Federal poll tax suit ends trial in Texas
A three judge panel concluded the trial of the federal suit to ban the Texas poll tax. They warned appeals to the Supreme Court likely won’t be decided before the January 31, 1966 payment cutoff. Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr argued the case rests on strained logic.
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Houston
Homer Thornberry
Austin
US Dist
Adrian Spears
Justice Department
Stephen Pollak
Brown
Texas
Waggoner Carr
Justice Departments
Carr
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
US. Senate
Weather forecast for North Central and Northwest Texas
Cloudy tonight with rain ending today in parts of the region. Temperatures range from mid 40s to mid 50s with a warmer Friday in most areas. Northwest and Northeast Texas see cooler nights, while coastal winds stay light to moderate from 10 to 20 knots.
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Snyder
Texas
Johnson forecasts 1966 prosperity with wage price restraint
President Johnson told top business leaders by telephone that 1966 should bring record prosperity without inflation if wages and prices are kept in line with federal guides. He urged cooperative restraint among industry labor and government and cited Viet Nam sacrifices as justification for peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Business Council
Washington
Gemini Holds To Saturday Blastoff In Cape Kennedy Plan
Space mission officials in Florida reviewed sleep plans for Gemini 6 and 7 crews as the scheduled Saturday blastoff aims to ensure both astronauts sleep during the flight. Dr. Berry noted crews are relaxed and in good condition while experiments track sleep depth with brain wave electrodes.
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Jim Strothmandertaken
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Ameri- Berry
Frank
Sleep Borman
Ing
James A. Lovell Jr
Charles A. Berry
Gemini
Cape Kennedy
Berry
Air Force
Borman
Bor- Navy
Lovell
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Airknew
Jury Deliberates Klansmen Fate in Civil Rights Case
A white male jury begins deliberation in the case of three Alabama Ku Klux Klansmen charged with conspiring to violate civil rights after a March 25 protest in Selma. Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. instructs jurors to consider each defendant separately and to seek a fair verdict free of sympathy or prejudice.
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Dudley Lehew
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ku Klux
Citi Ier
Selma
Johnson
Thej
Liuzzo
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Bones
Big E Joins Viet Nam War Effort In Combat
The Enterprise the first nuclear powered carrier to go to war joins Viet Nam operations off South Viet Nam. Two planes were lost and one crashed after aborting landings amid dense weather as 140 missions were planned. Crew members were rescued and the ship aims to break flight record highs.
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Bob Pool
Binh Chanh
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North
17Th Parallel
South China Sea
Viet Nam
John T. Wheeler
Enterprise
Song Be
Henry Miller
Cold Dips South Again
Unseasonably cold weather gripped the South with temperatures in the 20s and 30s across Georgia Alabama and northern Florida while central and southern Florida stayed milder Readings in the Dakotas and southern Appalachians fell to teens and single digits but most other areas ran near normal Warmer conditions were forecast Florida growers reported no damage from the cold.
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Associated Press
Florida
Georgia
Mercury
Savannah
Macon
Atlanta
Albany
Birmingham
Ala
Dakotas
Appalachians
Snyder Chamber Banquet Set for January 29
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce announced its annual banquet for January 29. Banquet committees begin planning to close one year of work and start the next. six new directors will be elected and take office at the event.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Threat Of Floods Told In South Central Texas
The Corpus Christi Weather Bureau issued flood warnings after heavy rains spread across much of South Central Texas. General rainfall occurred across Texas though light at many spots. Warnings cover the upper Nueces upper Frio and upper Sabinas basins and their tributaries. Two to three inch rains could cause flash floods and close low water crossings tonight.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi Weather Bureau Office
Texas
Upper
Nueces
Frio
Sabinas
Corpus Christi
Rites Set For J. E. Bailey
Funeral services for Jonah E. Bailey age 84 will be held Friday at Calvary Baptist Church at 10 am He died Wednesday at Nicholas Manor Hospital Crosbyton A native of Tennessee he had lived in Scurry County ten years Burial will be at Flamett Cemetery near Mata dor under Bolger Funeral Home direction Surviving are one daughter Mildred Cooper Houston four sons P W Bailey Snyder Jesse E Bailey Houston Bryan and R D Bailey both of Sweeney twenty grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren
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Calvary Baptist Church
Jonah E. Bailey
Bailey
Avenue C
Nicholas Manor Hospital
Crosbyton
Tennessee
Scurry County
George Shoff
Flamett
Matador
Bolger Funeral Home
Mildred Cooper
Houston
P. W. Bailey
Snyder
Jesse E. Bailey
Bryan
R. D. Bailey
Sweeney
Britain to send RAF planes to defend Zambia amid Rhodesia tensions
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced a deal with Kenneth Kaunda to station RAF fighters and RAF regiment in Zambia. Britain poised to move troops and aircraft as Nairobi based Javelin jets await orders, with control of airports and command debates shaping deployment.
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London
Harold Wilson
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Royal Air Force
Wilson
House of Comons
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Britain
Middle East
Aden
Kaunda
Kariba
Smith
House of Commons
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Katzenbach
Department of Justice
Civil Rights Comission
Massachusetts
Daniel Pollock
North Adams
Mass
Elmer Potter
William Garner
Fices
Big E
da Nang
Chu Lai
7Th Fleet
Mekong
McNamara
Robert McNamara
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Khe
J. E. Bailey
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