Senator Pearson Urges Lowering Voting Age to 18
Senator James B. Pearson of Kansas argues the 21 year minimum is an archaic rule and that 18 year olds should be allowed to vote. He told the Senate subcommittee that young people bear citizenship burdens, pay taxes, and vote in many states, estimating up to one million new voters if lowered.
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Washington
James B. Pearson
R . Kan
Pearson
Senate Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee
United States
Alaska
Georgia
Hawaii
Kentucky
Kansas
Barry Goldwater Testifies Again In Libel Suit
Barry Goldwater testifies for the sixth day in his $2 million libel case. He calls Fact Magazine's October 1964 issue the most dangerous libel precedent in American politics, accusing it of portraying him as unfit for president. Defendants are Fact Magazine, publisher Ralph Ginzburg, and managing editor Warren Boronson.
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NEW York
Barry Goldwater
Fact Magazine
Goldwater
Arizona
Fact
U.S
U.S. District Court
the Magazine
Ralph Ginzburg
Warren Boronson
Manag ‘Ing
District 1 School District Receives $904,628 Grant
District 1 School District has been awarded 904,628 in funds under the Federal Assistance to Impacted Areas Program. Funds are allocated by student counts where parents are employed at a government installation to offset revenue loss from no property taxes. About 634,000 supports elementary education while 269,814 assists high schools.
July Draft Call Lowest In 15 Months
The Defense Department issued a July draft call for 15,000 army inductees, the smallest since April 1967, with forecasts of lower than normal calls for July through December. The Pentagon cut June calls by 9,500, from 29,500 to 20,000, after overestimates of discharges. Drafts peaked in April 1968 with 48,000 inductees.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Army
Voyles murder trial reaches jury deliberations in Minnesota
Seven men and five women will deliberate in the Rachel Voyles murder trial after Judge Robert Boylston recovered from illness. The case centers on the fatal shooting of William Earl Atwood, ex-husband of Voyles, with prosecutors alleging a conspiracy with Anthony Voyles, now institutionalized, over a $2.25 million trust.
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Rachel Voyles
Superior Court
Robert Boylston
John Flynn
Horton C. Weiss
William Earl Atwood
Atwood- Larson Co
Duluth
Anthony
Alaska health official survives five gunshots in San Francisco attack
Dr Ralph B Williams 57, director of laboratory services for the Alaska Department of Health and Welfare, was shot five times in the Tenderloin after a Sunday outing. He delayed seeking care 15 hours, thinking he had been roughed up. X rays showed five bullets including one in the brain. he was taken to St Marys Hospital as surgeons planned treatment.
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San Francisco
Ralph B. Williams
Tenderloin
Williams
Alaska Department of Health and Welfare
St.Mary’s Hospital
Magma Copper workers face NLRB charges over union bid
NLRB trial examiner James R. Hemingway reports United Steelworkers threatened Magna Copper Co. employees in Arizona trying to form a rival union during the eight month copper strike. Leroy Houser, backed by Steelworkers leaders, sought to organize the United Copper Mine Workers of North America and received funds from the United Mine Workers but failed to win worker support. He faced threats after visits to a Superior residence, with Steelworkers officials allegedly orchestrating intimidation to deter organizing efforts.
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San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
James R. He- Mingway
United Steelworkers
Magna Copper Co
Arizona
Tucson
Leroy Houser
United Copper Mine Workers of North America
Hemingway
NLRB
Magma
Houser
United Mine Workers
UMW
Juan Ortega
David Shackleford
Ortega
Reid Moss
Superior
Ortega’s
Youth Corps Accused of Sloppy Overspending
Phoenix AP report says Neighborhood Youth Corps officials led by state post auditor Al Means are accused of sloppy bookkeeping and $30,000 in federal overspending. He cites incomplete records and lack of disbursement support, noting funds shifted from another federal contract to cover the deficit.
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Phoenix
State Post
al Means
Means
Nyc
Dance studio suit targets Arthur Murray studios in Seattle and Tacoma
Stephen J. Bernat of 205 S Eucalyptus Blvd is named as president and principal stockholder of the Seattle and Tacoma studios in a consumer protection suit filed yesterday in Seattle. The action accuses Arthur Murray Studios of relentless sales pressure to sell lessons, often more hours than usable, with tactics aimed at elderly students and some paying $17,991 since last September.
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Stephen J. Bernat
S. Eucalyptus Blvd
Seattle
Wash
Arthur Murray Studios
Tacoma
United Press International
State Attorney General’s Office
Bernat
Seattle and
Scottsdale Pilot Breaks Altitude Record In Piper Comanche
Scottsdale man Jack Womack flew a Piper Comanche turboprop to 41,320 feet, surpassing Pierre Bonneau as holder of the world altitude record for single engine planes.
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Phoenix
Jack Womack
Scottsdale
Pierre Bonneau
France
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