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Washington
Defense Department
West Point
Air Force Academy
Annapolis
Continental
United States
Naval Academy
Navy
Mediterranean
Western Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Senate fights over voting rights bill and federal registration
In Washington the Senate wrestles with Ervin's amendment to curb automatic federal voter registration in the South. Debates on poll taxes and a possible cloture tactic by Mansfield and Dirksen frame a high-stakes dispute on how to enforce constitutional voting rights. The House aims to finish markup by Friday as a Supreme Court review looms on poll taxes.
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Senate
Sam J. Ervin
Dn.c
South
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Ervin
Mansfield
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Congress
Indian Communist officials to visit Cuba for good will mission
Six officials of the Indian Communist party will undertake a goodwill mission to Cuba in the coming days as a demonstrative gesture against U S military aid in the Dominican Republic. A similar mission is already in progress.
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Rome
UPI
Indian Communist Party
Cuba
U.S
Dominican Republc
State ties Klansman to gun used in Liuzzo slaying
State attorneys link Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. to the weapon used in the killing of Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five, during civil rights protests. FBI expert Williams identified the pistol as the murder gun, while evidence ties the gun to Eugene Thomas’s home. the defense cites Rowe’s possible motives in the case.
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Alabama
Hayneville
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Michigan
Wilkins
Marion Williams
FBI
Viola Liuzzo
Arthur E. Gamble Jr
Williams
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Klan
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
Murphy
Rowe
Fairfield
Birmingham
KKK
Detroit
Liuzzo
Teamsters Union
Lowndesboro
Selma
Montgomery
Eugene Thomas
U.S. Steel
Bessemer
William Orville Eaton
Rawe
Thomas
Eaton
Young Wilkins
North Viet Nam to discuss aid to Viet Cong from Italy
Report notes a meeting in North Viet Nam to consider how Italy's Communist group can provide concrete aid to the Viet Cong. No sign that the party bound for Cuba would offer such help to Dominican rebels.
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Viet Nam
Italy
Cuba
New York Clean Waters Bill Passes Unanimously
Governor Rockefeller wins swift approval for a 1.7 billion plan to curb water pollution with a 1 billion bond issue funded state aid for local treatment plants. Cities would cover 40 percent of construction costs, while the plan seeks federal reimbursement and tax exemptions for compliant industries.
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Rockefeller
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