Congress Nears Adjournment With Pay and Sugar Debates
Congress pushes toward adjournment as key decisions on federal pay and sugar legislation loom. Senate leadership predicts completion by today or Saturday, while conferees address sugar quotas and rent subsidy and teachers corps funding remains deferred. President Johnson gains on major bills despite these funding gaps.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Reppvlican
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson Administration
Senate House
Johnson
Klansman Resigns as Witness Before Congress
Joseph G. DuBois of Goldsboro North Carolina quit the Ku Klux Klan to testify before the House Committee on Un American Activities. He handed over Klan records and said loyalty to God and country outweighed any Klan vows.
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Washington
Goldsboro
N.C
House Committee On Un-American Activities
DuBois
Plete
Klavern
Ruling Asked On Voting Rights Law
The federal government seeks Supreme Court review to affirm constitutional parts of the Voting Rights Act and halt Southern states Alabama Louisiana and Mississippi from blocking enforcement. Justice Department asks for original jurisdiction to fast track arguments by January with examiners registering voters in 14 counties and 46 000 voters certified but not yet added to state lists.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
Texas
Tideland Oil and
Katzenbach
Thurgood Marshall
Autumn Chuckle: Unwatched Boy Raking Leaves Scene
An observed boy raking leaves appears in a whimsical autumn moment captured by Chuckle. The brief vignette hints at quiet work and seasonal change.
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WRR Gen
Fea. Corp
Spacemen Face Final Medical Checkup Before Gemini Chase
Gemini 6 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford receive their last major medical exam before Monday's planned high speed chase to rendezvous and dock with the Agena rocket. Weather is satisfactory and rehearsals include cockpit checks and filming rendezvous.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirra
Stafford
Air Force
Gemini
Marine lieutenant slams antiwar demonstrators in Viet Nam letter
Lt. Ward S. Johnson, a 24 year old Marine in the Chu Lai region since May, tells antiwar protesters to stop denouncing the Marines and their mission. He criticizes teach-ins, draft dodging youths, and hastily arranged marriages, and asks his wife to withhold the letter. His remarks reflect anger toward demonstrators labeled as intellectuals and callers of butchery.
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Moline
Ill
Viet Nam
Ward S
Johnson
Midwest
Chu Lai
University of Illinois
Marine Corps
Gregory
Howard E. Johnson
William Sheets
Scottsdale, Ariz
Klan Attorney Promises Bombshells in Wilkins Case
Haynes vows bombshells as Wilkins Jr. stands trial for the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo. FBI ballistics linked a 38 caliber pistol to Wilkins. Rowe testified Wilkins fired six times and Thomas yelled to shoot. The trial includes cross examination and prior witness accounts from the FBI informer.
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Hayneville, Ala
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Ku Klux Klan
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Hanes
Richmond Flowers
Wilkins
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
FBI
Marion FE. Williams
Fairfield
Ala
Liuzzo
Gary Thomas’ Rowe
Montgomery
Leroy Moton
Rowe
William O. Eaton
Bessemer
Matt Murphy
Murphy
Wilson Heads for Rhodesia Mission in Tough Talks
Prime Minister Harold Wilson will travel to Salisbury with Arthur Bottomley and five aides to renew negotiations on Rhodesia’s independence under white minority rule. He plans to meet Ian Smith and detained nationalist leaders, signaling a high-stakes effort amid breakdowns over Black representation and future governance.
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London
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Wilson
Commonwealth
Arthur Bottomley
Salisbury
Ian Smith
Smith
R. S. Garfield Todd
Joshua Nkomo
Ndabaningi Sithole
Britain
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J. Henry Fournelle
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Paul Jalbert
St. Louis
Scarborough
William J. Kelly
St. Martha’s Parish
Kennebunkport
Joseph Carrier
Notre Dame de Lourdes Church
Fournelle
Madison
Raymond Begin
Diocese of
Portland
Sylvia Levesque
St. Joseph’s Church
Arthur St. Pierre
Most Holy Trinity
Reena
Senate
House
Chambers
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
David G. Bress
District of Columbia
John J. Williams
R-Del
Robert Shelton
United Klans of America
Shelton
Pudgy DuBois
Guadalcanal
Civilian Conservation Corps
Marines
Pacific
Edwin E. Willis
D-La
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
RCA Victor
G.E. Or
Emerson TV
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Main Street
Linoleum CO
Alfred Street
Vern & Marion’s
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Atlantic
Washington Ave
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunk
Webber Hospital Auxiliary
Irving Dorfman
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Paul S. Hill
Thomas Anton
Michael Magaudda
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