Black Alone in Dismissal of Voting Rights Section 5
Washington reports that Justice Black alone dissented as the Supreme Court dismissed challenges to most Voting Rights Act Section 5 provisions. The decision left intact federal preclearance for changes in voting laws, sparking debate on constitutional reach and federal versus state power.
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Arthur Krock
New York Times
Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Federal District Court
United States
Black
Congress
Warren
John Marshall
Marshall
McCulloch
Maryland
Attorney
District Court
District of Columbia
The Big Hit theater social tragedy in New York
Russell Baker argues New York theater culture pressures visitors into chasing a single supposed hit called The Big Hit. Tickets are scarce, pricing high, and influential patrons gatekeep access, turning theater into social theater rather than art. A fallback is attending an inferior show, The Dying Show, to save face.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
New York
London
Paris
Lorever
Mayor Lindsay
David
David Merrick
John
Charles de Gaulle
Barbra Streisand
Indianapolis
Bill
Changes Due In Ethiopia
Ethiopia faces pressure for reform as educated youth demand political responsibility while Haile Selassie, 74, remains center of power. The monarchy may gradually yield to a constitutional system, with succession unsettled and tensions between old autocracy and evolving parliamentary ideas shaping the realm’s future stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Addis Ababa
Ethoipia
Ethiopia
Africa
Haile Selassie
Chamber of Deputies
Asfaw Wossen
Hearings Set on Desegregation Plans in Alabama Counties
Federal courts will hear objections to desegregation plans for Montgomery Bullock and Macon Counties in Alabama. The Justice Department and Negro plaintiffs argue the plans delay desegregation and fail to eliminate past discrimination or ensure nonracial school assignments. A three-judge court will also tackle Macon County's plan Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Department
Alabama
Macon
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Montgomery
Bullock
Montgomery County
Johnson
Macon County
Dr Josef Klaus profile shows austere Austrian leader’s rise
Dr Josef Klaus rises to Austrian chancellorship after serving as finance minister and Salzburg governor. The Roman Catholic conservative frames policy around social justice, austerity, and state subsidy cuts while steering a coalition. Born 1910, he balanced art patronage with a frugal lifestyle and a long public career in Vienna and Salzburg.
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Vienna
Ainance
Klaus
Austria
Otto of
Hapsburg
Salzburg
Eigenfurt
University of Vienna
University of Marburg
Germany
France
Poland
Finland
People’s Party
Erna Seywald
Local notes from Morgan County and area events
Morgan County Rock Creek residents Ruth Gurley and family are referenced. Ronnie Holmes is reported improving at Hartselle Hospital from car wreck injuries sustained Wednesday. New baby Tommy Joe born February 11 to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Joe Henry. Mrs. Robert Pichille of Nash Ville visited with Rev Jimmie Brown and family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Speegle of Cullman visited with daughters including Mrs. Willie B Toote. Mrs. Speegle recovering from illness. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blevins and son Bob and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roberts of Huntsville visited Alice Bleving at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John R Holmes. Cedar Creek Woman's Auxiliary to meet Friday night March 11 at the home of Mrs. Paul Jones. District convention of Sunday school women's auxiliary and church training to convene with First Free Will Baptist Church of Florence March 17 to 19.
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Ronnie Holmes
Hartselle Hospital
Roy Joe Henry
Tommy Joe
Robert Pichille
Nash Ville
Jimmie Brown
Richard Speegle
Cullman
Willie B. Toote
Speegle
Bill Blevins
Bob
Roy Roberts
Huntsville
Alice Bleving
John R
Holmes
Cedar Creek
Paul Jones
First Free Will Baptist Church of
Florence
Mortgage Foreclosure Sale Notice in Morgan County
Default on April 9 1959 mortgage by Henry D Smithey and Mary Smithey to Realty Mortgage Company assigned to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to foreclose. Public sale of Lot 33 Block 1 Western Gardens Morgan County Alabama on March 25 1966 at court house, with attorneys Thomas Taliaferro Forman Burr & Murray. Also notice of 1960 mortgage by Owen K Olsen and Dorothy Olsen to Realty Mortgage Company with sale of Lot 12 Block 16 Brookhaven Subdivision in Decatur Alabama.
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Henry D. Smithey
Mary Smithey
Realty Mortgage Company
Office County
Alabama
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Court House
Decatur
Morgan County
Western Gardens
Thomas, Taliaferro, Forman, Burr & Murray
Owen K. Olsen
Dorothy Olsen
Brookhaven
Ewell K. Gregg
Miners Gouged Rock to Build Paris Baghdad Sidewalk
French and Italian miners bored a 7.2 mile tunnel beneath Mont Blanc, gouging rock to create a passage described as a sidewalk between Paris and Baghdad. The project highlights collaboration and daring engineering amid a long, ambitious undertaking.
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Paris
Baghdad
Mont Blanc
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Krock
Vanced
Britain
Organization — of African Unity
U. N. Economic Commission For Africa
Mussolinian
Europe
Middle East
U. S. Peace Corps
Josef Klaus
New York Times News Service
Volkswagen
Mautken
Carinthia
Josef
Rock Creek
Goin Smith
Ruth Gurley
Horst Faas
The
Associated Press
Viet Nam
Congo
Algeria
Robert Capa
Decatur Daily
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