Supreme Court Rules New York Apportionment Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court declares New York State legislative apportionment unconstitutional under the equal protection clause. Chief Justice Warren cautions that current formulas dilute votes of residents in populous counties and bias urban representation. The ruling affects WMCA and five voters challenging the system with the 1964 election pending further action.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York State
Earl Warren
Alabama
Warren
New York
WMCA
New York City
R. Peter Straus
U.S. District Court
Wickers elected NY State AMVETS commander
Walter Wickers of Bay Shore won the New York State AMVETS command at the three day convention in Albany succeeding Russell Bollman of Buffalo. Edward Baranowski of Schenady was named first vice president with other officers including Frank Pavia Brooklyn second vice commander and Richard Heubner East Islip adjutant.
Scranton Seeks Delegate Votes in Presidential Run
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton told an Allegheny College audience that the nation faces its final challenge to principle. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree and outlined civil rights, community development, politics, and capitalism as core themes while planning a westward tour to meet delegates.
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Meadville
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Allegheny College
Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
Texas
Arizona
Soviet Premier Khrushchev Tours Scandinavia and Central Europe
Soviet Premier Khrushchev began an 18 day Nordic tour traveling to Denmark Norway and Sweden with a goal of pushing for a nuclear weapons ban in central Europe and the Nordic region. He aims to keep NATO in check while urging Baltic free zone support amid mixed public reaction. He travels with wife Nina and aides and ends in Sweden on July 4.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Copenhagen
Central Europe
Nina
Kaliningrad
West Germany
NATO
East Germany
Scandinavia
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Europe
Baltic
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Syracuse University plans drama center at Regent Theater
A $1 million project to develop a drama center at Syracuse University centers on the Regent Theater. The plan adds a small experimental theater plus faculty study and work facilities for the drama department, supporting plays by school civic and touring groups.
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Syracuse
N. Y. Wn
Syracuse University
Regent Theater
Radishes Favor Beatles Over Other Music in Home Experiment
Lynn Boshkov and her father at White Plains High School conducted a radish growth test exposing plants to Beatles, Lily Pons, and Dvorak, plus a silent control. Radishes listening to Beatles showed the greatest foliage and root growth, with Lily Pons a close second.
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Francis Stilley
NEW York
Lily Pons
Lynn Boshkov
Columbia University
White Plains High School
Stefan Boshkov
Pons
Dvorak
New World Symphony
Lynn
Pons Group
Beatles
Professor Boshkoy
Charles D. Heath
Boshkov
Lynda Bird Johnson Travels Hawaii During Political Tour
President Johnsons daughter Lynda Bird Johnson vacationed on Kauai during a four day Hawaii visit that blends a political tour with public appearances. She spoke, greeted crowds, signed autographs, laid wreaths, met officials, and visited cultural centers on Oahu and nearby islands before planning more swimming and sightseeing trips.
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Lihue
Kauai
Hawaii
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Garden Island
Lynda
Laie
Honolulu
Senate votes to retain civil rights hotel and restaurant title
The Senate voted 63 to 23 to keep in the civil rights bill the title banning discrimination in hotels, restaurants, amusement centers, and gas stations. It defeated an Byrd amendment to strike the public accommodations title, signaling broad support for all three titles.
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Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
W.va
Viet Cong Steps Up Activity in Vietnam
The Ministry of Defense reported a sharp increase in Viet Cong activity in Saigon South Vietnam. During the week 172 Viet Cong were captured or killed and government soldiers suffered more fatalities than the prior week. Viet Cong losses were 18, with higher casualty figures than last week.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ministry of Defense
Lodge denies resigning as envoy to South Viet Nam
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge rejects a Washington report that he plans to resign within 30 days amid ongoing talk of health and career plans. The White House says no resignation letter has been received and Lodge reiterates he is not resigning nor staying for life.
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South Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Washington
Lodge
New York Times
White House
Johnson
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Charles P. Arnot
Progress in Indonesia Malaysia meeting nears with withdrawals
Malaysia and Indonesia agree on monitored withdrawal of guerrillas from northern Borneo as Bangkok and Tokyo report talks progress. Weekend clashes in Malaysian Borneo leave nine dead with uncertain casualties, while Thai teams are sent to monitor checkpoints ahead of a three-nation foreign ministers meeting.
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Tokyo
Malaysia
Indonesia
Borneo
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Borneo
Thailand
Salvador P. Lopez
Sarawak
Sabah
North Borneo
Philippines
Sukarno
Abdul Rahma
Diosdado Macapagal
Macapagal
Rahman
Bangkok
Jakarta
Chaerul Saleh
Etna Erupts For Fourth Day In Sicily
Mt Etna rumbled and hurled ash clouds 3000 feet as explosions erupted from the central cone on the fourth day of a new eruption. The Acereale Observatory at the volcano foothills reported three strong earthquakes accompanying the activity.
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MT. Etna
Catania
Sicily
Acereale
Miss Denver 19-Year-Old Toliver Crowned In City Contest
Denver selects 19 year old Ernestyne Elizabeth Toliver as Miss Denver defeating 12 contenders. She wins luggage and a $300 scholarship, is a University of Denver English sophomore, and weighs 115 pounds at 5 feet 4 inches. Her father Ernest H. Toliver from Houston, Texas is an office accountant. Toliver says she would like to cry after the win.
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Denver
Colo
Ernestyne Elizabeth Toliver
Ernest H. Toliver
Houston
Tex
Toliver
University of Denver
Mechanical Marvel to Make Man Real Tower of Power
A GE advanced labs project in Schenectady aims to encase a man in a 17 foot high metal skeleton called a pedipulator. The device blends human brain control to enable running, climbing steep cliffs, and lifting heavy loads with amplified arm and leg power.
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Mechanical Marvel
Tower of Power
Schenectady
N.Y
Army
General Electric Co
Advanced Technology Laboratories
Ralph S. Mosher
Mosher
Lodge denies reports of early return before GOP convention
Lodge said he would not resign and ABC quoted an spokesman as confirming no plan to quit. The 61 year old won New Hampshire on write in votes, holds 46 delegates, and faces possible use of his name at the San Francisco convention opening July 13.
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NEW York—State Assembly
Joseph F. Carlino
Rockefeller
Carlino
Long Beach
Malcolm Wilson
Yonkers
Jacob K. Javits
John V. Lindsay
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Manhattan
Wilson
Nassau County
Nassau
Associated Press
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Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Scranton
Henry Cabot Lodge
Margaret Chase Smith
Richard M. Nixon
Pennsylvania
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Goldwaters
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Idaho
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New Mexico
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Missouri
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Maryland
Minnesota
United States
Lodge
ABC
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George Cabot Lodge
Draft Lodge
William W. Scranton
The
Times Dispatch
Max Frankel
Washington
Foreign Service
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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George E. Reedy
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