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Newspaper

Wellington Leader

Location

Wellington, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1964

Page

6

Samnerwood Eagles Win 1964 Little League Title

The Samnerwood Eagles finished 13 wins 2 losses to top a six-team league in Wellington. Final week results: July 27 Quails 10 Braves 6. July 27 Dodgers 24 Cubs 8. July 28 Eagles 17 Twins 4. July 30 Quails 23 Twins 8. July 30 Dodgers 14 Braves 3. July 31 Eagles 25 Cubs 5.

Samnerwood Eagles Samrorwood Eagles Cubs Quails Wellington The Braves Boyce Martin Farrar Dodgers West Harper Eagles Twins Tony Hernandez Pendleton Jackson Holman Dwyer Norman Farris Quails Twins

United States and dual sovereignty concept explained

The newsletter emphasizes that the United States is a union of separate states in a federal system. It argues citizens hold dual citizenship to national and state governments and warns that national power has grown at the expense of states, urging reversal of this trend.

United States

Supreme Court Equal Protection ruling shocks Congress

Congressman Walter Rogers notes the June 15 decision that six state legislatures violate the Fourteenth Amendment by apportionment. He says the ruling forces redistricting to roughly equal population across each house and sparks over 80 House proposals to amend the Constitution. Rogers cites Wright Patman’s amendment allowing nonpopulation based apportionment in bicameral legislatures.

United States Supreme Court Wright Patman Texarkana Texas House Patman United States Congress U. S. Senate

Congressional Endorsement Sought for Constitutional Amendment

The text argues Congress should not adjourn without approving an amendment similar to Patman proposals and sending it to the states for ratification. It contrasts the Great Compromise with state apportionment disputes and cites Justice Harlan’s dissent about federal courts shaping state political structures.

Congress Patman House Senate Supreme Court United States Congress Justice Harlan

Constitution and Court Power Clash in State Budget Debates

The piece discusses a $30,000 federal grant for statewide planning on retardation issues in Texas State Hospitals and Special Schools. It criticizes intergovernmental roles and urges constitutional change to let Congress override Supreme Court rulings on constitutionality. It cites Thomas Jefferson and calls for a two thirds Congress to overturn court decisions.

Austin Texas Supreme Court Thomas Jefferson Congress

Texas Plans Federal Match To Aid Mentally Retarded

Board Chairman Howard Tellepsen states Texas will match a federal grant of 2.2 million to fund a national plan for mental retardation. He cites 300000 Texans affected and waits over 1400 for admission to six state residential institutions. An undersea mountain range is noted in the Arctic Ocean.

Howard T. ‘Tellepsen Houston John F. Kennedy Texas Tellepsen Arctic Ocean

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Walter Rogers Gress House of Representatives Leslie Ackerman Sausalito Calif Begin M. V. Cobb Chiropractor Shamrock, Texas Friendship Baptist Church Luther Crawford Hillcrest Missionary Baptist Church Lamesa, Texas E. E. Pitts Atanela Lucky Day Club Alvin Sutton Swift van Camp Vienna Borden Dial Libby Hill’s Bros Crisco Oil Anes Eac Raymond Patto Luther Sullivan Armour Thompson
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