Officials Unsure On PAR Vote Machine Plan
Baton Rouge officials respond to PAR recommendations for light weight electronic voting machines. Governor McKeithen has not commented, while State Voting Machine Custodian Douglas Fowler remains skeptical of large advantages over lever systems. Secretary of State Martin Jr notes potential merit, and PAR urges test in six parishes including Caddo Ouachita Calcasieu Lafayette East Baton Rouge and Orleans.
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UPT
Public Affairs Research Council
PAR
Louisiana
McKeithen
Douglas Fowler
Wade 0
Martin Jr
Legislative Economy Committee
Len Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
Caddo
Ouachita
Calcasieu
Lafayette
East Baton Rouge
Orleans
Jail Compound In Full Operation
Jackson Mississippi AP reports the jail compound at the state fairgrounds, reopened after 70 civil rights demonstrators were arrested, housing nearly 900 prisoners in 18 days. Demonstrators were charged with parading without a permit and transported in city trash trucks with wire mesh caging.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi State Fairgrounds
Fairgrounds
Paul Johnson
Freedom Democratic Party
Jackson
Legislation to ship Marines’ cars home for Hawaii and Vietnam transfers
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to allow Marines moved from Hawaii to Okinawa and from South Vietnam to have their automobiles shipped home at government expense. The plan would cost about 80 thousand dollars.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services Committee
Hawaii
Okinawa
South Viet Nam
Surgery Slated Thursday On Transplant Try
In New Orleans a team of surgeons planned a Thursday kidney transplant for 13 year old Johnnie Gail Honeycutt of Anniston Alabama using her father's kidney. The surgery was delayed after a slight change in her condition. Doctors said a family donor reduces rejection risk and offers the best chance for life.
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New Orleans
Alabama
Johnnie Gail Honeycutt
John Honeycutt
Anniston
Ala
Lord Colwyn Withdraws Beatles Honor Debate Request
London UPI Lord Colwyn withdrew his request for a House of Lords debate on the Beatles’ Order of the British Empire honor. He argued the inquiry might be seen as an insult to the Queen.
Mississippi votes battle to ease voting law hurdles
In Jackson Mississippi Gov Paul Johnson plans new House push to pass a constitutional amendment aimed at relaxing voting requirements and eliminating standards deemed discriminatory. The measure fell one vote short of a two thirds majority on its first House floor tally and faces renewed efforts to win the needed backing before advancing to the people.
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Jackson
Allen Thompson
Johnson
Jackson, Miss
Paul Johnson
House
Irby Turner
Humphreys County
House Constitution Committee
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