High Court voids law on voter literacy tests nationwide
The U S Supreme Court unanimously struck down Louisiana's voter literacy test requirement and opened a path for Justice Department action against similar restrictions in other states. The decision also upheld reviewing a Mississippi challenge and set hearings on Virginia's poll tax. The ruling broadens federal power to challenge state voting barriers and cites ethical guidelines for conscientious objectors as part of broader actions. Justice Black wrote the opinions in the Louisiana and Mississippi cases.
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Clergy to Join Selma to Montgomery March
The Council of Churches of Greater Washington, joined by the National Council of Churches, calls five area ministers and lay Christians to accompany Martin Luther King in a march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama Tuesday March 9. Rabbinic and Catholic leaders planned to participate or consult. King urged Christians nationwide to join the protest against racial injustice in Selma.
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2000 Marines Land in Da Nang Vietnam Action
U S Marines arrived at Da Nang by sea and air to bolster the air base defenses against Viet Cong attacks. About 2,000 Marines occupied positions by day’s end, with 3,500 expected by Tuesday night, including a helicopter squadron. Six Marines were injured, none from enemy fire, during rough beach landings and refueling accidents.
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Saigon
Okinawa
Radical plan seeks integrated New York public schools
The New York City Board of Education released a 28 million plan to improve school integration without bussing, add a fourth high school year, and implement changes tied to recommendations from State Education Commissioner James Allen. Dr. Calvin i Gross authored the plan but was not named in the report. Bernard Donovan serves as acting superintendent after Gross's leave.
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NEW York
City Board of Education
Calvin i Gross
James Allen
Gross
Bernard Donovan
Donovan
Ruby sanity trial set for March twenty ninth
District Judge Joe Brown granted a defense motion and scheduled March 29 as the sanity trial date for condemned killer Jack Ruby. The judge said a jury would be empaneled to determine Ruby's sanity after the Oswald killing verdict. Ruby, 53, appeared well and was escorted by deputies at the hearing.
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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Senate Proposes Two Iowa Remap Plans
Des Moines Iowa Senate reconvened to hear two reapportionment plans one temporary and one permanent Sen Eugene Hill Democrat Newton introduces the temporary plan keeping house at 124 and adds one senate seat bringing total to 60 to conform with the one man one vote ruling Both plans aim to adjust senate representation per Supreme Court guidance while leaving districting otherwise intact
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Woodbury
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Pottawatomie
Dubuque
Clinton
Johnson
Johnson urges Congress on crime and gun controls
President Johnson asked Congress to ban mail order firearms tighten drug controls and boost street safety as part of a national crime plan. He called crime a national problem and urged measures to curb gun shipments and regulate dangerous drugs while easing some mandatory penalties.
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Moving Expenses Bill Filed by Riley
Senator Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids introduced a bill in the Iowa Senate to pay up to 500 for moving costs for residents who lose homes to condemnation. The measure could allow the condemning agency to cover moves within 25 miles, aiding those displaced by projects like the Cedar Valley expressway in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa Senate
Tom Riley
R-C.r
Cedar Valley Expressway
Cedar Rapids
Legislators Return to Long-Scaled Busy Iowa Session
DES MOINES AP legislators returned from a week recess to a packed agenda. The house calendar runs 84 pages with 112 bills awaiting debate while the senate calendar spans 41 pages with 61 bills awaiting floor action.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Bircher Skips Meeting with Red in Houston
Soviet correspondent Georgi Kuznetsov met Houston Birch Society member Eloise Liles after Philip Blair Jones failed to appear for a dinner rendezvous. Liles spoke of communist influence, while Kuznetsov sought an actual Birch leader, perhaps in New York.
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John Birch Society
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Moscow
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Supreme Court
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Scalise seeks more time on Amish dispute
Des Moines AP Wayne Scalise the attorney general says he needs more time to negotiate with the Amish groups in Hazleton area to reach a solution satisfying Amish and state law. The board previously urged Scalise to meet with 16 Amish families and officials to avoid court action.
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UPI
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Scalise
Hazleton
Chuckie A Clever Man Quote Makes Wife Change Mind
A humorous line credits a clever man who convinces his wife to change her mind, highlighting wit over conflict. The saying plays on domestic banter and persuasive humor.
General Clark Plans To Retire
Maj. Gen. Chester W. Clark, 59, commanding general of the U.S. Army in Japan, will leave April 30 for the United States to retire, an announcement said Monday.
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