12 Senators To Decide Voting Rights
Washington AP report on the Senate debate over Johnson's voting rights bill. undeclared Republicans and Democrats hold key votes as cloture looms. The measure would suspend literacy tests and authorize federal voter registration in several Southern states with low turnout, risking a filibuster battle and a potential passage next week.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Fyerett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Hall
Associated Press
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Peter H. Dominick
Colorado
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Jack Miller
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Karl EB. Mundt
South Dakota
George Murphy
California
John G. Tower
Texas
John J. Williams
Delaware
Howard W. Cannon
Nevada
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Ralph W. Yarborough
Gore
Tower
Murphy
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates By Carrier And Mail
Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail delivery. Rates include 45 cents weekly by carrier and 58 per month by mail with regional postal zones. Discounts apply for college students and armed forces. change of address instructions and forwarding details noted.
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Berkshire Eagle
Jaca
Berkahi Eagle
Pittsfield
Wassachusetts
Ruby Escapes Sanity Trial Delay After Drug Claim
Dallas report says Jack Ruby testified he was stimulated by weight loss pills and the antibiotic dexamil when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald. A judge fired Ruby's attorney Tonnhill and ordered a sanity hearing to decide if Ruby is sane for appeals. Sat Dana and William Kunstler to lead.
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Jack Ruby
Tee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
UPS
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
Atty
Joe H. Tonnhill
Jasper
Tex
Brown
Rudy
Tonahill
Oswald
Caroyne
Earl
Detroit
Townhill
396 Negro Teachers Idled by Integration
Oklahoma City report shows 396 Negro teachers lost jobs over two years due to school integration begun in 1985. Most dismissals occurred as districts merged schools. few Negro teachers joined integrated faculties. Some found work elsewhere, some sued for breach of contract with limited success.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Leonard Jackson
Southern Education Reporting Service
Jackson
Supreme Court
Oklahoma State Board of Education
State Department of Education
Wirtz attacks labeling of right to work law
Secretary Wirtz told a House labor subcommittee that right-to-work laws do not grant a right to work and that repealing Section 14B of the Taft-Hartley Act would merely allow union shop contracts in states that ban them. He argued the issue centers on union bargaining, not individual liberty.
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Washington
Secretary of
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
House Labor
Johnson
Congress
Subcommittee
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
California Law Passed: Paul Buzzo Act Forbids Lighted Cigarettes
Sacramento California lawmakers approve the Paul Buzzo Act prohibiting motorists from throwing lighted cigarettes on roads or surrounding areas. The bill honors Concord boy who urged lighter restrictions claiming smokers are careless in a letter noting he is 11 years old.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Paul Buzzo
Concord
Scientists Warn U S to Promote Birth Control
A National Academy of Sciences committee urged the federal government to actively push birth control, including creating a public administrator to coordinate programs. They warned US population growth threatens societal goals and prosperity for millions. The panel predicts the U S could exceed world population in 150 years and reach one person per square foot in about 650 years unless fertility trends change. It called for expanded research, broader family planning services, and greater private and civic engagement.
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Washington
United States
U.S
National Academy of Sciences
America
Decision Reversed No New Silver Dollars
The government reversed itself and decided against issuing 45 million silver dollars as coin shortages persist. Treasury officials cited limited silver stocks and competing needs for minting facilities, with opposition from Rep. Silvio Conte and congressional committees urging halt. A forthcoming Treasury report may push reducing silver content in dimes, quarters, and half dollars to conserve supplies.
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Washington
Denver
Silvio O. Conte
Pittsfield
Treasury
Congress
Robert A. Wallace
the Treasury
House
Preparation of Physicians for Population Control Roles
Discussion notes propose private and public agencies collaborate to improve physician training for population control responsibilities. Emphasis is on more effective curricula and preparedness to address public health needs.
Unitarian Laymen To Admit Women
In Boston the four year old Laymen's League of the Unitarian Universalist Association voted 53 to 14 to admit women members to encourage wider participation in church life. The male group debated the issue at length before opening doors to the opposite sex amid questions about women's federation access.
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Boston
UPI
Layimen’s League of the
Unitarian Universalist Association
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Wa'kar Street
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Berkshire Business College
North Street
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Joe Lennon
John W. Croxly
New Mass
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