GOP Pushing For Expanded Rights In Voting Bill
Washington AP Republicans lead bid to broaden the voting rights bill targeting racial discrimination. Dirksen says efforts are bipartisan while pushing automatic registrar appointments in several Southern states and a few Northern counties. The piece notes support from Goldwater and mentions the Liuzzo funeral in Detroit.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
GOP
Alabama
Alaska
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Maine
Idaho
Arizona
Dirksen
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Adventist Schools Oppose Tax Supported Bus Service
The Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh Day Adventists urged the Senate Education Committee to deny tax funded bus transportation for private and parochial students. Theodore H. Weis of Reading said Adventists will finance their own schools and do not seek public funds, even if it would save money.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Chamber Backs $78.1 Million County Bond
The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce executive committee endorsed Allegheny County's proposed 78.1 million dollar people's bond issue. The measure goes to a May 18 primary election to finance capital improvement projects.
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Pittsburgh
Greater Pittsburgh
Funeral Observances Mark Civil Rights Marches in Alabama
In Montgomery and Selma civic leaders report improved racial climate as black robed mourners and civil rights workers honor slain Viola Liuzzo. No incidents occurred as caskets were paraded and then removed. officials maintained order while leaders shifted focus to voter registration efforts.
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Liuzzo
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Selma
State Capitol
Mills Cowling
Dallas County
Associated Press
Wilson Baker
City Hall
James Clark
Joseph Smitherman
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
Lowndesboro
Capital Steps
Marvin Stanley
L.B. Sullivan
Congress Opens KKK Probe to Uncover Secrecy
Washington AP says the House Un American Activities Committee launched a wide probe into the Ku Klux Klan with FBI assistance. Chairman Willis and Rep Weltner expect weeks of spadework before hearings. Mississippi grand dragon McDaniel welcomed the inquiry.
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Washington
FBI
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Edwin I E. Willis
D-La
Charles L. Weltner
D-Ga
Natchez
Miss
EL. McDaniel
Mississippi
Johnson
Justice Department
Marine pilot from Tidioute killed in jet crash in Washington
Second Lt Robert A. Kay, a Tidioute native serving with the Marine Attack Squadron, died Saturday while trying to land his jet in Washington. Details are officially released pending. Friends in Warren County were informed of the tragedy with interment planned at Arlington National Cemetery. Kay was based at Cherry Point and had recently been reassigned to Yuma for six weeks of nuclear weapon delivery training.
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Tidioute Marine
Tidioute
Robert A. Kay
Marine
Washington
Warren
County
Arlington National Cemetery
Kay
Cherry Point
Yuma
Ariz
Got License Tags On
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania Revenue Secretary Theodore B. Smith Jr. says about 122000 cars lack 1965 license tags. The deadline to display new tags is midnight tonight with no extension. the Bureau of Motor Vehicles will close at 4 30.
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Harrisburg
Theodore B. Smith Jr
Secretary of Revenue
Pennsylvania
Smith
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Cancer drive aims to raise three thousand locally
The Corry Chapter of the American Cancer Society plans an April campaign to raise 3000 for cancer work. Led by John Kennedy with other local supporters, the effort includes home mailings via Corry Journal carrier, educational packets, and return envelopes. Wayne and Concorde townships join this year.
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Corry
American Cancer Society
John Kennedy
Crusade
Carrier Bay
Wayne and Concorde
Kennedy
D. Armour Hillstrom
Conrad Monroe
A. E. Tate
Thomas Cragg
Louis Miller
George Black
George Sample
H. Martin Keppel
Charles Miller
Joseph McCray
Alternate Side Parking Signage Baffles Drivers
City engineer David Johnson explains the alternate side parking system facing two odd numbered days in a row. He suggests reading the sign lines to determine which side to park on and even keeps a calendar watch for dates.
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David Johnson
Johnson
Avert Major Paper Strike Averted at City Hall Talks
New York AP reports a potential newspaper strike was postponed at 4 a.m after negotiations at City Hall led by Robert F. Wagner. Printers and publishers representing seven papers agreed to continue talks with 17 000 employees awaiting any new deadline.
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New York
City Hall
Robert F. Wagner
Today
Wagner
Publishers Association
Machinists
Johnson seeks new embassy for Saigon funding
President Johnson plans to ask Congress for authority and funds to build a new U S embassy in Saigon following the terrorist attack that damaged the current facility. He indicated no immediate retaliatory action against Hanoi and met with top advisors before a possible later briefing with Ambassador Maxwell Taylor.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Saigon
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
National Security Affairs
Maxwell D. Taylor
White House
George 3B. Reedy
Corry Tax Formula Explained By City Assessor
In a Q and A with Corry's 10-year city assessor William Miller a formula guides both commercial and residential property assessments. Base values reflect construction size age and depreciation with use of land and potential for commercial use shaping rates. Miller notes uniform procedures grew from a 1953 county reassessment and that residential values rely on a national table plus on-site inspection to adjust for footage and age.
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the Journal
William Miller
Corry
Miller
Corry Area High School
University of Pittsburgh
Toon
City An
Consett
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Peking
South Viet Nam
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Viet An
da Nang Air Base
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Suigun
Vinh
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Viey
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Qnung
Tin Prvince
Tesse Tre
Tanding
U.S. Pital
Ts’ Cave
Clark Air Base
U. 8
Arking
Riel Hutchinson
Pitts
Monongahela
Sgessor
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