Civil Rights Bill Faces House Vote Amid Opposition
House Rules Committee Chairman Howard W. Smith predicts the civil rights bill will pass in some form as debates begin Friday. He criticizes the bill as unconstitutional and vague and urges modifications. Leaders aim to send it to the Senate by February 11 to ride Lincoln's Birthday momentum.
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Canal Zone firmness urged by Ohio Legion leaders
National Commander Daniel Foley told President Johnson the American Legion must keep the Canal Zone position at all costs. At the Ohio midwinter conference Rep. Ashbrook urged proof of Communist links to Kennedy’s assassination and criticized State Department policy since World War II.
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Lola Matas A Spaniard Honored By Houston Clubs
Lola Matas a native of Spain who moved to Houston in the 1920s and became an honorary member of several civic clubs including the Rotary and Lions is known to postal workers as Lola Houston Texas.
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School Boycotts Scheduled Across Seven Cities
Public school boycotts similar to the Chicago protest of Oct. 22 are planned in February in New York Boston Atlanta Wilmington Chester and Cambridge with tentative dates. The Temporary National Freedom Day Committee coordinated the effort and cited universal issues of ghettos and inferior schools. In Chicago the first boycott left about 225000 pupils home, nearly half of the public school enrollment.
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