Voting Rights Suit Hearing Delves Into Unqualified Voters
NEW ORLEANS AP A special attorney told a federal three judge panel the 1965 Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional and that federal registrars abused authority in five parishes. Sidney Provensal said registrars certified unqualified persons as voters under 21 or lacking residency, with aims to have them eligible for the August 1966 state election.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sidney Provensal
Justice Department
Provensal
East Carroll
East
West Feliciana
Ouachita
Plaquemines Parishes
West Germany Leader Returns From Johnson Talks
Bonn West Germany Chancellor Ludwig Erhard returned from meetings with President Johnson and said he was very much impressed and satisfied by the result He claimed the talks strengthened German American friendship for the good of the Atlantic alliance and called it more than diplomatic form
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Newsmen
Board approves allocations for D Arbonne Park projects
Louisiana Board of Liquidation approves 258000 in agricultural loans to manufacturing firms and allocates funds to state agencies including 12000 for the D Arbonne Lake State Park project in Union Parish. The action cuts the 1965 66 appropriations to 5533 million and includes a 2199000 bond ratification by Orleans Levee Board.
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Baton Rouge
Board of Liquidation of
Louisiana Market Commission
Agriculture
Dave Pearce
State Parks and Recreation Commission
D’arbonne Lake State Park
Union Parish
Orleans
Gift ideas for him include sport shirts in multiple colors
The message lists sport shirts as a gift preference in Antique Ivory Bristol Blue Castillion Red Dynasty Green Em press Pink Regal Rose Florentine Gold Sovereign Blue. It also prices bath towel 5.00 hand towel 2.50 fingertip towel 1.00 wash cloth 89 bath mat 6.00.
Americans Relocate on Average Every Five Years
A survey shows that Americans tend to move every five years on average, reflecting shifting housing needs and life stages. The pattern highlights mobility trends across regions and demographics, with implications for housing markets, neighborhood stability, and relocation support services.
Dormitory and Administration Contracts Awarded in Louisiana
The state Bond and Building Commission awarded a 180,838 contract to John Mitchell Construction Co. for dormitory units at Ruston State School and a 588,800 contract to F. J. Forstall Co. for LSU New Orleans administration building. An extra 35,000 was added to the LSUUNO contract. A 254,200 transfer was approved from one Southern University Shreveport project to another.
Desegregation Ordered for Louisiana State Hospitals
Louisiana state hospitals under the boards jurisdiction must desegregate by December 31 in response to a federal court order. Hospitals Director R B Walden told superintendents in a briefing that wards waiting rooms dining halls and other facilities must be integrated. The order excludes Confederate Memorial Medical Center in Shreveport and Charity Hospital in New Orleans which have separate governing boards. The court order is said to comply with national law.
Stores Picketed In Mississippi
In Fayette Mississippi civil rights campaigners backed by the NAACP picketed white merchants to pressure desegregation. Field director Charles Evers said patrols would prevent violence and monitor Klan threats as a Friday demonstration was planned amid a shopper downturn.
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Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
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