Mass Negro Registration Could Reshape Southern Politics
A survey of the voting rights era shows mass Negro registration in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and other Southern states could yield political dominance in over 100 counties, seat gains in multiple legislatures, and notable bloc influence. Immediate effects point to more white liberal officials emerging, while realignment patterns seen in Atlanta and Tennessee suggest shifting power dynamics. Counts of registered Negroes rise, with Americus adding 1,500 in six days, and overall eligible Negroes estimated at about five million across 11 states.
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Richard Miles
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Tennessee
George Grider
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Clifford Davis
Americus
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Supreme Court
Nine Percent of Population and Relief Recipients
In Los Angeles County, authorities estimate 6.8 million residents with 8.5 to 9 percent Negro. Of 10,000 general relief recipients, about 50 percent are Negroes. County welfare shows 9 percent of Old Age Security and 50 percent of aid to families with dependent children going to Negroes. The 1965 census area around rioting spans 575,873 with 1960 counts showing Negroes leading Caucasians 311,711 to 233,813. Unemployment data note whites filed 18,263 new claims vs 3,857 by Negroes. population context reframes ratios. In politics, about 300,000 of 2,839,403 registered voters are Negroes. Blacks hold seats on the City Council, State Assembly, and Congress. A Fair Employment Practice Commission exists. Negro slums are mainly one-story, contrasting eastern tenements. An urban renewal plan near USC aims to replace old houses with new apartments in a largely Negro area. City Council approval and a Sept. 14 study are pending.
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Ben Hite
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RLS N tattoo oe Pe and life insurance policies stance
South African insurers refuse to issue life policies to smokers and raise premiums. A broker notes doctors and newsmen as high risk amid tensions and deadline hazards. Worldwide items include Bremen reporting for postwar explosives being neutralized and medical doctor distribution in India. Canada Japan ministerial talks set for Sept 23 24. Raccoon nest robbers and a Japanese delegation to Khabarovsk. Thika two-bus crash kills twenty three, twenty seven escape.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Negro Refuses Again To End Hunger Strike
At Fort Benning Georgia AP reports 15 983 men breakfasted with one absent as Pfc Winster Belton a 26 year old Milwaukee Wisconsin Negro refused breakfast for a seventh day of a hunger strike protesting his Viet Nam combat assignment He was ordered held for court martial after refusing on direct order Doctors said the lack of food left him unfit for duty The Army will decide if he is tried at Fort Benning or on ship en route to Vietnam
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DIES OF CANCER TOKYO
AP reports Jun Takami, a leading Japanese novelist, died of cancer on Tuesday at age 58 in Tokyo.
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Jun Takami
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Raccoons Evade Capture in East German Forests
Berlin reports say Imported American raccoons are now roaming East German forests. Tokyo dispatch notes Wu Fa-hsien named air force commander of China by Radio Press, succeeding Liu Ya-lou who died in Shanghai in May. Paris brief: De Gaulle returns to Paris from his country.
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Liu Ya-lou
Shanghai
Virginia State Elks elect B M Scott president
FREDERICKSBURG AP The Virginia State Elks Association closed a four day convention by installing B M Scott of Franklin as president for the coming year. Scott moved up from first vice president to succeed Lafayette H Roscoe of Fredericksburg. Other officers elected were Cecil G May of Clifton Forge first vice president Qwen Simmons Harrisonburg second vice president and Judge Benjamin Campbell Petersburg third vice president. May Simmons reassigned from earlier ranks. Re elected secretary and treasurer were Charles F Curitice Petersburg and Cecil T Duffee Norfolk. A five year board term went to Biscoe. Scott made appointments including Perry E Turner Suffolk sergeant at arms Robert Pannell Clifton Forge tiler Michael B Wagenheim Norfolk parliamentarian and Sidney Sullivan Fredericksburg chaplain. The Elks set their 1966 convention in Norfolk.
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Suffolk Lodge 685
Lafayette H. Roscoe
Cecil G. May
Clifton Forge
Qwen Simmons
Harrisonburg
Benjamin Campbell
Petersburg
May
Simmons
Ellis Custom
Charles F. Curitice
Cecil T. Duffee
Norfolk
Biscoe
Perry E. Turner
Suffolk
Robert Pannell
Michael B. Wagenheim
Sidney Sullivan
the Elks
Johnson Urges Latin Nations to Adopt European Common Market Idea
President Johnson proposes Latin American nations follow a Common Market model to speed trade and social progress, pledging continued U.S. aid and help in finding fair export markets. He notes strong growth in Central America and backs multination involvement in roads, river projects, communications, and farm inputs to boost output.
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Washington
Alliance For Progress
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Latin America
White House
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Nicaragua
United States
Sorensen Says Bobby Kennedy Backed Johnson in 1960 Ticket
New York AP report notes Theodore Sorensen stated Robert F. Kennedy did not disagree with his brother John F Kennedy's choice of Lyndon B. Johnson as vice president in 1960. Sorensen, a close adviser, said Kennedy supported Johnson and delivered bad news to the Johnson camp without objecting to the selection.
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Malraux meets De Gaulle after China India visit
In Paris Minister of State Andre Malraux reported to De Gaulle after a 90 minute talk about his trip to Communist China and India. He declined to share details with reporters before Wednesday cabinet meeting. In Moscow a British teacher Gerald Brooke lost an appeal against a five year sentence for subversive activities. His wife Barbara attended. In Vatican Cardinal Tisserant said Pope Paul VI is rested and well after a private audience at Castel Gandolfo.
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