Supreme Court Moves To Fast-Track Voting Rights Ruling
Washington expects an early decision within weeks on the 1965 Voting Rights Act case to bypass lower courts and rule on federal authority. Justice Department seeks swift ruling to prevent Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana from denying registration to thousands of Black voters ahead of 1966 elections. Court granted expedited briefing with responses due by November 10.
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Court Spurs Districting In 2 States
Supreme Court moved cases forward on redistricting in Virginia and Kansas. It upheld Richmond Henrico County districting and refused to review Kansas House reapportionment, while not ruling on the Voting Rights Act. The court also set a two week recess to write opinions. It opened damages claims for a Montgomery County Maryland Negro educator seeking a house, ruled salt firms fixed prices for government bids, and signaled more FCC hearings for Florida channels 9 and 12.
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Sixth Diplomat Taken Off Pike
State police removed a diplomat from the New Jersey Turnpike for speeding for the sixth time since April. Troopers escorted Hadi Amit Ebrahimi, a commercial counselor for the Iranian Embassy, after clocking 73 mph in a 65 mph zone.
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Infantry Unit Planned for Early in 66
Army announced plans to organize a new 15,000-man combat infantry division at Fort Riley Kansas in the first three months of 1966. The unit will be largely drafted or new enlistees and include four artillery battalions and one Honest John rocket battalion.
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McLaughlin Slaying Murder for Hire Reported
Boston claim states Edward J. Punchy McLaughlin was killed by a paid assassin for $5,000. A Somerville gang tied to a long feud with the McLaughlin clan allegedly funded the hit. McLaughlin died at a West Roxbury bus stop en route to his brother’s murder trial.
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Punchy) McLaughlin
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Justice Dept Enters Negro Juries Suit in Alabama Case
The Justice Department seeks to intervene in a civil rights suit in Lowndes County Alabama aiming to end exclusion of Negro jurors. The move follows King and Katzenbach statements and amid recent Hayneville trials. A dynamite blast near Kenly North Carolina injured no one.
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Morrissey Book Ties Kennedy to JFK 1959 Role
Francis X. Morrissey says Newsweek quotes Joseph P. Kennedy as maneuvering convention roles to back John Kennedy for president in 1939. The privately printed volume details Kennedy family influence, with reflections from Robert F. Kennedy on how Joseph Kennedy shaped political paths for Jack and family members.
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Washington and Lincolnton Negro March Faces Obstruction
Washington and Lincolnton moved through another day without violence as a crowd of white men with clubs attempted to block a Negro March in Washington.
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House GOP Calls for Food Aid Study Commission
Washington AP 80 House Republicans urge a bipartisan 18 member commission to study U.S. agriculture’s role in a looming world food shortage. The plan proposes eight lawmakers and 10 presidential appointees to examine population, food problems, economic impacts and potential policy.
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Moyers Denies FBI Aid to CIA Story
White House and FBI dismissed a New York Herald Tribune report claiming President Johnson ordered the FBI to augment CIA operations in Latin America and other capitals. FBI Director Hoover and Moyers called the dispatch untrue and irresponsible, saying no new instructions were issued and cooperation remains as before.
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Westinghouse to lay off hundreds in Springfield plant
Westinghouse Electric Corp said on Monday it will lay off about 450 workers in its Springfield portable appliance division effective November 5 due to overproduction. This follows a cutback of 100 jobs last August. In 1959 about 1,200 jobs were eliminated as production shifted to Ohio plants, leaving about 700 employees.
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