Solon Seeks Removal of Poll Tax Ban From Voting Bill
Senate debate centers on removing a provision barring poll taxes in state and local elections. Mansfield and Dirksen back erasing the clause over constitutional concerns, while Hart defends its inclusion. The bill would also end literacy tests and expand federal voter registration in the South, with Javits urging action and Long warning effects on non-discriminatory counties.
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Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Virginia
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Mansfield
Nicholas Katzenbach
Clarence Mitchell
Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
House
Subcommittee
Dirksen
Senate
South
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Crest Near 25.2 Feet Joins Prairie du Chien Flood
Mississippi River crested near 25.2 feet at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin as floodwaters pushed dikes and forced evacuations along a 400 mile stretch to Louisiana Missouri. Quad City area officials warned the crest will test protections when it reaches peak Monday. Over 1,000 residents had fled and conditions hindered dike construction due to tributaries and heavy rain.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Illinois
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
Ill
Quad-Cities
Moline
East Moline
Davenport
Iowa
Tunisian President Bourguiba Proposal Sparks Arab Outcry
Arab editors in Cairo and Beirut denounce Bourguiba for proposing exploratory talks with Israel and the return of Palestinian refugees. The Cairo paper Al Akhbar calls him mad and accuses him of treason while Al Moharrer calls the move treasonous. Ahram notes the plan as a possible conspiracy against Arab unity.
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Cairo
Bourguiba
al Akhbar
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Beirut
Lebanon
al Moharrer
Israel
Middle East
al Ahram
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Police adopt Kiwanis donated vehicle tags in Monroe
Assistant Chief Sidney G. Martin announced on Friday that Monroe Police Department units will display Kiwanis International donated tags. The tags resemble license plates with green backgrounds and white letters reading Courtesy Pays Avoid accidents. Mrs. George D. Pipes of Edgewater Gardens visited Baton Rouge this week with her two sons and plans to return to the Twin Cities next week.
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Monroe
Sidney G. Martin
Kiwanis International
Baton Rouge
George D. Pipes
Edgewater Gardens
Pipes
Twin Cities
FBI Top Ten Fugitive Nabbed At Atlanta Carnival
Leslie Douglas Ashley, 28, on the FBI ten most wanted list, was arrested at a downtown Atlanta carnival after four workers spotted a wanted poster and women’s clothing in his suitcase. He had been working concessions during a four day stint and faced retrial in a Houston murder case from 1961. The four workers alerted the FBI after recognizing Ashley from the poster.
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Atlanta
FBI
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Ashley
Houston
San Antonio
Hot Springs
Ark
Jerry
Texas
Larry Auten
Finance Report Seems To Void Johnson Plans
Washington reports a total of 100 billion dollars in federal spending this year when including trust fund outlays. The administrative budget remains within the 97.5 billion target, but trust funds for highways and Social Security show higher overall spending. The highway trust fund expects 4.1 billion to aid interstate construction financed by user taxes.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Johnson
Highway Trust Fund
Divided Town Peace Trio Enters Nervous Bogalusa
A labor leader and two politicians visited Bogalusa Louisiana to mediate racial tensions. Victor Bussie Camille Gravel and State Sen. Michael O Keefe aim to talk separately with Negroes and whites and determine next steps. The mayor and the Negro league oppose excluding any representative. The town of 22000 seeks normalcy as protests ease and merchants urge customers back downtown.
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Bogalusa
Louisiana
Victor Bussie
Baton Rouge
Afl-Cio
Bussie
Camille Graivel
Democratic National
League
O’keefe
Gravel
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Couple Burns In Beach Fire Doomed By Own Action
SAYREVILLE New Jersey A secretly engaged teen couple John Conners and Virginia Zubrick were found burned to death in a meadowland area. Middlesex County Prosecutor Edward Dolan said notes suggest they intended death together, possibly suicide, with accidental possibility noted. Evidence included a wallet note and a diamond engagement ring receipt.
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Sayreville
N.J
John Conners
South Amboy
Virginia Zubrick
Conners
Sayreville High School
Middlesex County
Edward Dolan
Dolan
Jack
Massive Raid Destroys Bridges in Red Area in Viet Nam
In Saigon many planes hit North Viet Nam transportation lines destroying six bridges and two ferries in the latest large scale operation. About 200 American and South Vietnamese aircraft took part with all crews reported safe. Five Americans died in related actions, raising U.S. war deaths. several Viet Cong were killed or captured in nearby engagements. A light plane crash near Phu Cat killed a U.S. Air Force pilot. A Navy junk recovered an American sailor missing since Monday from the destroyer Black.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Navy
U.S
USS
Phu Cat
U.S. Navy
Roselie Cavases
Fresno
Calif
7Th Fleet
Black
Area Showers Forecast for Twin Cities Area
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with thundershowers in the Twin Cities region. Forecasts predict about 20 percent thunder showers in northeast Louisiana this afternoon and tonight. Highs near 83 to 88, lows 60 to 65, with southerly winds 8 to 16 mph.
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Twin Cities
Louisiana
Mercury
FAA
Selman Field
Mediator Takes Lead in Steel Contract Talks in Pittsburgh
Federal mediator William E. Simkin assumed control of efforts to end a contract deadlock feared to trigger a May 1 steel strike. He met separately with United Steelworkers and industry bargainers in exploratory talks and will call joint meetings as needed. The dispute centers on an 11 to 13 cent an hour gap. Union president David J. McDonald scheduled a Saturday meeting to decide on potential coordinated strikes against independent mills. A strike could idle about 425000 workers, the first since 1959. Simkin aims to extend a stop gap while formal talks begin Friday after informal progress earlier in the week.
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William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
United Steelworkers Union
Simkin
David J. McDonald
Pittsburgh
Common Weed May Be Helpful
Athens Ohio AP report says a chemical from a common American weed shows potential as a cheap birth control pill. Ohio University endocrinology professor Dr Henry Vallowe described the substance as C18 and limited details to its weed origin, noting it is found in this country and widely elsewhere.
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Athens, Ohio
Henry Vallowe
Ohio University
Ohio Academy of Science
Ex-Nazis and POWs recall wartime bonds in Dayton reunion
In Dayton a rare gathering brought four former Nazi guards and over 500 Allied airmen together to mark liberation 20 years past. Veterans spoke of professional conduct, the great escape from Stalag Luft III, and shared memories of tunnels, captures, and survival, while noting lingering tensions and respect between former enemies.
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Dayton, Ohio
Herman Glemnitz
Berlin
Simoleit
H.M. Day
Britain
Royal Air Force
G. Simoleit
Stalag Luft III
Europe
John D. Stevenson
Joint Task Force 8
Washington
Glemnitz
Busi
Day
Stalag NT
Rusk Defends Vietnam Policy Against Critics
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged critics of U S policy in Vietnam to stop spreading what he called nonsense about the nature of the struggle. He said U S security rests on defeating Communist aggression and defended ongoing bombing and aid to South Vietnam while rejecting pauses in bombing.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
U.S
United States
Rusk
American Society of International Law
North Viet Nam
South
Senate
South Viet Nam
Republic of
Viet Nam
State Department
Soviet Union
China
Southeast Asia
Manchuria
Ethiopia
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Man
Leslie D. Ashley
Carnival
Miami
Fla
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Detroit
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Voters League
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