Editorial urges voting rights reform in Alabama and nation
Guest editorial notes the gap between democratic ideals and practice in voter registration. It cites Alabama’s past poll tax issues, cites Presidential Commission on Registration and Voting Participation recommendations including lowering age to 18 and ending literacy tests, and argues for accessible registration, extended registration books, and shorter residence rules to boost participation.
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Georgia
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Court House
President’s Commission
United States
Lee County
Accident in Kroger Parking Damages Two Cars
A Friday noon collision in Kroger’s lot near Decatur involved a 1959 Pontiac driven by William W. Yancy and a 1964 Chevrolet owned by Ernest Hargrave. Both cars were heavily damaged with no injuries reported as the Pontiac entered from US 31 and struck the Chevrolet. Dr. John Kramer will discuss The Place of Art In The Community at the Decatur Rotary Club meeting at Hotel Lyons at 12 15.
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Decatur Police Department
Kroger
William W. Yancy
General Delivery
Ernest Hargrove
Madison
U.S. 31
John Kramer
Decatur Rotary Club
Hotel Lyons
Kramer
Athens College
University of Alabama, Huntsville
Lindbergh Daughter Weds French Law Student in France
Anne Spencer Lindbergh, daughter of Charles A Lindbergh, wed Julien-Jacques Feydy a 22 year old law student in Douzillac France. The couple departed for a honeymoon in southern France on Friday after the Monday ceremony.
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Periguex
France
Anne Spencer Lindbergh
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Julien-Jacques Feydy
Antims
Douzillac
Gadsden Desegregation Plan Delayed Again by Judge
Federal Judge H. H. Grooms ruled the Gadsden Alabama School Board should submit a desegregation plan for 1964-65 by April 1 but postponed immediate desegregation next term. He found the system remains segregated by custom and policy and ordered steps toward nonracial operation under the Alabama Pupil Placement Act.
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Birmingham
Gadsden
Ala
Dist
H. H. Grooms
Grooms
U S Demands Payment For Legation Attack
About 3 000 Bulgarians smashed windows of the U S legation in Sofia and overturned four American cars in protest over alleged U S spying. The United States demanded compensation while Bulgarian police eventually dispersed the crowd and took control.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
Sofia
Ivan Christof Georgiev
United States
Legation
Richard Johnson
Todor Zhivkov
Georgiev
Bulgaria
U.N
Washington
BTA
America
Cuba
Krem- See
U. S
U N Security Council meets on Cyprus crisis after Turkish naval build up
The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency session at 11 15 Friday night over the Cyprus Greek Turkish clash. Cypriot chief delegate Zenon Rassides reported five submarines four destroyers and three troop carriers in Cyprus waters prompting the session. Acting president Francis Plimpton led the council in Stevenson absence as Adlai Stevenson prepared to return from Illinois. Rassides warned the Turkish naval buildup threatened regional stability. See U N On Page 2.
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N. Y
Cyprus
United Nations Security Council
Zenon Rassides
Mediterranean
United States
Francis F. P. Plimpton
U.S
Adlai E
Precedent In Berlin Broken
West Berlin officials directly contacted East Germany over the Christmas killing of a refugee on the Red Wall. The move surprised Western allies and risked undermining the Western position in Berlin by showing direct talks with the East. A later American protest to the Soviet ambassador followed, while the Reds may use the incident to claim Germans on both sides should bypass Western powers.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Ernst Lemmer
Willy Brandt
Lemmer
East Berlin
West
Bowl Stars Are Colonels Bowl Stars Are Colonels
Governor George Wallace announced 54 new colonels to his staff from the 1963 Blue Gray football game. He saluted the players and coaches at a social, joking about their late appointment and recalling his stance against integration at the University of Alabama.
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Montgomery
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Governor’s
University of Alabama
Auburn Desegregation Case Moves to Dormitory Hearing
Harold A Franklin, a Negro graduate student, seeks a court order to gain housing in Magnolia dormitories at Auburn University after being denied a room. Judge Frank M Johnson Jr will hear the request as Auburn, under federal order, has begun desegregating higher education facilities in Alabama.
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Montgomery
Auburn University
Harold A. Frankin
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Auburn
Franklin
Magnolia
Cam
Pus
Charles S. Bentley
Fred Gray
Johnson
Alabama State College For
Ited College
Alabama
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
University Center
Huntsville
Florence State College
Birmingham
Mobile
Tuskegee
Top Stage Screen Pair Plan To Wed
New York AP report says Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine plan to marry in July. They met recently at a Hollywood party after Merman, veteran Broadway star, and Borgnine, currently divorcing his second wife Katy Jurado, announced their engagement.
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New York
Ethel Merman
Ernest Borgnine
Hollywood
Miss Merman
Broadway
Borgnine
Katy Jurado
LBJ Gallops Off On Horse After Meeting
President Johnson reports strong public backing for closing 33 defense bases and criticizes Sen. Barry Goldwater. He spoke at the LBJ Ranch before a meeting with West Germany's Ludwig Erhard and outlined actions on defense cuts, CIA chief McCone's Eisenhower visit, Latin American policy shifts, and a Mexico-UC Los Angeles honorary degree plan.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Lbj Ranch
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Goldwater
Congress
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U.S
Teodoro Moscoso
Alliance For Progress
Thomas C. Mann
Moscoso
Mann
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Mexico
Los Angeles
University of California At
Palm Springs
Calif
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