Alabama Election Day Offense Law Ruled Unconstitutional
The U S Supreme Court voided Alabama’s 1915 electioneering ban as unconstitutional, safeguarding freedom of speech and press. The ruling, while about Mills of the Birmingham Post Herald, affirms a broader right for the people to speak on government issues. It emphasizes that press freedom serves liberty, not editor privileges, and warns against government silencing dissent.
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Alabama
James E. Mills
Birmingham Post- Herald
Birmingham
Alabama Supreme Court
United States Supreme Curt
Mills
Tryanny
America
Chattanooga
Tenn
News-Free Press
Miss Hope Pageant Tonight At City Hall
The Miss Hope contest starts at 8 tonight at City Hall with winner to represent the city in Miss Arkansas at Hot Springs. Sponsored by the local Jaycees. Contestants include Jenny Lee Waters Sandra Kaye Ward Sara Elizabeth Gordon Lera Beth Callicott Mary Susan Forster and Barbara Jan Glanes.
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Hot Springs
Jaycees
Jenny Lee Waters
Sandra Kaye Ward
Sara Elizabeth Gordon
Lera Beth Callicott
Mary Susan Forster
Barbara Jan Galnes
Snook Sails From Yokosuka on Five Day Sealunch Visit
AP reports the U S nuclear submarine Snook left Yokosuka Bay for a five day visit drawing 10 000 to 15 000 people who gathered abroad. Left wing groups staged a rally Thursday night with about 4000 attendees. In New York Benny fought City Hall in a wry clash with Mayor Lindsay offering free American Cancer Society benefit tickets as the city faced economy cuts. Benny, famed as a make believe miser, was named a city consultant on money matters with a salary of 1 year.
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Yokosuka
Japan
U.S
Wee Bay Naval Base
NEW York (Ap
Benny
City Hall
New York
John Y. Lindsay
Lindsay
American Cancer Society
Edsay
Mary Anita Laseter
Hope
Clyde Fouse
Plaza
Oaks
Highway 67
Rotary Club
Igh School
Emphasis Is Placed On Attracting Tourists Here
Tulsa news item reports 45 year old Thomas A Clements jailed for drunken driving and carrying open liquor after being stopped by Gov Henry Bellman and Trooper Clint Derrick. Clements pleaded guilty to charges and received six months in jail and a $50 fine. In Berryville Arkansas Carl Walker, 22, Dripping Springs, Carroll County, died in a motorcycle car collision on a rural road south of town. State Police identified no car driver yet and case remains under investigation.
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Tulsa
Okla
Thomas A. Clements
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Henry Bellman
Clint Derrick
Clements
Tom Johnson
Berryville, Ark
Carl Walker
Dripping Springs
Carroll County
Here
Price
Decree No Thigh High Mini Skirts Sparks University Ban
Oxford officials impose a temporary ban on thigh high mini skirts during exam time to keep focus on studies. The rule is temporary, with skirts permitted again when exam pressure eases. In separate dispatches, Uganda pols sought and a Hope city tourism program outlined booths, funding, and student staff to boost visitors.
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Oxford
England
Oxford University
Rioting in Panama Broken Up by Troops
Panamanian troops used tear gas Thursday night to break up a student demonstration accusing the government of killing a leftist Panamanian student who had just returned from Moscow. Juan Nav as Pajaro, 20, was found dead near Colon with a head wound, authorities say. The government denies custody, seeks investigations, while student leaders demand answers.
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Panama
Moscow
Juan Navas Pajaro
Colon
Panama City
J.D. Bazan
Navas
Luis
Student Federation of
Soviet Union
Canal Zone
U.S
Mammoth Spring Wins $302,169 Federal Housing Loan
Washington AP reports Mammoth Spring Arkansas will receive a $302,169 federal loan to build 22 low rent houses. Sen John L McClellan says four homes will be designed for the elderly under the Housing and Urban Development program.
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Washington
Mammoth Spring
Ark
John L. McClellan
Housing and Urban Development Loan
German Miners Vote to Strike Over Wage Demands
In Bochum, Ruhr Valley, coal miners and refinery workers vote overwhelmingly for strike action if union leaders call it. Over 182000 workers participated with more than 88 percent voting yes. They seek an average 8.5 percent raise plus pay for holidays they do not work. Negotiations with employers broke down on May 5.
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Bochum
Germany
Ruhr Valley
Sonic Boom Study Underway At Edwards Air Force Base
At Edwards Air Force Base California a three month study begins to measure human reactions to sonic booms from jets like the B70 and YF-12. Volunteers will rate which booms are most objectionable as scientists map speed altitude profiles for future civilian supersonic flight.
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Ralph Dighton
Ardsir
Force Base
Calif
Midwest
Edwards
Charles Yeager
Air Force
U.S. Space Agency
Grant Aids Marked Tree Water Sewer Work Plan
The Economic Development Administration approved a $14,500 grant to assist Marked Tree Arkansas in upgrading its water and sewer treatment facilities. Local sources will add $249,500 to the project, which previously received a $135,000 federal grant. BRINK Yugoslavia AP Janos Kadar visit noted.
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Washington
The
Economic Development Administration
Marked Tree, Ark
Marked Tree
Gemini Pilots Prepping for Record Space Walk
Gemini 9 astronauts prepared for retrie vzous exercises with a troublesome satellite and aimed for a record space walk. NASA officials noted David Scott in Los Angeles examining how to loosen a hung-up shroud on the ATDA to enable docking and rescue maneuvers if lunar descent occurs.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Kennedy
Fla
David R. Scott
NASA
Los Angeles
Calif
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
Eugene A. Cernan
ATDA
Apollo
Scott
Cernan
Gemini
Gemini 9
Morton Says GOP Has Plenty of 1968 Presidential Candidates
Sen. Thruston Morton former GOP national chairman and Senate campaign chief says Republicans could field many potential presidential candidates in 1968 if the party gains as he expects this fall. He notes Scranton’s withdrawal narrows field but Nixon Romney still top names. Rockefeller and Scott exit or step back.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Morton
GOP
Republicans
Senate
William W. Scranton
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
Nison
Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Scranton
Rockefeller
Washington
Lansing
Mich
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Scott
British Shipyards Compete for U.S. Minesweepers Bid
London. The plan for Britain to build ships for the U.S. Navy to offset American bomber costs faced trouble as British yards competed for bids to build an unspecified number of minesweepers. The U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ships suddenly withdrew the bid call.
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London
Britain
U.S. Navy
Defense Ministry
United States
Bureau of Ships
The Troubled Turks Vote Sunday in Ankara Contests
The Justice party led by Prime Minister Demirel faces a tight race in Turkey as voters prepare for Senate elections. Opponents led by Ismet Inonu’s Republican People’s party attack Demirel’s rule, electoral reform efforts, and alleged pro-capitalist and pro foreign influences while the left gains momentum amid Cyprus tensions and anti American sentiment. The campaign mirrors a long running ideological clash since 1964.
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Ismet Inonu
Coors
Eft
Demirel
National Assembly
Demierel
Justice Party
Turkey
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Inonu
Menderes
Cyprus
America
Runnin
Het
Tury
Mia Farrow Quits Peyton Place for Fox Film Contract
Actress Mia Farrow leaves Peyton Place to pursue films with 20th Century Fox. A spokesman says she signed an undisclosed contract for multiple Fox movies after appearing in Guns of Batasi prior to her Peyton Place role as Alison MacKenzie.
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Mia Farrow
20Th- Century Fox A
Fox
Alison MacKenzie
Bank Work Bid Reported for Pine Bluff Project
Army Engineers said Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co submitted an apparent low bid of 151,811 dollars for bank stabilization work on the Arkansas River.
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Little Rock
API
Army
Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel Co
Arkansas River
Purge Targets Top Chinese Communists Amid Shakeup
An official Peking Daily editorial says Peng Chen, once Mao’s heir apparent in Beijing, is fired as first secretary amid a purge labeled as revisionism. Li Hsueh-teng replaces Peng. unclear if higher leaders like Chou En-lai are targeted.
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Tokyo
China
Couraey
Mao B
Peng Chen
Chou En-lai
Mainla
Chen
Communist Party
Li Hsueh-teng
North China Party
Phing
Tze
Ing Ret Seer
Peng He Chen
Peking Party Committee
Mao
Soviet Union
Scranton Has No Reason Not to Run
AP analysis notes Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania gives no reason to run again for public office, including the presidency, and reflects on his past reluctance, noting Goldwater’s 1964 challenge and Rockefeller’s similar retreat, with doubts about a 1968 bid.
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James Marlow
Washington
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Goldwater
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Scranton
Thor
Scrantop
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