Voting Rights Bill Stiffened in Senate
Washington AP report. Senate debate limits move planned by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield and Republican Leader Everett Dirksen. They seek a two thirds cloture vote next Tuesday to end extended debate on an administration backed voting rights bill. Amendments strengthened the measure, including a declaration about poll tax effects and authorizing federal examiners and poll watchers in certain areas. Four states still require poll taxes for state and local elections.
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California Pay TV Ban Ruled Unconstitutional by Court
In Sacramento California Superior Court Judge Irving H Perluss struck down Proposition 15 the pay television ban as unconstitutional citing free speech rights The ruling backed by Fox West Coast Theaters must confront appeals to the Appellate Division and possibly the state Supreme Court The suit was led by Sylvester L Weaver former NBC president and pay TV founder with the theater industry backing the state defense notes that the initiative aimed at a speculative evil and would not restrict invention or progress
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Loyalty oath for scholarships voted out by House panel
The House Education and Labor subcommittee voted 4 to 2 to remove the loyalty oath from the federal higher education aid program. The National Education Act has required applicants to swear allegiance and disclose crimes, with penalties for false statements. Bennington College in Vermont has refused to participate because of the oath.
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Johnson Drives Fast Drive to Repeal Auto Excise Tax
Washington AP reports House Ways and Means Committee moved to repeal the auto excise tax over four years. If enacted, consumers would see about 230 dollars off a typical new car as four major automakers pledged to pass the cut to buyers. The 10 percent tax would vanish July 1 for many goods, with refunds possible for autos and air conditioners bought before that date.
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McDonald Bows Out of Steel Union Fight Amid Talks
Pittsburgh AP report says United Steelworkers President David McDonald will resign his post next month to avoid a protracted fight after a narrow defeat in the February 9 election to I W Abel. The move comes as contract talks with basic steel face a possible September 1 strike, with McDonald citing a desire to prevent weakening the union. Meanwhile an unrelated accident in Northampton Mass injured Armand Frechette, a B M Railroad freight conductor, when his jacket sleeve caught on a moving car.
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