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Southern Senators Take Lead in Civil Rights Fight
Senate debates the 1966 civil rights bill as Strom Thurmond leads a potential two week filibuster. The article notes absenteeism attacks, arrests attempts to compel attendance, and Mansfield threats, with mention of an inmate death in Santa Clara County jail and a deputy sheriff’s arrest tied to the case.
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San Jose
UPI
Lee McMartinez
Santa Clara
Washington
Strom Thurmond
R-5.c
Thurmond
Crat
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Congress
Memmelt
McIntyre
James Sen
Philip A. Hart
D-Dirksen
Senate Repub
Boccardo
Thelliean
Bill
John
E. Racanelli
Martinez
Everett M. Dirksen
Bernier