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Dirksen Predicts Civil Rights Bill Passage Before Convention
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen forecast a purified civil rights bill becoming law before the Republican National Convention opens July 13. He said enough votes exist to end the southern filibuster, with a bipartisan package refined but not weakened. The plan faces opposition from Sen. Keating and Sen. Thurmond who warn changes may hinder relief. A cloture vote around June 10 could show where angles lie. Separate report notes East German youths escaped to West Berlin through three barbed-wire barriers before dawn.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Dirksen
Leverett Saltonstall
Kenneth GB
Keating
New York
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
House