Georgia Governor calls special session on reapportionment
Georgia Gov. Ernest Vandiver has called a special General Assembly session for April 16 to preserve the county unit system while urban areas seek greater legislative voice. Lawmakers face federal court questions over reapportionment after the high court ruling, with critics urging substantial revision and faster action.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
General Assembly
Vandiver
Fulton County
Marvin Griffin
A. Edward Smith
Columbus
Supreme Court
Tennessee
Smith
Senate approves broad UN aid authority request
By AP correspondent Ernest B. Vaccaro in Washington the Senate backed President Kennedy's request for authority to extend 100 million dollars in aid to the United Nations after a long day of debate. Democrats and Republicans joined to defeat attempts to cap the aid.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
United Nations
Conner Campaign Speech Highlights Education and Bias
Eugene Conner spoke at Johnston Street turning point in Decatur, touting his Birmingham experience and calling schools the top issue while condemning the Kennedy administration. He urged appointing the state superintendent and pledged to end the "book racket" and promote equal education opportunities. In Washington, a Senate compromise on U.N. funding passed 70 to 22, with Dirksen defending Kennedy and urging support for a measured loan and bond plan amid partisan debate.
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Decatur
Johnston St
2Nd Ave
Birmingham City
Kennedy
Conner
Birmingham
Montgomery
State Board of Education
House
United Nations
U.N
U.S
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Von Braun's Papers Going To Congress Diary On Page 2
Huntsville Alabama AP Dr Wernher von Braun director of the Marshall Space Flight Center plans to honor a Library of Congress request to submit personal and professional material for the national manuscript collection.
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Huntsville
Ala
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Library of Congress
Washington
Does God Plan Each Life and Its Purpose on Earth
The reply asserts that God has a supreme purpose for every life to glorify Him and that true knowledge of God grants eternal life. It argues that God provides moral laws, humanity disobeyed them, and thus humans largely stray from His will, yet His desire is for all to be saved and repent.
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God
Dante
John
Jesus Christ
Ben Ak
Mississippi Near Change on Reapportionment
Mississippi lawmakers moved toward reapportionment with a House vote 113 to 14 approving a study resolution. Senate action is needed before a special committee can be named, as officials fear federal court suits if no action is taken this session. Both chambers were in recess and to reconvene Monday. The House also sent back to the Senate a proposed constitutional amendment to allow sheriffs to succeed themselves if stripped of tax collecting duties.
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Jackson, Miss
House
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Mississippi
Dam Opening Is Moved Up
TVA announced the Wheeler Dam navigation lock in North Alabama will reopen on April 23, moved up from May 1 after earlier targets of June 1. The lock failed last June 2 when a landward wall slipped on clay seam, halting some barge traffic on the Tennessee River while others were rerouted.
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TVA
Wheeler Dam
North
Alabama
Tennessee
Tennessee Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway Backers Meet
Washington backers led by Gov. Ellington of Tennessee gathered to press the administration on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway. The plan would link the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee to yield a Mobile to Ohio River transport corridor. Officials hope for early planning funds this year and a larger appropriation next year.
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Tennessee
Tombigee
Buford Ellington
Alabama
Mississippi
Ellington
Congress
Army Engineers
Tennessee River
Tombigbee River
Mobile
Ala
Ohio River
Tombigbee
Tennessee Rivers
State OK Is Given Sale To Mutual Savings Life
Insurance Department approves Life of Alabama sale of weekly premium and monthly debit ordinary life business to Mutual Savings. Transaction boosts Life of Alabama surplus by about 200000. Firm to concentrate on ordinary life business. HQ in Gadsden. Mutual Savings president Redus Collier unavailable for comment. Mississippi approval still required.
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Decatur
Life Insurance. Co
Alabama
State Insurance Department
William D. Page
Life of
Life of Alabama
Gadsden
Redus Collier
Mutual Savings
Page
Mississippi Insurance
W. L. Davis
Mississippi
No Man Too Honest To Be Governor Boutwell Says
Lt Governor Albert Boutwell tells a rainy Florence audience no man is too honest to be Alabama governor. He says he has proved he can win while honest and would call a special session to push education reform and reapportionment. Other candidates campaign in Sheffield Headland and across the state. campaigns note promises on pay, kickbacks, and political reform amid a busy political scene.
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Boutwell
Associated Press
Alabama
Albert Boutwell
Florence
Headland
Ryan de Graffenried
Ala
Cotton Still King As Morgan County Ginners Meet
At a Crescent Motel dinner hosted by Decatur and Falkville banks ginners and farm leaders planned to plant every acre of cotton in Morgan County. A. L. Johnson of First National presided as Charles Rutledge praised cotton as the county's top product and outlined five focus phases from release and planting to harvest.
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Crescent Motel
Morgan County
A. L. Johnson
First National Bank of
Decatur
Charles Rutledge
D. S. Sivley
Sivley Cotton Co
Hartselle
W. H. Golden
Ginner
State National Banks of
Falkville
Citizens Bank of
First National
Charles
Rutledge
Planting Phase Highlighted by County Agent
The county agent described planting as the key phase and explained that the planting phase is the one farmers are beginning to see. Cotton details continue on Page 2.
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