Civil Rights Bill Faces Senate Filibuster Threat
The House advanced the first section of a 10 part civil rights measure amid oral debate and anticipated a southern filibuster in the Senate. Leaders aim for an final vote by February 11 as minor changes were approved, including a three judge court option for defendants and literacy test eligibility for Puerto Ricans with six grades of schooling.
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Portrait of the President in Reader's Digest February issue
Stewart Alsop profiles Lyndon B Johnson noting his intelligence and warmth along with toughness. The piece discusses a so called secret weapon against Khrushchev described as Lyndon's Treatment A and promises insights in the February Reader's Digest edition.
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Half Million Students Skipping New York School Protest
Nearly 464,362 pupils stayed home or missed classes in New York during a one day boycott aimed at fast racial integration of the nation’s schools. Demonstrators gathered outside schools and city offices, with no violence reported and attendance heavy in some white schools and low in others.
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Wallace Attacks Judge Over Negro Pupil Transfer
In Montgomery Alabama federal Judge Frank Johnson ordered 12 Negro students shifted from Tuskegee High to white high schools in Shorter and Notasulga by Wednesday. Governor George Wallace warned the order would be resisted as fiery crosses burned on county board members’ lawns and troopers were sent to the city amid school closures and integration friction.
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Queen Elizabeth to honor Valentina Tereshkova in London
Buckingham Palace sources report Queen Elizabeth II will host Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Wednesday during her London visit. The meeting underscores renewed space cooperation and public attention on the pioneering pilot.
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Queen Elizabeth I
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova
Buckingham Palace
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