Editorials Oblivion for a Constitution Amendment Cries
The piece dismisses a proposed U S constitutional amendment to curb Supreme Court control over state reapportionment, arguing it undermines liberty and equality. It condemns third-party state rights schemes, cites historical marches on Washington, and warns of July 4th traffic fatalities with grim casualty projections.
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U.S
Harrisburg
House Rules Committee
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Delaware County
Charles Black
Yale Law School
Penna
Supreme Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
Normalcy Returns to County Government After Turmoil
In Media Courthouse the county government returns to normal with Rob Watkins resuming chairmanship, Larry Williams back on the Penn Jersey Transportation Study board, Kay Adams in Democratic headquarters, and Macfarland off payroll. Swing resigns as county commissioner amid debate over the transportation authority and lingering GOP influence. Welsh faces political fallout as dynamics shift between Swing and the GOP machine.
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Rob Watkins
Bill Welsh
Radnor
Springfield
Larry Williams
Stady
Kay Adams
Macfarland
GOP
Congress faces possible mass demonstrations over civil rights
Vice President Johnson and Speaker McCormack weigh whether to authorize Capitol demonstrations amid plans by negro leaders and A Philip Randolph. Duke urges Marines from Quantico for crowd control as riots loom, with Congress expected to stay in session through year’s end.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
John McCormack
Johnson
Texas
McCormacks
Massachusetts
Joseph Duke
Senate
McCormack
Duke
New York Police Department
A. Phillip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Capitol Hill
Randalph
Congress
Capitol
McCormick
Quantico
House
The Fix in Boxing and The Kennedy Wallace Fight
Richard Starnes argues the fix dominates boxing and politics. He cites Macmillan versus a French challenger and the Kennedy Wallace bout as examples where judges, doctors, and promoters collude to produce draws and undefeated retirements. The piece rails at English influence and media complicity.
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Macmillan
Mac
Common Market
U.S
Tuscaloosa
Johnson pressuring unions on Negro employment in South
Washington report on a White House labor conference where Lyndon Johnson cites cobalt statistics showing higher Negro employment rates in Southern building trades than in the North. The tone is blunt with Johnson stressing real progress and urging unions to align rhetoric with action, amid sharp remarks from Bob Kennedy and UAW chief Walter Reuther.
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Washington
White House
Lyndon Johnson
South
North
Johnson
Brooklyn
Ife
Mason- Dixon Line
Bob Kennedy
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Suffrage Leader Orates Here Years Ago in Chester
Helen Joy Greeley of New York City spoke for over an hour at Market Square praising women's equal rights. The column notes old items including vacations for Chester Post Office employees and a ship cargo arrival from Haiti.
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Helen Joy Greeley
New York City
College Equal Suffrage League
Market Square
Chester
Uncle Sam
William Hulsey
Hulsey
A. O. Deshong
M. C. Holt
American Dyewood and Extract Company
Howell Street
Haiti
Charles B. Moulit
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Paul Scott
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Frank Snear
John T. Clary
S. Allen
Vlu
Richard Starnes
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Archie Moore
Rasseling
Hilda
Phil Scott
Kennedy
Wallace
Richard
Starnes
Victor Riesel
Willard Wirtz
John Kennedy
Victor
Riesel
Censes
Ellis B. MacClenacan
Young Men's Republian Club
May Manufacturing Company
Aston Mills
Crozer Park
Gradyville
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