Vote Bill Edges Past Amendment Proposals
The Senate votes on an Ervin amendment to the voting rights bill clarifying no qualification that applies to all citizens, including literacy in English, would be invalidated. Opposing amendments by Sparkman and Prouty were defeated as leaders faced a disorganized debate and civil rights advocates protested lack of notification.
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Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
U.S
North Carolina
Virginia
South
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Supreme Court
Sens
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Frerett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Vermont
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
South Carolina
New York
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vi
Prouty
Powell Clears Poverty Bill Amid Senate GOP Opposition
Democratic chaired session advances a $1.5 billion poverty bill giving the president authority to boost anti poverty funding. The measure passes committee on party line vote with a few crossovers as Republicans decry tactics. Alabama Gov Wallace vetoes a related integrated community program.
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D-N.y
Congress
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Alabama
George Wallace
Birmingham
Ala
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Texas
Boston Garage Scandal Convicts Begin Prison Terms
Two men convicted in the Boston Common underground garage case begin serving sentences. Joseph Monahan Jr. and Francis Kiernan had their stays revoked. Monahan gets 2½ to 3 years for larceny plus 1¾ years for conspiracy. Kiernan faces 4 to 5 years for larceny and 2¾ to 3 years for conspiracy. George L. Brady remains missing since 1963.
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Francis W. Kiernan
Massachusetts Supreme Court
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Billerica House of Correction
Deer Island
George L.brady
Authority
Career GSA Promotes Johnson Era Officials
WASHINGTON UP I Johnson named Lawson B. Knott Jr as GSA administrator and deputy FAA administrator David D. Thomas to succeed Harold W. Grant. Knott, 53, began as a mail clerk in 1935 and has served as deputy administrator since 1961 and acting administrator since Dec. 1. Thomas, 51, has 27 years with FAA and its predecessor, the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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UPI
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Thomas
Agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Negro Marchers Arrested and Church Bombed in Alabama
Police arrested 48 demonstrators at a Negro church and school in Demopolis Alabama as civil rights protests resumed after a King speech. Across Alabama a Friendship church bomb caused damage with no injuries. In Houston protesters demand desegregation speedups while Detroit joins project equality and Philadelphia schools announce integrated readers.
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Censorship Law Struck Down by New York Court
Albany N Y Justice Sydney Foster of the State Supreme Court ruled the state movie censorship law unconstitutional. The Education Department had refused a license for the film Unsatisfied, and the judge said no valid licensing system exists and the distributor may show the film. He noted the absence of safeguards and described new film division procedures setting five day and seven day decision timelines.
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N.Y
Sydney Foster
State Supreme Court
Education Department
Foster
New York
GOP Names 2 To Map Policy
The Republican National Committee named two leaders to chair additional task forces to map policy positions. Robert C. Hill, former ambassador to Mexico, El Salvador and Costa Rica, will head a foreign relations conduct task force. Representative William M. McCulloch of Ohio will lead a human rights and responsibilities task force.
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Littleton, N.H
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Costa Rica
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
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Hill
Volpe Rejects Democratic Tax Plan Hit by Legislature
Governor Volpe attacked the Democratic plan to expand Massachusetts taxes, saying it would drive industry away and fail to raise enough money. He proposed his own $215 million package and warned he may veto nonessential tax revamps while seeking real estate relief for cities and towns. The Democrats’ plan would let the tax commissioner set the income tax rate and add a surtax, reducing lawmakers' control.
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UPI
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New Trustees Elected at Mt Holyoke College
SOUTH HADLEY Samuel R Pierce Jr former judge on the Court of General Sessions in New York and Ruth Gill Van Cleve director of the office of territories in the Interior Department were elected to 10 year terms on Mount Holyoke College board of trustees Judge Pierce is a partner in Battle Fowler Stokes Wheel and serves on U S Industries and Prudential boards and is the first Negro in the nation to hold such distinctions Van Cleve a career Interior Department officer named director of the office of territories in 1964 by President Johnson is the first woman to hold that role She is a Mount Holyoke and Yale Law School graduate.
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