Literacy Test Can't Be Used as a Dodge
AP reports that Supreme Court rulings do not bar literacy tests for voting but warn against using them to exclude minorities. Louisiana and Mississippi practices face legal scrutiny while several states reportedly retain such tests. Mississippi Governor Johnson says tests used to bar Black voters must stop and questions the fairness of passed degrees over schooling.
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Supreme Court
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High Tribunal
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Justice Department
Presidential Commission On Registration and
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Wyoming
Paul B. Johnson
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Jackson
Miss
Humphrey County
Commission
Irwin Griswold
Harvard Law School
Only Relief as Negroes Turned Back
In Selma a DoJ briefing shows Nichols Katzenbach and John Doar monitoring the scene as protesters, blocked at the bridge, turn back under police escort. Doar notes white women approaching King while Doar and colleagues weigh constitutional literacy tests and civil rights actions amid crowd chanting on Constitution Avenue.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
Selma
Department of Justice
Nicholas Katzenbach
John Doar
Department
Oxford
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Katzenbach
Doar
King
LeRoy Collins
Dear
January Traffic Deaths Hit Peak in 1965
The National Safety Council reports 3500 traffic fatalities in January 1965, the highest January total on record, up 9 percent from January 1964. The figure reflects nationwide deaths as of the report date, with no regional breakdown provided.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Loan to Fund Sunset Water System in Crittenden County
A $41 000 loan was approved to provide a public water system for Sunset in Crittenden County. The Farmers Home Administration says the system will serve about 290 residents near Marion, with the community contributing $2 010 to $43 000 of the project cost.
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Little Rock
Sunset
Crittenden County
H. H. Hawkins
Farmers Home Administration
Marion
Inaugural Parade Marks First Negro Participation
A historical note recalls that at Lincoln’s second inauguration negros first joined the presidential inaugural parade, marking a milestone in American public life and civil rights.
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Lincoln
U S Declines Thant Push for Vietnam Talks
The State Department brushed aside U Thants push for negotiations on a Vietnam peace accord. It said talks must wait until the Communists show willingness to halt aggression against South Vietnam. A department spokesman said channels should stay open while seeking a peaceful solution.
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Carl P. Learsdore
Washington
State Department
U.N
U Thant
U.S
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Department
Marshall Wright
Thant
Hope Municipal Court Docket Dates and Fines 1965
The Hope Arkansas municipal court docket for March 9 1965 lists Perry Jackson hazards driving plea guilty and $16.50 fine Charles F Clark DWI plea guilty and $106.50 plus 1 day in jail John Gilbert blocking an alley forfeited $11.50 cash bond Earnest Charles Jones carrying a knife as a weapon plea guilty and $56.50 Howard Bullock J Armstrong possessing untaxed intoxicating liquor plea guilty and $56.50 Larry Walker no ruffler on car forfeited $16.50 cash bond Perry Jackson failure to answer summons forfeited $16.50 cash bond Kelly Walton disturbing peace forfeited $16.50 cash bond Jeff Gilkie disturbing peace plea guilty $31.50 Pud Jamerson drunkenness forfeited $16.50 cash bond Plea guilty $16.50 Albert W Raine improper
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Charles F. Clark
John Gilbert
Earnest Charles Jones
Howard Bullock
J. W. Armstrong
Larry Walker
Perry Jackson
Kelly Walton
Disturbing Peace
Jeff Gilkie
Pud Jamerson
Albert W. Raine
US open to talks on stopping aggression amid Viet Nam war tensions
Wright signaled a shift while denying policy change and inviting exploratory talks through diplomatic channels if Hanoi shows willingness to halt attacks. Officials stress no negotiations without solid prospect of a settlement acceptable to the United States regarding South Viet Nam.
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Wright
United States
South Viet Nam
Thant
Hitchcock to Receive Milestone Award at Hollywood Dinner
Alfred Hitchcock accepts a Milestone award from the Screen Producers Guild at the Beverly Hilton, recalling his start in film and his first Hollywood speech. He recounts directing The Pleasure Garden in Munich and casting choices that led to a forgettable 1925 film.
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Hollywood
Alfred Hitchcock
Screen Producers Guild
Hitchcock
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Samuel Goldwyn
Eva Marie Saint
Dick van Dyke
J.L. Warner
Ellie Sommer
Jack Benny
Maureen O'Hara
Jules Stein
James Stewart
Cary Grant
Chicago
New York
Inauguration Hall
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George Jessel
U.F.A
Berlin
Iemil Jannings
Munich
England
America
Virginia Valli
Charles Farrell
Nita Naldi
the Pleasure Garden
West Point Founded by Act of Congress in 1803
The United States Military Academy at West Point New York was established on March 16 1803 by an Act of Congress marking the origin of a premier military training institution.
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U. S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Congress
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