Redistricting Debate Grows After Court Ruling
The legislature faces a federal court order requiring equal population across Alabama’s eight congressional districts. A federal delegation proposal would move Jefferson County into the Fourth District, reshaping lines without rearranging other districts. Supporters say equal representation is essential, while opponents fear shifts in Birmingham area influence.
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Armistead Selden
Washington
Jefferson County
Jefferson
Bessemer
Selden
Birmingham
Wilkins to face new trial in Liuzzo case
Alabama Attorney General Richmond Flowers announced that Ku Klux Klan member Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. will be retried for the murder of Viola Liuzzo after a five day trial ended in a 10 to 2 deadlock. Two jurors who favored acquittal cited an FBI informer’s testimony as decisive. The case awaits action at the September court term.
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Hayneville
Ala
Alabama
Richmond Flowers
Collie Leroy Wilkins, Jr
FBI
Wilkins
T. Worth Thagard
Two Vehicle Crash Near Moulton Involves Clark Smith and Noland McKay
State Troopers investigated a two vehicle collision 11 miles west of Moulton on Alabama Highway 24 involving Clark Edward Smith of Mount Hope and Noland Hoyt McKay of Athens. Harold Fagan reported his 1956 Ford stolen at 6:45 p.m. Friday, about 30 minutes earlier. Firefighters responded to a mattress fire at 821 5th Ave SE at 1:50 p.m. Friday.
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Moulton
Alabama
Clark Edward Smith
Mount Hope
Noland Hoyt McKay
Athens
Harold Fagan
Trinity 1
Sth Ave. SE
U S Jets Open New Viet Raids on Thanh Hoa Bridge
The United States sent 81 jet planes and 6,000 more servicemen into Vietnam as U S air attacks resumed north of the border. F105 fighter bombs hit the Thanh Hoa highway and rail bridge 80 miles south of Hanoi, leaving it standing but damaged. One F105 was shot down, pilot rescued. Marines and Seabees landed at Chu Lai, while Vietnamese troops cleared guerrillas nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
France
Dien Bien Phu
U. S
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Chu Lai
U.S. 7Th Fleet
da Nang
U.S. Army
U.S
Viet Nam
Chu «Lai
South
Johnson Outlines Six Point U S European Policy Plan
President Johnson unveiled a six point agenda for Europe marking urgent and unfinished business for the Atlantic community. He urged unity and Atlantic partnership while urging firmness against Communist pressure and stronger U S Soviet bloc relations. The speech aired on national TV and via Early Bird to Europe on the 20th anniversary of VE Day.
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Washington
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Europe
National TV
White House
Early Bird
U.S
Soviet Bloc
L.B.J
Soviet leaders condemn U S actions on VE Day anniversary
Soviet Premier Kosygin and other Communist leaders used the VE Day anniversary to denounce the United States for its Vietnam and Dominican Republic actions. They warned the US is an imperialist aggressor threatening world war and urged adherence to international law.
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Gould Berlin
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Kosygin
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Poland
Lu Ting-yi
Red China
East Germany
Three-Man Junta Resigns in Dominican Politics Shift
In Santo Domingo the three-man military junta opposing Col. Francisco Caamano Deno resigned Friday night. A new civilian five-man junta named itself government of national reconstruction and is led by Gen. Antonio Imbert. Caamano claimed his forces represent the legitimate government and criticized plans for an Inter-American police force.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Antonio Imbert
Caamano
Rev Long Named Rural Pastor Of The Year
Rev. Marcus C. Long aged 39 of Isom's Chapel Methodist Church is named rural pastor of the year for the Decatur Methodist District. He has won the award three times in seven years at different charges. The Birmingham meeting in June will honor him. He is finishing his second year at Isom's Chapel Church, where a new church and parsonage were built.
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Athens
Marcus C. Long
Isom’s
North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church
Long
Isom’s Chapel
World War II B25 Bomber Stolen In Honolulu Rampage
Former fighter pilot James Ashdown, 34, stole a B25 at Honolulu’s airport and flew at palm height past Waikiki hotels, ripping a fuse and smashing a radio tower. He landed after police filed charges of plane theft, with witnesses recounting a terrifying pre dawn flight over Kalakaua Avenue and the Easter Towers.
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Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Federal Aviation Agency
James A. Ashdown
Ashdown
Jacob Yoon
Waikiki
Kalakaua Avenue
Easter Towers
Moana-Surfrider
Jurors Deadlocked in Wilkins Night Rider Slaying Trial
Montgomery jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on the guilt of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr in the killing of Viola Liuzzo. Questions from the panel included whether Gary Rowe was an accomplice and if his testimony needed corroboration under Alabama law for a retrial.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hayneville
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Viola Liuzzov
Detroit
Mich
T. W. Thagard
Fbiklan
Gary Thomas Rowe
Alabama
Thagard
Wilkins
Birmingham
Lowndes County
Senate Can't Break Deadlock After Four Day Impasse
In Montgomery Alabama May 7 AP senators recessed to seek a solution to a four day deadlock over a Wallace backed resolution. An amended compromise failed as filibustering members refused to accept it. The row involves urging local school boards to wait until the Bessemer suit is settled and references federal education demands. The dispute continues as leaders debate language about state boards and federal requirements.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Boardg
Boards of Education
Alabama
U.S. Commissioner of Public Education
Bessemer ‘Court
Pete Mathews
Bob Gilchrist
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