McKissick Pushes for Federal Registrars in NC Black Belt
Raleigh based CORE leader James McKissick sent letters to Washington and to North Carolina election officials asking for immediate dispatch of federal registrars to register would be voters in at least 34 counties. He cited NC law delaying registration and said 59 days would be denied voting rights. emphasized 190 counties with open registration as CORE seeks year round access statewide.
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Malcolm Seawell
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Duke Professor Lashes Out At Speaker Ban Law
Duke University professor William Van Alstyne condemns North Carolina speaker ban law as unconstitutional and overbroad. He says suits may challenge it on five counts and notes it could threaten campus speakers and accreditation tied to federal grants. The commission heard warnings of potential funding losses for state universities if accreditation is jeopardized.
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American Association of University Professors
Nine Miemaker Study Commission
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Virginia
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New Hampshire
Rioting In Watts Leaves LAPD Rallying To Restore Order
Chaos erupted in Watts as about 1,500 people attacked officers and vehicles after a black resident was arrested for drunken driving. More than 100 police restored calm by dawn, with 6 officers and 15 civilians injured, cars and buildings damaged, and 26 people booked. The scene showed ongoing tension in the predominantly Negro neighborhood with youths predicting further unrest.
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Watts
Rendezvous Plans Revealed For Gemini 5 Flight
NASA disclosed the Gemini 5 flight plan with a six hour rendezvous of Lt Col L Gordon Cooper Jr and Lt Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr using the Little Rascal satellite. They will link in orbit two to five, circling the globe 121 times over 19 hours 53 minutes and aim to beat world distance records as they approach Bermuda.
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Duc Co Siege Lifted Centels Viet Cong forces fail to hold Duc Co
U S and Vietnamese troops lifted the 70 day siege of Duc Co near the Cambodian frontier. Allied forces launched operations to wipe Viet Cong from jungle areas along a 40 mile stretch of highway serving the Special Forces camp. A US Navy A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a surface to air missile about 50 miles south southwest of Hanoi. pilot presumed killed. Reports say heavy fighting near Can Tho with 136 Viet Cong killed. government casualties described as light. U S troops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division supported government units reaching Tuc Co. A patrol near Pleiku reported brief contact with guerrillas but found only fugitive villagers.
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South Carolina vows to challenge new Voting Rights Act
Governor McNair says South Carolina will test the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act, whether alone or with nearby states, calling the measure discriminatory. He expects most counties to comply and anticipates additional registration days as counties outline plans with state officials and the attorney general.
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AL Lanier
Associated Press
Columbia
Robert McNair
Faronne
Cinlumbia US
Reverend Fisher Delivers Light Moment at Raleigh Hearing
Reverend Ben C. Fisher, member of the speaker study commission and official of the Baptist State Convention, shared a light moment during a commission hearing Wednesday in Raleigh Bay.
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Baptist State Convention
Accreditation Question Is Muddled
WILLIAM A. SHIRES RALEIGH The study commission heard that loss of accreditation for North Carolina's state supported University system and colleges could be serious yet could not clearly define how at risk the institutions are or what can be done. The regional accreditor fears political interference from the 1983 Speaker Ban Law, raising questions about the impact on accreditation status and academic freedom. The commission heard from Dean Emmett B. Fields of Vanderbilt, chair of the Commission on Colleges, who said the Executive Council’s findings are not final and full hearings will occur at the Richmond meeting in fall.
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Harvard University Law School
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