Senate passes bill restricting Justice Dept bank antitrust actions
Washington AP The Senate sent to President Johnson a bill curbing Justice Department power to sue bank mergers. By voice vote it accepted House changes, exempting three banks from antitrust action while earlier aims were to exempt six. The measure sets new merger guidelines to curb uncertainty from lawsuits, with hearings sought by Sen. Hart.
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Justice Department
House
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D-Mich
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
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Robertson
Federal Reserve Board
Comptroller of
Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hart
Mart
Supreme Court
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
New York
First National Bank & Trust Co
Lexington, Ky
Continental Winds Bank & Trust Co
Chicago
Crocker Citizens National Bank of
San Francisco
Third National Bank of
Nashville, Tenn
Mercantile Trust Co
Youth Given Five Years In School Sentence
Newton, NC AP John Dale Barber a 16 year old Hickory youth was sentenced to five years in a correctional institution after pleading guilty to burning Sweetwater Elementary School in a rural Catawba County incident. Barber and an 11 year old companion admitted tossing a pep bottle filled with gasoline into the school last week. The younger boy will be tried in Juvenile Court later. The school was not severely damaged and classes resumed on a limited basis.
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Newton
N.C
John Dale Barber
Hickory
Sweetwater
Catawba County
Barber
AKTEX Acne Treatment Offer at Johnson's Drug Stores
An ad touts AKTEX as a medicated treatment for acne oily skin and blemishes promising clear skin with a money back guarantee. Limited time offer includes a free set of AKTEX medicated suppositories with the regular 31.98 bottle and mail order option. Johnson's Drug Stores lists Hain Street and River Drive locations.
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Johnson’s Drug Stores
Hain St
River
Ady
Cologne Court Hears 4711 Versus 607 Trademark War
In Cologne Germany the soap perfume 4711 seeks a court injunction over Colgate Palmolive 607 trademark use arguing it infringes the 4711 right to designate numbers in German sales. Colgate-Palmolive contends no public confusion with the James Bond 007 branding.
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Cologne
Germany
4711
West Germany
Ft. Knox
607
Colgate-Palmo Jive Co
United States
James Bond
Ian Fleming
Muelhens
Colgate-Palmclive Co
Hamburg
007
James
Colzate-Palmolive
U.S. Judge Orders Release of Carroll County Man
U.S. District Judge Walter E. Hoffman ordered the release of Chester A. Hawks, a Carroll County man serving a life sentence for the murder of his sister in law, after ruling his constitutional rights were violated by the state judge’s refusal to commit him for mental observation. Hoffman gave Virginia officials 40 days to act, noting the trial court abused its discretion and that due process was violated.
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Norfolk
U.S
Walter E. Hoffman
Carroll County
Hoffman
Virginia
Chester A. ‘Hawks
Hawks
Threasa Coulson Hawks
Galax
Fight Hawks
Circuit Court
Jack M. Matthews
Former Slave 118 Laid To Rest In Bristol History
The nation s second oldest man Joe Simms 118 was buried in Bristol with few mourners after a pneumonia illness. A former slave who spent his life in Sullivan County and worked 60 years as a janitor at Steed and Sullins colleges he was born April 2 1847 to slave parents on Isaac Devault s farm near Bristol. The funeral occurred amid light rain and Social Security records list him as the second oldest centenarian, behind Charlie Smith 124 of Polk City Florida. SPEND MORE EDUCATE MORE NEW DELHI India WA A meeting of Indian economists heard that India spends 20 rupees per student per year on education versus about 300 in the United States.
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Bristol
Joe Simms
Social Security Administration
Simms
Charlie Smith
Polk City
Fla
Sullivan County
Steed College
Johnson City
Tenn
Sullins College
Isaac Devault
New Delhi
India
United States
Texas poll tax ruled unconstitutional by federal court
A three judge federal court in Austin ruled Texas 64 year old poll tax voting requirement unconstitutional effective immediately. The ruling prohibits poll tax payments as a prerequisite to voting in all elections and signals possible legislative action. The decision cites the poll tax as an unjust restriction on a fundamental right and notes available registration methods and revenue alternatives.
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U.S. Court
Austin
Tex
John Connally
Waggoner Carr
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
US. Supreme Court
Homer, Thornberry
5Th
U.S. Circuit of Appeals
Texas Attorney General's Office
Circuit
John R. Brown
Adrian Spears
Mississippi
Alabama
U.S
India Declines Hope On Ho Chi Minh Peace Letter
NEW DELHI AP reports a government spokesman dismissed Ho Chi Minh’s letter as routine and not a peace overture. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s cabinet reviewed the reply from President Radhakrishnan, who reiterated India’s stand and urged a conference table solution.
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New Delhi
India
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Radhakrishnan
Tthe International Control Commission
Jhairman
Jetter
Dia
Radhakrishnnan
Indira Gandhi
Cabi Jnet
U.S
Jia
Engineer Dies In Motel Fire
Yakima Washington reports that William R. Robinson aged 44 an aero nautical engineer died in a motel fire on Wednesday Firemen say the blaze began from a cigarette His wife and several children live in Raleigh North Carolina and his parents in Franklin Tennessee
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Yakima, Wash
William R. Robinson
North Carolina
Yakima
Robinson
Raleigh
N.C
Franklin, Tenn
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