Georgia Court Rules County Unit System Unconstitutional
A three judge federal panel ruled Georgia’s county unit system used in Democratic primaries unconstitutional and barred the Dem party from using the Neill Primary Act in the Sept 12 vote. The decision upheld that any unit allocation must reflect population proscribed by equal proportions standards and warned of ongoing appeals to the US Supreme Court.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Cook
US Supreme Court
Congress of the United States
Kennedy Macmillan See Summit Possible If Conditions Allow
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Macmillan agreed they may pursue East West summit diplomacy if productive. They will continue talks and consider multiple meetings, reviewing Berlin and disarmament issues and ongoing US Soviet discussions on a German settlement.
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Washington
Kennedy
Macmillan
U.S
White House
Berlin
Chances for Literacy Bill Appear Slim
Two Democratic senators expressed pessimism about bringing to a vote the literacy test discrimination bill backed by President Kennedy. Sen. Clark warned a two-thirds anti filibuster majority seems unlikely. Sen. Hart odds a vote may not occur. Javits said a two thirds majority could be possible with strong presidential support.
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Washington
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Philip A. Hart
Dmich
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Clark
Pennsylvania
United States
Jacob K. Javits
De‘bate
Fayette Man Killed In Raleigh Wreck
Walter Harris, 67, of Fiona Fayette County, died after the pickup he rode in crashed on Batoff Mountain on U S 19, six miles north of Beckley. Ollie Gilchrist, 62, of Harper Heights near Beckley, faces drunk driving and negligent homicide charges. his wife Roberta, 65, was injured. This marked Raleigh County's fourth traffic fatality this year.
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Beckley
Walter Harris
Fiona
Fayette County
Here
Batoff Mountain
U. 19
Ollie Gilchrist
Harper Heights
Roberta
Raleigh County
Observatorio reports strong quake likely centered in Iran
FAENA Italy AP reports Bernandi Observatory detected a strong earthquake just after noon Saturday with its center probably in Iran. The report notes the epicenter near Iran and mentions the observatory’s detection.
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Faena
Italy
Bernandi Observatory
Ane
Iran
French troops mass around defiant Oran in stiff security
Twelve thousand French soldiers ring Oran to crush the Algerian rebels of the Secret Army Organization. General Katz bars car traffic on four main routes and warns residents of gunfire if they resist. Rebels patrolled checks persist as Katz plans a no mans land between European and Moslem zones.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret Army
Joseph Katz
Katz
Pos- Oran
Algerie Francaise
Army of National Liberation
Leaders Oppose Cutting Aid To Critics Of U S Policy
Senate leaders rejected a Keating plan to trim foreign aid to neutrals critical of U S policy and nuclear testing. Humphrey argued aid should advance global economic progress, while Dirksen doubted punitive cuts and expected Kennedy’s 4.9 billion program to face cuts in funding bills. The committee will study the four year Alliance for Progress authorization and related development and defense funding.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Keating
Khrushchev
Humphrey
Dirksen
Kennedy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Riot in Los Angeles Leaves One Dead and Fifteen Injured
Police and protesters clash outside Muslim headquarters in a bitter riot that ends with one cultist killed and fifteen others injured after a 15 minute melee involving seventy five officers.
Inside Anecdotes and Editorials in a Midwestern Paper
A fragmented index page lists sections and page numbers for editorials obituaries business classifieds and features. It hints at local columns such as Now and Then and a recurring item Uncle Jack with scattered page references across sections.
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Princeton
Uncle Jack
Riot in Los Angeles Leaves Cultist Dead and Officers Hurt
In Los Angeles police fought members of a Muslim black supremac y cult outside Muhammad’s Mosque No 7. One cultist was killed and at least 15 people were injured including six officers. Fifteen rioters were booked on suspicion of assault with intent to murder after a 15 minute melee near 5606 South Broadway.
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Los Angeles
L. A
South Broadway
Ronald T. Stokes
Frank Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Stokes
Muhammad's Mosque No
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
California
Africa
UPL
Excommunicated Father Denied Part In Wedding
Suzanne Marie Ricau married Donald A. Boudreaux in St. Francis Xavier Church while her excommunicated father Jackson Ricau stood outside the aisle. Ricau, a South Louisiana Citizens' Council officer, said church officials barred him from walking his daughter to the altar though he attended the ceremony after the rite barred him from sacraments and church participation.
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New Orleans
Suzanne Marie Ricau
Jackson G. Ricau
South Louisiana
B. J. Gaillot Jr
Leander H. Perez Sr
Ricsa
St. Francis Xavier Church
Metairie
Donald A. Boudreaux
Ricau
Suzanne
Donald Burns
Father Burns
Chancery
Henderson Elected Virginia GOP Chairman in Richmond
Henderson, a former congressional candidate and 1957 lieutenant governor nominee, won the Virginia GOP chairmanship at the Richmond meeting succeeding J. Lee Potter. He pledged to build a dynamic unified party and anticipate candidates in eight of ten congressional districts, with a focus on the 7th district where Burr Harrison retires.
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Richmond
Tlorace E. Henderson
J. Lee Potter
Henderson
GOP
State Central Committee
J. Randolph Dovel
Luray
Dovel
Central Committee
Hendeson
Randolph Dovel
Congress
Potter
National Republican Committee
Williamsburg
McLean
Virginia
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Shenandoah Valley
Fence encircles Ashland yard after weekend build
Vernon Holbrook of Ashland and three friends spent Saturday erecting a board fence around his back yard and finished painting that night. A curious neighbor asked how he would get his car out of the yard after seeing the barrier.
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Ashland
Vernon Holbrook
Holbrook
Dynamite Blast Kills Man After House Explosion Hurting Eight
A dynamite blast tore through a Fayetteville North Carolina two story home early Saturday injuring none of eight sleeping occupants. Police found 44 year old contractor Larry Willliford dead by suicide after questioning him about the blast. Investigators believe he placed or tossed the dynamite under Grover Draughon s home amid a feud with Draughon s wife. Draughon his wife and six children ages 2 to 15 were asleep in the house. Mrs Draughon suffered minor cuts.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Here
Gunes
Larry Williford
Grover Leo Draughon
Draughon
Dear Abby Column Begins in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Dear Abby advice column starts Tuesday in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Abigail Van Buren, born Abigail Morton Phillips, writes under the pen name Abby and answers readers letters with forceful, sympathetic guidance.
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Abby
All ‘America Is
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Abigail van Buren
Morton Phillips
United States
Abigail
Martin van Buren
Sioux City
Iowa
Moringside College
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Bluefield
Pat Jennings
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