Court Directs Reapportion Case Review
The Supreme Court ordered a lower federal court in New York to reconsider a challenge to the New York Legislature’s apportionment. WMCA and associates accused the Senate and Assembly of discriminatory geography, citing constitutional questions raised by earlier rulings and a related Michigan case on state and federal review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Senate
Assembly
Tennessee
WMCA
R. Peter Straus
Joseph de Maio
Edward Lind
S Thomas Delaney
Edward C. Brown
James J
Louisiana Guests From Germany Returning Home
Ten West German storm refugee children and their teacher depart New Orleans by bus to New York and a boat to Germany. Eight children were honorary pages in Baton Rouge. Gov. Jimmie Davis hosted a six week Louisiana visit funded by state donations. The group stayed with German-speaking families in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport as relief for Hurricane Carla victims. They expect Bremerhaven arrival on June 235.
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New Orleans
New York City
Germany
Legislature
Baton Rouge
House
Paul Koch
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana
Shreveport
Berlin
Carla
Texas
Bremerhaven
Testimony On Deficit Set In Louisiana Senate Session
Baton Rouge AP report says the Senate Finance Committee will hear deficit testimony in closed session on Louisiana deficits for the past two years and projected revenues for the next fiscal year. Senator William Cleveland Crowey chaired the session in the Senate lounge with top financial officials expected to attend.
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Baton Rouge
Senate Finance Committee
Louisiana
Senate
William Cleveland
Crowey
Revereee
Floor Vote On Liquor Bill Near Baton Rouge
Rep Risley Tribe plans a House floor vote today on a controversial bill to revise liquor licenses rules. Opponents say the measure would remove package liquor sales from supermarkets and drugstores.
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Baton Rouge
Aps
Risley Tribe
Dudley Buyas
Louisiana Retail
Buford Smith
Avoyelles
Tribe
Integration Leaders Held In Caddo Parish Prison
Two Negro integration leaders Rev Wyatt T Walker and Harry Blake faced arraignment on loitering charges after being held in Caddo Parish jail on a coroner's commitment. They posted bonds after being released to city police following arrest at a Negro vote rally amid race protests.
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Shreveport
Lacapps
Caddo Parish
Wyatt T Walker
Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Harry Blake
French German friendship mandatory says Adenauer
Bonn, UPI report quotes Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urging a strong France Germany bond as essential to U S interests. He rejects a Paris Bonn axis and stresses historical ties, a united Europe, and avoiding future Franco Soviet pacts while welcoming closer Franco German cooperation.
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Adenauer
Washington
Paris
United States
Britain
Long Says U S Power Deterrent To Atomic War
Sen. Russell Long warned in a weekend speech that the United States has the retaliatory force to destroy the Soviet Union if attacked. He spoke at the launch of the destroyer escort USS McCloy at Avondale Shipyard near New Orleans, noting confidence in U S strength and a future without war. The vessel, christened by Rep. Arthur Winstead’s wife, measures 371 feet and will feature bow sonar, torpedoes, and remote controlled helicopters.
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New Orleans
UPI
Russell B. Long
D-La
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Long
McCloy
Avondale
U. S
Arthur Winstead
Louisiana bill would create 15 investor run development banks
A Louisiana Senate bill would authorize 15 investors to form business development corporations to lend long term capital to small firms, especially manufacturers. The plan, backed by the Department of Commerce and Industry, would bar loan companies and keep board approval in state hands.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Louisiana
State Senate
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Wendell Harris
B. H. Johnny Rogers
Grand Cane
Department of Commerce and Industry
Henry Davis
Davis
Harris and Rogers
Commerce and Industry Board
Loewe Receives Honorary Degree at Redlands Commencement
Composer Frederick Loewe was awarded an honorary doctor of music at the University of Redlands commencement in Redlands California. He is known for My Fair Lady Camelot and the film Gigi.
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Redlands
Calif
Frederick Loewe
University of Redlands
Loewe
Gigi
Four More Bodies Recovered in Yun River Tragedy
In Formosa, police raised the drowning toll to 21 after rescuers found four additional bodies from the trawler Chieh Shin carrying about 50 youths aged 6 to 16. The ship capsized while watching a boat race on Sunday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yun River
Riders Bused to Barracks at Hyannis Camp Edwards
Forty four Negro Reverse Freedom Riders moved to unused army barracks at Camp Edwards Hyannis Mass due to dormitory needs. The group includes 37 children and seven adults with 12 having found work elsewhere and four moving to Boston. An additional group arrived from Shreveport bringing total to 61 shipped here on one way bus tickets.
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Mass
UPI
Army Barracks
Camp Edwards
Cape Cod Community College
National Guard
Shreveport
Kennedy
White House
Boston
William Ricks
Little Rock
Ark
Montgomery
Ala
Matthew Gilbert
Nadgilie
Hodding Carter Probes Portland as Reverse Freedom Riders Destination
Publisher Hodding Carter of the Delta Democrat-Times says he will investigate whether Portland Maine is the planned arrival point for a Reverse Freedom Riders effort. Clem Stovall, a 25 year old Negro laborer from Noxapater Mississippi, landed in Portland after leaving Mississippi following a white man’s confrontation. He sought Cleveland or Evanston where relatives live, saying fare to Portland was more expensive.
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Hodding Carter
Greenville, Miss
Delta Democrat-Times
Portland
Maine
Carter
Clem Stovall
Noxapater, Miss
Stovall
Mississippi
Cleveland
Evanston
Ill
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