Celler Backs Vote to Extend 18-Year-Old Ballot
Rep Emanuel Celler shifts from opposing 18-year-old voting to backing a combined vote on lowering the voting age and extending the Voting Rights Act. The House faces a partisan split as youths organize Capitol Hill visits while the administration leans toward a constitutional amendment and a Senate act version.
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House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Celler
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Youth Franchise Coalition
Capitol Hill
Congress
Carswell Supporters Rally Behind Supreme Court Nominee
Supporters of G Harrold Carswell launched a renewed push after two weeks of opposition gains. Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst accused critics of lying about Carswell's racial beliefs and judicial record. A telegram from 11 of 15 judges on the 5th Circuit and a Tallahassee lawyers’ letter urged Senate confirmation, boosting morale amid ongoing doubt.
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Supreme Court
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Justice Department
Kleindienst
U.S. Court of Appeals
ABC
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Kentucky
Cooper
Tallahassee
Federal
Dayton News backs Taft and Glenn in Senate bid
The Dayton Daily News endorsed Democrat John H. Glenn and Republican Robert Taft Jr. for the U.S. Senate, praising Glenn as capable and Taft as superior to his rival. The endorsement echoed by The Cleveland Plain Dealer, as candidates spent Easter weekend away from the campaign trail.
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Associated Press
John H. Glenn
Robert Taft Jr
U.S. Senate
Dayton Daily News
Taft
James A. Rhodes
Glenn
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Billy Graham In Germany Crusade Heads to Dortmund
Evangelist Billy Graham arrives in Frankfurt to launch an eight day crusade beginning in April in Dortmund. The event will be broadcast via closed circuit television to 11 European countries.
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Billy Graham
Germany
Frankfurt
Dortmund
European
UN Children’s Fund Tops $4.1 Million in Nigeria Relief
The U N Children's Fund reports new contributions of 1 131 900 from governments and 275 800 from non government donors for Nigerian post war relief bringing the total to just over 4 150 000.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Children’s Fund
Beehive Theft Sparks Rural Mystery in Ohio
In McConnellville Ohio Deputy Sheriff Jim Brown investigates the theft of a beehive containing about 35,000 bees and 40 pounds of honey from Russell Riddlebar ger farm. The bizarre case raises questions about motive and source of the missing swarm.
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Mcconnellville
Ohio
Jim Brown
Russell Riddlebarger
Ohio lawmakers face light week before May 18 recess
Ohio legislators plan a light week with minor Senate and House action before recess to campaign. The Senate will vote on a bill permitting non certified school staff to use physical discipline and consider biennial registrations for chiropractors and pension expansions for transit and utilities workers. A House vote targets solid waste powers for the Water Pollution Development Authority, plus insurer protection measures. Senate hearings on a drug bill and ethics/Little FBI proposals loom, with income disclosure added.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Senate Education Committee
Ted Gray
Piqua
FBI
Gray
Lady Chutist Rescued From Tall Palm
HONOLULU RP Firemen at the Waialua station retrieved 22 year old Frances Scott after she perched atop a 35 foot palm tree following a glide from Haleiwa. Fire crews raised ladders and brought her down safely, she thanked the rescuers for the aid.
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Honolulu
Waialua
Haleiwa
Ralph Kaneshiro
Frances Scott
Queen Elizabeth II Visits Sydney for Easter Service
The British royal couple Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their children Prince Charles and Princess Anne completed a three week New Zealand visit and began a five week stay in Australia. They arrived in Sydney amid a rainstorm and rough weather. A man rushed the queen at Waitangi Treaty House bearing aboriginal land rights papers and was released without charge after police intervened.
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Waitangi Treaty House
New Zealand
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Australia
Waitangi
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