Senate moves to ban poll taxes amid voting rights debate
Amid a garbled Senate session, lawmakers debated eliminating poll taxes as a prerequisite for voting and sought amendments to protect government funding use. The Judiciary Committee favored outlawing poll taxes as a voting barrier, while southern towns faced confusion over adherence and enforcement.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Eac
Sare
Canale
House
Judiciary Committee
McCormack
Rockets and Old World Charm In Las Cruces
Las Cruces blends heritage and space feats as old world sites mix with modern rocket testing near White Sands Missile Range. The city sits near Trinity Site and the Tortugas Indians while Pancho Villa’s-era borders and Butterfield routes frame its historic plaza.
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Robert E
Las In
White Sands
Trinity Site
Cruces
San Augustine
Tortugas
Las Cruces Jin
le Very
Ben Augustine Pass
Stahmann Farms
New England
el Ca Itiso
Steens
Toad
Mexico City
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
Mexico
Butterfield
Gadsden
Arizona
Con Juarez
Former U S Airman Spy For Russia Gets 30 Year Term
Robert Glenn Thompson, a former Air Force enlisted man, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for spying for Russia. He cooperated with the FBI, helped expose Soviet spy activity at the United Nations, and faced possible death, with judge citing his cooperation and remorse. Thompson admitted to passing secrets over six years, earning about 1700 dollars, and began spying while assigned in Berlin.
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Glenn Thompson
Russia
Thompson
Walter Bruchhaussen
Husky
FBI
United Nations
Berlin
Military Special Investigations Office
Germany
Air Force
Longsland
National Securi
Boris Vladimirovich Ipovich
Ifador Kudashkin
Mone Oie
Lloaing
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South Carolina
Florida
New Mexico Territory
Billy the Kid
U.S
NEW York
UPI
Robert
Jobe
Great Southwest
Kenmore
Wairlpool
Ncades
Guietty Provenve
Fron
Oser
Brandi
U.S. Royal Laredo
US Royaltt
B. E. Needles & Son
Guardian
Jen
Paige
Lubbock
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