Little-noticed 1963 bill creates Washington County court
A quiet 1963 bill created a Washington County General Sessions Court with a $5000 judge salary plus clerical staff and a $7.50 daily bailiff. The governor appointed the first judge in 1964, with Rep. J. Emmet Wood backing, and the appointee was Mrs. J. Emmet Wood. The piece discusses Macon County politics and potential redistricting to dilute Black voting power, the Tuskegee limits case, and a watchdog committee weighing boundary changes and white population growth.
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J. Emmet Wood
Wood
Macon County
Alabama
Tuskegee
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Pickle Wins Texas House Seat in Johnson Favored Campaign
U S representative winner J J Pickle, a longtime ally of President Lyndon Johnson, tops Republican Jim Dobbs in central Texas district with 27 206 to 16 039 after most votes counted. Thornberry leaves seat to become federal judge. house balance unchanged.
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Austin, Tex
J.J
Jake) Pickle
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Pickle
Homer Thornberry
D-Tex
Texas
Jim Dobbs
House
Johnson
Dobbs
Church of Christ
Washington
Life Line
Four To Return For State Trial
Four men charged with killing an Alabama man and dumping his wife into a well have waived extradition and will be returned to Alabama. The group was captured in central Texas after a manhunt and faces murder and related charges. They signed statements but a transfer date has not been set.
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Cameron
Tex
Alabama
Dist
Atty
John B. Henderson Jr
Henderson
Texas
Oklahoma
Dezso John Lokos
Clarence Cecil Coon
College City
Calif
Gerald S. Eaton
Buckholts
Harold Leon Edwards
Randlett
Oklo
TVA Awards Pact For Work At Shoals
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded a $28,505 contract to Northeastern Eens Inc of Manchester New Hampshire for construction of a 2400 volt power switchboard at a chemical plant in Muscle Shoals Alabama. The announcement was made Tuesday.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Hampshire
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Northeastern Eens Inc
Manchester
Argentina Firm To Sell China Wheat
An Argentine company announced a contract to ship 2 million tons of grain to Red China by year end 1965. At least 500 thousand tons will be wheat, with the remainder corn and sorghum, and the deal has government approval from Argentina’s Foreign Trade Co. of Buenos Aires. Lenin’s birthplace Ulyanovsk will be rebuilt by 1970 as a vast monument to the leader.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
the Foreign Trade Co. of
Lenin
Ulyanovsk
Berlin opens to Christmas visits across the Wall
Thousands of West Berliners braved heavy snow to apply for permits to cross the Wall and visit relatives in the Soviet sector for Christmas. About 800000 of the 2.2 million residents can use the permits for one day from 7 am to midnight, with New Year extensions. East Berliners remain unable to travel west.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Auto dealers sell 2.424 million American cars through April
Through April of this year auto dealers sold 2.424 million American built cars, compared with 2.180 million cars sold during the same months of 1962.
Chinese language lacks required punctuation in writing
A statement notes that Chinese text does not rely on punctuation as in Western languages and discusses implications for readability and interpretation across historical and modern contexts.
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