Local reapportionment moves into city and county bodies
National focus on one man one vote spreads to local government as New York statewide sessions warn officials. A three member Federal Court order in Suffolk County highlights inequities where Shelter Island and Islip officials have vastly different representation. The move toward population based representation challenges town and county voting districts and reshapes local government structure nationwide.
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Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Board of Education
Office of Local Government
New York State
New York
Suffolk
Board of Supervisors
Shelter Island
Islip
County Boards of Supervisors
Collective Self Defense Justifies U S Air Strikes on Vietnam
The United States defends its air strikes against North Vietnam under article 51 of the UN Charter as collective self defense until the Security Council acts. The Soviet veto limits council action, pushing the U S and allies to seek peace by their own measures. East European bloc unity seeks to avoid backing Vietnam and preserve trade negotiations with the United States.
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United States
North Vietnam
State Department
Security Council
Soviet Union
Communist Bloc
Secret “Unity Conference
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Europe
South Vietnam
Twilight of the Poll Tax in Virginia Suit Aims to End Tax
After the 24th Amendment barred national poll taxes, five states still required local and state taxes. Virginia opponents filed suit to force $10 million in unpaid poll taxes and seek a judicial ruling to declare the tax unconstitutional if full collection proves impractical. They argue the tax restricts the electorate and should be abandoned. The fight reflects a broader push to end poll taxes as a matter of state rights in elections.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia
Johnson
Africans See U.S. Generosity Widen Mutual Ties and Investment
An unnamed African diplomat cites growing American understanding of Africa and shifting U.S. business practices. He notes Americans are inviting local participation in investments, training cadres in cities, and promoting closer people-to-people links while avoiding reliance on veteran colonials. He praises Peace Corps but cautions volunteers to engage beyond rural villages.
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U.S
America
Africa
United States
O.K
Peace Corps
For My Part By Ray Cromley On Viet Cong mainline army in South Vietnam
Cromley analyzes the Viet Cong's conventional mainline army in South Vietnam. He details North Vietnamese officers and troops forming most units, five base areas near Cambodia and coastlines, and logistics reliance on Red China and Hanoi. He notes base areas’ control by North Vietnamese party bosses and supply routes via Cambodia and coastal depots.
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South
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
North Viet Nam
Communist Party of
Red
Cambodia
Hanoi
Fifty Years Ago News Notes March 15 1915
The Reifsnider Mill property on Gas House Pike near the Monocacy sold at public sale for 250 dollars. the mill, burned years earlier, was not rebuilt. Rev Lewis H Ewald declined calls to Cape Vincent New York and Williamsport Pennsylvania. George K Winebrewer, son of Mr and Mrs E J Winebrewer of South Market Street, fractured his right wrist cranking an automobile. A Frederick grocer reports egg prices at 16 cents a dozen, the lowest in a decade.
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Reifsnider
Gas House Pike
Monocacy
George K. Winebrewer
E. J. Winebrewer
South Market Street
Birthday surprise honors Kolb and Hubbard near Lewistown
Twenty years ago in the News-Post files March 15, 1945 James Howard Kolb and Mrs Raymond Hubbard were feted at the home of Martin W Shepley near Lewistown on their birthdays. Earle Mack's proteges added two veterans of an athletics training camp and an infield tryout to McCurdy Field boosting the roster toward final strength. President Roosevelt stated baseball should continue this season despite wartime difficulties while Prime Minister Churchill promised victory over Germany this spring and pledged the Conservative Party to postwar free enterprise.
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Martin W. Shepley
Lewistown
Howard T. Kolb
Raymond Hubbard
Athletics
Earle Mack
McCurdy Field
Churchill
Germany
Letters on Spending and the Multiplier Theory
Edward S. Rice argues that the Employment Act and later Neo Keynesian doctrine entrenched perpetual federal deficits. He contends Keynesian policy failed in the 1930s, misreads postwar growth, and predicts ongoing deficits, mounting debt and rising interest costs threaten U.S. financial leadership. March 11, 1965 Frederick Maryland letters to the editor.
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United States
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Washington
Maynard Keynes
Lord Keynes
Great Britain
Britain
Roosevelt
Johnson
Economic Council
Edward S. Rice
7Th Street
Frederick, Md
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Twilight of the
Benay's
Nhaowsea
Bruce Bross
STAR
By Ray Cromley
PRO
News-Post
Lewis H. Ewald
All Saints Protestant Episcopal Church
Cape Vincent, N.Y
Williamsport
Frederick
Hems
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