Congress Debates 18 Year Old Voting Amendment in Senate
In Washington AP reports the Senate Judiciary Committee considers a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 18 in all elections with 86 senators supporting it. House approval came 32 to 2 as Emanuel Celler urged swift action and potential ratification for the 1972 elections.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mike Mansfield
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Congress
Supreme Court
Alaska
Georgia
Kentucky
Judiciary
House Votes to Record Amendment Teller Results
The House dropped secrecy on amendment votes, with 391 members attending as teller votes were recorded for the first time. The initial tally on retaining an interest rate ceiling failed 211 to 180 amid a smooth but delayed count due to a missing clerk and tally errors.
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Washington
House
Congress
Westphalia Couple Welcome 16th Child Clarence
Mr and Mrs Clarence Winkleman of near Westphalia celebrate the birth of their 16th child named Clarence. Twelve children remain at home aged 18 17 16 12 11 8 7 6 5 3 2 and the infant.
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Westphalia
Clarence Winkleman
Near
Clarence
Telephone Men Help Blind With Repairs
A group of retired telephone company electronics experts repair and maintain thousands of talking-book machines for the blind. Seven Kansas City pioneers keep 300 units running weekly, aiding the Library of Congress free program before service troubles endangered it in the late 1950s. They also assist Veterans Administration Hospital with audio testing gear.
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Kansas City
Telephone Company
Library of Congress
Telephone Pioneers of America
John H. Dingworth
Harry W. Hanlon
Kenneth G. Hulett
John E. Luff
Redward N. Haynes
Roby W. Slusher
Kenneth Thatcher
Census Shows Southern Migration Gain After Century
The 1960s brought the first net migration gain in the South in a century, amid a continued outflow of Black residents. Whites mainly moved to Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Texas, and Georgia while Blacks left the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana. The Black share remained about 19 percent of the South, even as national Black population rose.
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Washington
South
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Florida
Maryland
Virginia
Texas
Georgia
Carolinas
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
California
New York
Ohio
Senate advances tax bills in Missouri legislature
Jefferson City AP notes Senate Ways and Means panel approved a one cent sales tax increase to four cents per dollar, targeting 125 to 130 million yearly with about 65 million for three years for capital improvements at state institutions and the rest to general revenue. The income tax bill would extend the existing one year hike and include reforms voters rejected last April. House committee meanwhile backed a bill to permanently extend the current income tax without the Senate reforms.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House
Unidentified man known as Dirty Denny in narcotics raid death
In St Louis a narcotics raid left two young men dead and a policeman a hero. The unidentified man nicknamed Dirty Denny bears a left shoulder tattoo, a right shoulder eagle, and is about 5 9. Papers found bore the name Bernard Weiss of Dalton Illinois, though he attended Roosevelt University in Chicago and lacked ID. FBI fingerprint matches Steven Douglas DeBore, a 28 year old with many aliases and 18 past arrests. Fatherless figures and a deacon near to Denny speak of his talent for guitar and poetry while he avoided recognition.
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Dirty Denny
Bernard Weiss
Dalton, Ill
Weiss
Roosevelt University
Chicago
Denny
West End
Melvin Wilmouth
Wilmoth
FBI
Steven Douglas DeBore
New York City
California
William Kaslick
DeBore
William L. Matheus
Matheus
Wide Open Cookie Jar At PX System Under Scrutiny
Senator Ribicoff says the worldwide Army Air Force PX network is a wide open cookie jar as reforms move forward. He cites a 6 billion dollar annual operation with scandals in overseas posts and notes a plan to tighten procurement and auditing under new PX chief Major General Campbell. Witnesses described PX officials accepting luxury villas in Saigon from a supplier whose juke boxes were used in PX outlets in Vietnam.
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Washington
Abraham A. Ribboff
Connecticut Democrat
Congress
Ribicoff
Werseas
William B. Campbell
Army Air Force Exchange System
Saigon
Pxs
Vietnam
Viet Nam club scandal testimony targets Crum and generals
Senate investigators accuse vendor William J Crum of conspiring with a sergeant and a one star general to control 30 noncommissioned officers clubs at Long Binh, with witness Major Clement St Martin alleging illegal funds, threats, and a currency black market. General Earl Cole quashed probes, and Major Wooldridge faced conspiracy indictments and command removal in Europe.
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William J. Crum
Long Binh
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Army
Clement St. Martin
Earl Cole
Army Engineers
St. Martin
Crum
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