Commonwealth Sues to Challenge Voting Rights Act in Virginia
Virginia filed suit in the state supreme court seeking a mandamus to force Richmond City Registrar Vernon N. Davis to remove names of voters registered under the view Jay from the election rolls. The petition argues that only the Federal District Court in Washington has jurisdiction over declaratory judgments and injunctions regarding the act, though mandamus is not specified.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
Thj
Federal District Court
Washington
Vernon N. Davis
Johnson
Atty
Robert Y. Butlan
Davis
Acto
Button
Seater
Mississippi
Louisiana
U.S. Supreme Court
South Carolina
Viet Nam War Tensions Rise Across Fronts As Red Threats Emerge
U S officials condemned a North Vietnamese letter to the Red Cross threatening to treat captured pilots as war criminals. In Saigon and Qui Nhon, Viet Cong forces massed and clashed with Vietnamese troops while U S planes bombed targets in the north. The White House and State Department denounced attempts to brand American airmen as criminals and warned of reprisals. In Washington, concern grew over Hanoi’s rejection of Red Cross appeals and reports from Hanoi about captured pilots.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Arthur Sylvester
Saigon
Washington
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Qui Nhon
Ram Area
Guam
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Saigos
Red Cross
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Nhan Dan
Humbert R. Versace
Baltimore
Kenneth M
Roraback
Fayetteville
N.C
Air Force
Navy
United States
International Red Cross
Geneva
McCloskey
Sisk Amendment Seesaw in District Government Battle
Debate over a House administration bill to elect a mayor, city council, school board, and nonvoting delegate stalled as Sisk amendment gains traction. Muller concessions to Republicans sparked opposition over nonpartisan shifts and last minute deals. Southern Democrats oppose, race factors loom as DC’s majority Black population would influence elections.
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Sisk
Albert
Abraham J. Muller
D-Nly
House
Muller
Malter
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
District of Columbia
India pushes apart Kashmir and Punjab cease fire groups
India seeks unified observer groups for the Kashmir and southern front cease fires, arguing a piecemeal troop withdrawal to August 5 positions undermines its stance. Bhutto says Pakistan will not pull back without an impartial authority to replace troops, warning of a dangerous vacuum.
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U.N
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
New York
Mother’s grim act and war crime warnings echo across pages
A mother reportedly killed her unconscious daughter by submerging her in a bathtub. The text shifts to Vietnam coverage, noting Viet Cong executions of Americans, missing pilots, and U S warnings against war crimes trials under the 1949 Geneva Convention with North Viet Nam.
Trial over a Ku Klux Klan member in civil rights killing
Testimony described Detective accounts and witness observations of a shooting at a store involving Coleman a Klansman. Witnesses reported Daniels and Father Morrisroe armed or unarmed and a shotgun used as two shots rang out. Prosecutors allege Coleman admitted shooting both men while defense witnesses described knife and pistol impressions. A scuffle in court and a defense-led recounting of events followed.
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Daniels
Coker
William L. Bevis
Hayneville
Episcopal Seminary
Morrisree
Bevis
Coleman
Father Morrisree
Chicago
E.J. Dixon
Leon Crocker
Crocker
Marrisroee
Phelps
Trocker
Joyce Bailey
Father Mort ‘Tsroe
Aj Negro
Soviet Central Committee outlines Kosygin plan for workers pay and homes
Brezhnev announced the windup of the Central Committee session as it prepared recommendations for the new party congress. The plan aims to boost industrial workers pay and housing, echoing a farmer's boost earlier. Titov was ousted from a top post, replaced by Kulakov, amid a push to strengthen the leadership ahead of the spring congress.
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Eral Assembly
Brezhnev
Central Committee
Ratifica
Ion
Alexei N. Kosygin
Europe
Pravda
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Stalin
Khrushchev
Vitaly N. Titov
Kazakhstan
Titov
Moscow
Feodor D. Kulakov
Wus
Soviet Union
Living Cost declines but remains above year ago levels
The Living Cost index fell sharply the sharpest since 1959 yet stayed 3.1 percent higher than a year earlier and 10 percent above the 1959 base. The monthly drop, the largest since December 1962, was offset by tax cuts and higher local taxes, with food costs easing but clothing and transportation factors shifting. The piece notes expected small upticks from fall clothing lines and a drop in food prices, while medical costs continue rising.
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Chase
Bureau
Philippine Army
Fidel Castro Pledge Seen As U S Embarrassment Tactic
Fidel Castro promised to ease Cuban exits for refugees after Oct 10. U S observers weigh whether the move is a ploy to embarrass Washington. Miami exile leaders denounce it as demagogic and a trap, while officials in Havana and Washington scrutinize implementation and travel bans.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Washington
United States
Juanita
Havana
Castro
Johnson
Havaina
U.S. State Department
Associated Press
Isaac Wl .Flores
Fidel
U.S
University of Mi
Ford
Lams
Ernesto
Ban
Wilson Wins Labor Party Backing Of U S In Viet Nam
Prime Minister Harald Wilson won a 2 to 1 vote at the Labour conference against a left wing bid to dissociate Britain from U S military actions in Viet Nam. Wilson and aides pledged openness to negotiations with Moscow and Beijing as they rejected sending British troops, while noting a Johnson administration request was turned down.
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Wilson
Labor Party
U.S
Viet Nam
Blackpool
England
Harald Wilson
Britain
United States
U. S
Southeast Asia
Leutenants
Ence
Davies
Hanoi
John Mendelson
North Viet Nam
London
Johnson
Two Men Attack Housewife in Virginia Beach Home
A 24 year old white woman reported being confronted by two Black men at her home Tuesday night. She was rendered unconscious and found in a ditch near an abandoned trailer. A purse and $140 were missing. She is in Norfolk hospital in satisfactory condition with head injuries.
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Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Rusk and world talks touch on disarmament and Viet Nam
U S officials outline disarmament options from full to staged. Washington favors dismantling some atomic warheads while long standing inspection issues remain unresolved. Viet Nam dominates the agenda as shouldering tensions among India Pakistan USSR China and Israel's stance on peace and arms.
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Washington
Moscow
U.S
Peking
Kremlin
America
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
United States
U.N. Security Council
India
Pakistan
Rusk
Grnnmyko
Vienna
Austria
Viet Nam
U.N
Philippines
Mauro ‘Mendez
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