North Carolina Aims for Reapportionment Amid Political Shift
A federal three judge panel considers North Carolina reapportionment plans reflecting the 1962 one man one vote ruling. The General Assembly redistricted the Senate into 33 districts and the House into 49 while keeping incumbents in place. Georgia and South Carolina also face court orders and realignment in response to population shifts.
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Johnson Deficit Venture Aims Attract GOP Resistance
President Johnson proposes a $112.8 billion budget aiming for a $1.8 billion deficit and ties war strategy to spending. Republicans face a tough sell as they argue realism of a $111 billion revenue forecast amid election-year pressure and slow war tempo in Vietnam. The piece details state reapportionment battles across Tennessee Virginia Florida Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Mississippi cases shaping congressional maps and court rulings.
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Memorial march in Hattiesburg ends in arrest amid unrest
A civil rights memorial march in downtown Hattiesburg halted as police arrested a marcher accused of drunkenness. Charles Evers helped defuse tensions after two officers forced into the crowd. The event followed the funeral for Vernon Dahmer, 58, slain in a home firebombing, with widowed family and many mourners present. Betty, 10, remained hospitalized for burns.
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Vandals Shatter Windows in Three Towns Near Border
In Grover and three nearby towns near the North Carolina South Carolina border vandals shattered windows in about 100 business establishments residences and cars Friday night. Sheriff Haywood Allen said an unidentified gang shot out every business window in Grover a town about 11 miles southeast of Shelby.
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