Senate filibuster delays Texas congressional redistricting
Connally and Kennard led a 15 hour filibuster before 6:30 a.m. A Senate talkathon followed with Sen. Franklin Spears taking the floor. Karen opposed the redistricting bill saying it would invite federal lawsuits and not truly redraw congressional seats. the House had passed a bill adding a Dallas County seat, while Hall's Senate substitute made minor changes and added a second Dallas congressman.
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Don Kennard
Fort W
Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Karen
Senate
House
Ralph Hall
Rockwall
Laredo
Dallas County
Hall
Dallas
Texas Redistricting Efforts and House Actions
The House debated redistricting with a bill to merge two northeast Texas districts and create a new district in deep South Texas. Karen preferred federal court redistricting over passing the Hall amendment. Two suits are pending in federal court from Dallas and Houston. The House advanced local Senate bills and passed several items including strikebreaker import bans, an interim oil and gas study committee, and a licensing and bonding bill for farm chemical applicators.
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Texas
Karen
Dallas
Houston
Senate
House State Affairs Committee
Television Listings for Multiple Stations in One Night
A dense print listing shows evening schedules for KFOX KGNC KSYD EVII KFDA and K7 stations. Programs span classic shows such as Our Miss Brooks Abbott & Costello Twilight Zone Maverick The Beverly Hillbillies Wagon Train and Peter Gunn with News Weather and late-night movies.
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KFOX
Miss Brooks
Virginia
Evii . TV
ABC News
Life Line
Television Schedule Highlights From 1963 Listings
TV guide snapshot shows KFDX KGNC KSYD EVII KFDA stations with daytime to late night programming including Today, Match Game, The Price Is Right, Truth or Consequences, Loretta Young Theater, General Hospital, Houseparty and Edge of Night. Notable blocks include Continental Classroom, The Tonight shows and soap operas across multiple channels. Chanel lineups feature NBC News, Weather, Password, I Love Lucy and Captain Kangaroo among others.
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Kfdx TV
Weather Today
NBC News
NBC
Willie Wirehands
Ben Jerrod
N.B.C
Daddy
KGNC
Continental Classroom
Major Comar
King & Odie
Ruth Br
Daddy Ksyd
The
McCoys
Pete & Gladys
Evii TV
Channel 7
Jack LaLanne
Ann Southern
Keys
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Charlie Keys
General Hospital
Jane Wyman
Kfda TV
College of the Air
Jack Tompking
World of Sports
News
Freddie the Fireman
Guiding Light
News Report
Dan
True Weather Report
Jack Tompkins
Ranch News
Art Linkletter
Tuition and Latin American students bills advance
The House approved a Senate bill to grant free tuition at state colleges for children of national guard members killed in active duty. Gov John Connally signed a separate bill allowing a limited number of talented Latin American students to attend state colleges without paying tuition. The House passed a measure by Rep Alonzo Jamison to prohibit farmers from letting livestock roam on fenced farm roads.
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House
Senate
National Guard
John Connally
Alonzo Jamison
Denton
Three Bodies Taken After Memphis Crash Investigation Ongoing
Three bodies were taken to a Memphis funeral home as FAA and the Civil Aeronautics Board continue investigating the crash.
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Memphis
FAA
The
Civil Aeronautics Board
Almanac May 22 1963 and notable historical events
On May 22 1963 the Almanac notes birthdays under Gemini and history highlights Aaron Burr’s treason trial acquittal in 1807, the 1943 dissolution of the Communist International, Eisenhower’s 1953 tidelands bill, and a 1962 Continental 707 crash in Iowa with one survivor.
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United Press International
Venus
Mars
Aaron Burr
Richmond
Communist International
Comintern
Eisenhower
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the Almanac
Iowa
Chicago
Kansas City
Plato
Complete
Chiropractic Health Service
J. R. Coats
D.C
12Th Street
Coats Grocery
Dupont
PC. White
Bath
China Lavatory
China
Wildening
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