Voter Clinics Held in the South for Registration Drive
The Associated Press notes a massive voter registration campaign aimed at increasing African American political leverage. In Tuskegee the process helps a 50 year old woman become registered as organizers describe clinics that teach filling forms and offer transport to courts.
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Associated Press
Tuskegee, Ala
Tuskegee Civic Association
Alabama
TCA
Tuskegee
Huntsville
George W. Barber
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Negro Voting Strength Rising in the South
The piece discusses growing Black voter influence in the South and its political impact. It cites Birmingham elections where Black ballots may have ousted Bull Connor, notes variability in certainty, and notes Tuskegee leaders say Black registration could elect a mayor, but caution against Black domination. leaders urge voting for qualified candidates. It adds health insurance coverage figures, noting 75 percent nationwide across 14 states and New York at 90.7 percent.
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South
Birmingham
Ala
T. Eugene (Bull) Connor
Tuskegee
William P. Mitchell
Tuskegee Civic Asociation
U.S
New York State
All It Takes Is a Stamp No Publisher Try Congressional Record
AP columnist notes how any writer can gain publication in the Congressional Record by mailing material to a senator or congressman. The daily record, two sections, costs about $90 per page and reaches roughly 45,000 copies. The body and appendix split, with the appendix accepting much material.
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Congressional Record
Senate
House
Paul C. Jones
Dmo
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Newspaper appendix bursts with playful recycled columns and letters
A report describes magazine style appendix material in Congress and state copies. It cites repeated publications of the same article and multiple editions of letters from Birmingham jail by Martin Luther King Jr. and other quirky snippets from readers.
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Birmingham City
Martin Luther King Jr
Patent medicine advertisement promises instant skin relief
An old advertisement claims T-4-L acts quickly to dry skin and stop itching. It urges customers to buy at any drug store with a promise of infected skin drying and healthy skin returning, claiming fast relief from itch and burning.
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Penney
Adv
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Robert F. Kennedy
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
U.S. News and World Report
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William F. Arbogast
Sam
Loren Loomis
Enid
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