Reform calls grow as court braces electoral college change
The March Supreme Court ruling on one person one vote renews debate over the electoral college. Critics cite state disparities like Alaska versus New York and push for reform through constitutional or legislative avenues.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Constitutional Amendment
Georgia
Congressional Quarterly
Alaska
New York
Supreme Court
Rotary Club to Address Highway Safety at Lyons Hotel
Barbara Rhodes and Gene Hartley will address the Rotary Club on highway safety Monday at the Lyons Hotel. Hartley has completed the Indianapolis 500 mile race, with others from West Point High School and Cullman also listed among visitors to the Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School this week.
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Tennessee Valley State Vocational Technical School
C. F. Bilbro
State Department of Education
Montgomery
A. E. Hauk
M. 0. Hulsey
Margaret Rigley
Rennis Jones
Mickey Kirkland
Athens
Billy May
Larry Goodwin
Leroy Jackcoriuhan Veartaah Dat Talacn
Gene Hartley
Rotary Club
Lyons
Hartley
Indianapolis
Ind
Inquiry Suggests Queen Destruction In Coast Guard Hearing
New York April 5 evidence at a Coast Guard inquiry shows Captain J D Fanning of the missing tanker Marine Sulphur Queen sought more steam smothering gear for fires during its next drydocking repairs. Albert A Morrison of Marine Transport Lines testified that the plan aimed to flood void spaces around cargo tanks with steam to suffocate fires. Earlier witnesses described repeated fires and sulphur spills causing smoldering in insulation and leaks known as weeps. Morrison recalled a Dec 28 visit when Fanning said steam smothering had been on for three days after fumes emerged from the void.
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New York
Coast Guard
Albert A. Morrison
Holmdel, N.J
Marine Transport Lines, Inc
J. D. Fanning
Texas
Custom House
Morrison
Capt. Fanning
Frigidaire service complete at Robinsons
Readable text notes completion of a Frigidaire appliance service at Ro binson's. The fragmentary line hints at a completed repair or service appointment for home appliances.
U.S. Expands Florida Strait Patrols With More Aircraft Boats
Washington AP says the United States will bolster the Florida Straits policing effort by adding six airplanes and 12 boats in the 7th District. The move, ordered by Coast Guard headquarters, increases manpower by 20 officers and 168 men to counter anti-Castro raids from U S territory against Cuba and Soviet ships bound for En route or in the district.
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Washington
United States
Florida Straits
U.S. Coast Guard
7Th
Florida
Puerto Rico
U.S
Cuba
7Th District
Decatur weighs tax plan as education funds sought
City residents stayed silent while the House Ways and Means Committee pushed a 10 bill, 51.5 million dollar package to fund education for the next fiscal year. The plan would tax personal and corporate incomes, insurance, construction, utilities and raise the standard deduction. A statewide referendum would be required to raise the corporate tax ceiling.
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Decatur
House
Ways and Means
Morgan County
George Wallace
The
Judge Finds 12 Negroes Guilty in Mississippi Voter Marches
A Greenwood, Mississippi judge convicted twelve Black marchers of disorderly conduct, sentencing each to 30 days in jail and a $100 fine. Police stated the group blocked intersections while passing traffic and were ordered to break into smaller groups before arrests.
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Greenwood
Missippi
Delta
Curtis Lary
Lary
TVA to replace 50 year old Hales Bar Dam with new downstream structure
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced plans to replace the leaky Hales Bar Dam west of Chattanoog a with a downstream dam near the Sequatchie river. TVA board cited extensive leakage and foundation problems since 1905 as reasons for replacement to maintain a continuous navigation channel on the Tennessee River.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hales Bar
Chattangoon
Ers
Tennessee River
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Sequatchie River
Kennedy's Jobs Program Hit by House Funding Setback
The House Appropriations Committee refused to provide more money for the make-jobs accelerated public works program, effectively threatening to end the initiative approved last year with a 400 million start and a 900 million ceiling. A 22 to 19 vote broke subcommittee support for 450 million, amid GOP opposition and Democratic reluctance.
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Washington
Kennedy
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Kremlin proposes direct phone link to avoid war risks
The Kremlin offered to open a direct communications link with Washington as a safety device to prevent accidental war. Soviet negotiator Tsarapkin said Russia is ready to negotiate immediately with no conditions. U.S. ambassador Stelle welcomed the move and urged informal talks.
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Kremlin
Washington
Semyon Kh. Tsarapkin
Kennedy
Khrushchev
United States
U.S
Charles C. Stelle
Tsarapkin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
White House
Cullman Fire Department Responds to Two Friday Blazes
The Cullman Fire Department answered a grass fire at Sportsman Lake at 2 59 p.m. and a second blaze a 1956 Buick car fire owned by Erline Maxcy of Cullman at 5 23 p.m. both Friday.
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Cullman
Cullman Fire Department
Sportsman Lake
Erline Maxcy
East Coast Simmer Unleashes Searing Storms Killing Four
A spring windstorm with hurricane force gusts struck from Georgia to Canada. Winds peaked at 99 mph atop Mount Washington and 76 mph at Westchester Airport. Four people died as cars and buildings were toppled or damaged. fires broke out across multiple states and a North Carolina forest fire consumed 30 houses and 3,000 acres.
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Westchester County
New York City
Boston
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Moore County
Terry Sanford
New England
LeMay criticizes TFX decision amid Senate probe
Air Force Chief Gen Curtis LeMay says civilian defense chiefs erred in awarding the TFX contract to General Dynamics. The Senate Investigations Subcommittee warns the inquiry is halfway done and considers a costly test comparing General Dynamics and Boeing.
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Washington
Curtis LeMay
Air Force Chief of Staff
Senate Permanent Investigations
General Dynamics Corp
Fort Worth
Tex
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
General Dynamics
Boeing Co
Seattle
Wash
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
GOP
Mundt
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy
General Accounting Office
Congress
Boeing
Defense
Robert §. McNamara
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