Reapportionment in Thomas County Faces Judicial Impasse
The U S District Court judge refused to intervene in a local reapportionment suit over county commissioner representation. The article notes inequities between the Metcalf district and the Thomasville district, with broader calls for court or legislative action and possible referendum. Plaintiffs may appeal, possibly reaching the Fifth Circuit or Supreme Court.
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Thomas County
J. Robert Elliott
U. S. District Court
Elliot
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
November Is Too Late To Mark Your Ballot
The piece urges voters to act now gather information discuss issues and candidates. It emphasizes the need for an informed electorate to influence policies on war peace national solvency and freedom in a changing world.
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United States
New York
Defense Department
Pentagon
McNamara
London
England
Economists and Tax Policy On Spending and Government Power
A Charleston Daily Mail opinion notes economists blame excess consumer spending for inflation and urge higher taxes, yet argues the government will simply spend the new revenue. The piece questions why private spending is deemed unwholesome while government spending is praised.
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Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
June 21 History Highlights From 1788 To 1944
On June 21 events include the Constitution taking effect in 1788 after New Hampshire’s ratification, Cyrus McCormick patenting the reaping machine in 1834, U S troops reaching Cuba in 1898, Scapa Flow scuttling in 1919, Tobruk fall in 1942, and Berlin air attack in 1944. A decade ago East Germany announced the release of 19064 prisoners amid justice concerns.
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New Hampshire
Cyrus McCormick
U.S
Cuba
Scapa Flow
Toburk
Berlin
East Germany
Supreme Court's 1965 Voting Rights Act rulings marked by rights expansion
The Supreme Court during the 1965 66 term issued landmark decisions expanding individual rights and limiting government power. It struck down poll taxes in federal and state elections, upheld portions of the Voting Rights Act, limited police interrogation by requiring counsel and rights to silence, and ruled on fair trial standards.
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Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Congress
How I Found My Navel and Began a Diet
A humorous diary piece describes a man rediscovering his navel after shedding 23 pounds since the start of the year. He details a lighthearted plan to bury uneaten food in a milk bottle as symbolic burial of his fat self and outlines a simple diet without counting calories.
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France
Rover
Mounting War Costs Threaten Economic Stability
A clear warning from the Industrial News Review highlights the Viet Nam war's rising cost and its strain on inflation and tax policy. Fortune magazine projects annual war outlays around 21 billion dollars as troop levels grow, with defense spending and deferred expenditures shaping future budgets and public policy.
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Fortune Magazine
Pentagon
Fortune
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Viet Nam
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Has NATO's Success Weakened Western Unity
The piece probes whether NATO is seen as a rich man’s club amid France’s intransigence, Tito’s anti alliance stance, and European unease. It notes Random House volumes arguing the alliance may deter Soviet attack but fuel rival nukes, and recalls 1787 parallels and Streit’s federal Atlantic idea gaining traction.
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NATO
Europe
Tito
Warsaw Pact
Dé Gaulle
Moscow
Atlantic Alliance
Henry Jackson
National Security
Dean Acheson
Jackson
Acheson
New York
Random House
Richard J. Barnet
Marcus G. Raskin
Institute For Policy Studies
Nate
Western
Washington
Yorktown
Britain
Franklin
Madison
Hamilton
Jonh Jay
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
France
Spain
Philadelphia
Western Europe
de Gaulle
Clarence Streit
North Atlantic
Barry Goldwater
Paul Findley
Ilinois
Middle Western
Findley
Moral concerns rise as London hosts June crusade
A reader warns that London, once seen as morally upright, now faces crime and vice alongside church decline. The letter notes Britain's postwar drift, praises British Christians praying for June revival, and hopes the crusade beginning June 1 will transform many lives through Christ.
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London
America
Britain
Georgia Center for Continuing Education Opens Broad Adult Learning
Athens AP describes the George Center for Continuing Education at the University of Georgia as a statewide hub offering conferences, short courses, extension services, and educational television. The five story building houses studios, libraries, and facilities designed for distraction free study. The center provides on site meetings for nurses forest managers and corporate employees while also offering correspondence courses and home study supervised by university staff.
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Athens
Georgia
George Center For
University of Georgia
Georgia Center
Center For
American Institute of Architects
United Nations General Assembly
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Billy Graham
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