Negro vote may swing Alabama primary and governorship
Civil rights lawyers foresee significant black turnout after poll tax removal. They estimate 250000 to 400000 Negro voters could sway the May 3 Democratic primary and possibly the November race, depending on candidate acceptability and runoff outcomes. They caution black voters will decide independently and may not back Wallace or his wife.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Orrell Billingsley
Arthur D. Shores
Billingsley
Wallace
Lurleen
James D. Martin
Martin
Wallace. Shores
Alabama Democratic Conference
Alabama
Shores
Old Cruiser Topeka Plays Dual Role in Viet Fight
The cruiser Topeka off South Vietnam supports the 101st Airborne Division with naval fire and acts as a floating rest center. Troops fly in from combat, enjoy air conditioned rooms showers and beds, and shop aboard while the crew provides Navy chow and hospitality. Airborne pride remains strong as soldiers swap sea for service.
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Topeka
South Viet Nam
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Adm
D. C. Irvine
7Th Fleet
101St
Canberra
Pfc
Aaron Hicks
Albany
Navy
Hicks
Viet Nam
United States
Lindsay Seeks Boost in Taxes
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay asks the Legislature for authority to raise about $520 million yearly through personal and business income taxes to cover a record $4.5 billion budget. Council opposition and transit fare pressure await the plan, with proposals including a stock transfer tax that alarmed the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Disney to Open Four New Adventures at Disneyland in 1966
Anaheim California Walt Disney plans a $20 million plus expansion with four new attractions for summer 1966. The lineup features It's a Small World from Disney World New Orleans Square a Pirates of the Caribbean journey and a Primeval World dinosaurs exhibit.
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Anaheim
Calif
Walt Disney
Disneyland
New Orleans Square
High School Dance Symposium Set at Kansas University
About 200 high school students are expected to participate in the annual High School Dance Symposium conducted March 12 by Tau Sigma at Kansas University. The event includes technique and composition classes, presentations by visiting high schools, and possible attendance by college and junior high teachers. Miss Elizabeth Sherbon of KU is in charge.
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Tau Sigma
Kansas University
Elizabeth Sherbon
Russian Seminar Inside the Union
The KU and CU summer Russian language institute will be held entirely in the USSR from June 14 to September 5. It features six weeks at Moscow State University and two weeks near Kiev with one week touring Leningrad and Kiev. Ten credit hours awarded. 24 hours weekly of intensive instruction in Moscow with optional extra 10 hours of help. Eligible are students with four Russian semesters. Fee is 1450 dollars covering instruction, board, room, and travel from New York. Independent travel in western Europe follows in late August.
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Kansas University
Colorado University
U.S.S.R
Moscow State University
Kiev
Leningrad
Kansas - Colorado
Finland
Moscow
Herbert J. Ellison
New York
Europe
Out-of-State Runner Joins St. John's Redmen Track Team
Gerald Mahle from Fort Lee New Jersey is the only out-of-state member of St. John's University Redmen track squad competing in the half mile.
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Gerald Mahle
St. John’s
New York
Redmen
Fort Lee, N.J
Knife and Fork Club to Host John Williams Hughes Dinner
Knife and Fork speaker John Williams Hughes, reporter and lecturer, will address the Lawrence club at 6 30 p m Saturday in the Eldridge Hotel. He will discuss What Next for Uncle Sam in Asia and notes his American British ancestry and residency in Wales with travels to Japan Viet Nam Malaysia India Egypt and Africa.
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John Williams Hughes
Lawrence Knife and Fork Club
Eldridge
Asia
Hughes
Wales
Japan
Viet Nam
Malaysia
India
Egypt
Africa
Coast Guard finds Yarmouth Castle skipper negligent
A Coast Guard board ruled the skipper negligent for failing to handle the 1965 Yarmouth Castle fire which sank the ship killing 90. A belated alarm and hard to open staterooms blamed for many deaths. Captain Byron Voutsinas left the vessel to seek an SOS and later helped evacuate passengers.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Yarmouth Castle
Caribbean
Panama
Miami
Nassau
Bahamas
Byron Voutsinas
William Frawley Dies at 73 in Hollywood
William Frawley 73 veteran character actor known for Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy collapsed and died on Hollywood Boulevard. He began in vaudeville and appeared on stage films and television across a longtime show business career.
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Hollywood
William Frawley
Fred Mertz
Hollywood Boulevard
Frawley
Community Safety Organization Formed in Lawrence Meeting
The Safety Group Named The Community Safety Organization of the Lawrence Area was named during a Wednesday evening meeting at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post home at 2nd and Ala. Streets. Eighteen organizations attended. Ed Ewing of the VFW, Ron Peters of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and E C Quigley Jr. of the Kansas Farm Bureau were named to a committee to nominate officers for election at the next meeting at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in the South Park Recreation Center.
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Community Safety Organization of the
Lawrence Area
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
2Nd
Ala. Sts
Ed Ewing
V.F.W
Ron Peters
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Quigley Jr
Kansas Farm Bureau
South Park Recreation
Houston Rookie Joe Morgan Draws 97 Walks In 1965
Houston second baseman Joe Morgan paced the National League with 97 bases on balls in 1965, establishing himself as a premier rookie despite waiting out pitchers throughout the season.
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Houston
Joe Morgan
Neighbor Actress Alice Pearce Dies of Cancer
New York born actress Alice Pearce, 45, known for the befuddled next door neighbor role on Bewitched, died Thursday in Los Angeles after a long illness from cancer. She had a long career on stage, in films and on television.
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Los Angeles
Alice Pearce
Miss Pearce
New York
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Atwood
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Bartlesville
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W. 6Th St
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