Three Negroes win in Alabama runoff. whites prevail overall
In Macon County, Lucius Amero n wins the Democratic sheriff nomination in a runoff, as three other Black candidates advance while 22 white contests favor white opponents. Across Alabama, no Black candidate secures seats in the legislature and 8 seek legislative seats fail to win.
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Rex Thomas
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lucius A. Ameroon
Macon County
Fred D. Gray
Amerson
Harvey Sandler
K. L. Buford
Sadler
L. A. Lockfair
Harold Webb
Board of Revenue
Tuskegee
Greene County
Bullock
Hale
Perry
Albany Nears Solution of New York City Tax Crisis
Gov Rockefeller meets with Republican leaders and Assembly Speaker Travia as talks continue to resolve the New York City tax issue. Upstate Republicans press for a plan to offset transit fare increases and fund city services while debates linger on municipal taxes and the medical care program.
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Albany
New York City
N.Y
Travia
Rockefel
Republic
Legisla
Tare Repoy
Senate
Earl
W. Brydges
Rockefeller
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Brydges
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Twain works still earn royalties worldwide despite Russia
Mark Twain’s estate continues to collect royalties from most nations including Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Attorney Thomas G Chamberlain, trustee, told the New York Mark Twain Association that Russia pays no royalties even though books are published there. Twain died in 1910.
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New York
Mark Twain
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Thomas G. Chamberlain
Mark Twain Association
Russia
Twain
Officer Cleared in Death of Negro Motorist in Los Angeles
A nine member coroner jury ruled the May 7 slaying of Leonard Deadwyler by officer Jerold Bova accidental. District Attorney Evelle Younger agreed, no criminal charges planned. Deadwyler’s widow Barbara, pregnant, plans a civil suit. violence followed in riot scarred South Central LA.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Leonard Deadwyler
Dist. Atty
Evelle J. Younger
Jerold M. Bova
Barbara
Bova
Nixon calls for draft overhaul at Chautauqua event
Former vice president Richard Nixon criticized the draft system as flawed and likely to spark a national scandal. He urged a lottery style draft with no deferments for education and urged shared burden amid the Vietnam War. He blamed the Johnson Administration for weak leadership and proposed using air and sea power against the Viet Cong. He also noted 1938 wage figures for context.
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Jamestown
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Chautauqua County
Johnson
Washington
U.S
Statewide school aid hiked by Rockefeller measure
Governor Rockefeller signed a bill boosting state aid to schools by 102.3 million dollars, after a two month stalemate. The measure raises the state share of local operating costs, scales the per pupil ceiling from 600 to 660, adds sparsity aid for small districts, and includes 4.3 million for density aid to 43 medium cities and large districts.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Assembly
Senate
Cratic
GE Arms Contract Awarded for 20 mm Vulcan Weapon
The U S Army Weapons Command awarded General Electric Co a 4 770 000 contract for manufacturing the 20 mm Vulcan anti aircraft weapon at the Burlington Vermont plant. The machinegun like weapon with revolving barrels is mounted on armored vehicles and can fire 3000 rounds per minute.
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Burlington, Vt
U.S. Army Weapons Command
General Electric Co
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