Poll Tax Ruling Ends Precondition To Vote In Virginia
Richmond AP report states Virginia officials will eliminate poll tax as a voting prerequisite. Voters must register one month in advance. those already registered for federal elections won’t need re-registration for state or local votes. Poll tax remains $1.50 per year, nonpayment not blocking polls. A three-judge federal panel ruled against re-registration and payment as a prerequisite.
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Richmond
Virginia
Godwin
Davis
Youth 19 Arrested on Frava Charge in Prescott
William Booze alias Wayne A. Pendleton of Prescott Arkansas is jailed on alleged fraudulent yearbook ad sales for Douglas High School. Police say Douglas had no yearbook and Booze is being investigated by the FBI for possible draft board warrants and possession of a military dependent ID with his photo. Police also report recent vandalism at local payphones and a bus station arrest.
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Afbat
Arkansas
William Booze
Wayne A. Pendleton
Prescott, Ark
Douglas High School
Douglas
Francis Funk
Captain Funk
FBI
Greenwall Ave
Robert G. Smallwood
Cers
Shenandoah Apple Festival Postmark Slogan Debuts
The Winchester Post Office released a special slogan to promote the upcoming Apple Festival. From April through May 1 the postmark will feature the message Shenandoah and draw attention to the event.
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Winchester
10000 Demonstrators March in South Vietnam
About 10 000 demonstrators marched in Da Nang and Hue criticizing the Saigon government and the United States. South Vietnamese soldiers joined in, with anti American overtones growing louder as crowds called for civilian government elections. Observers could not gauge overall support.
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DA Nang
South
Hue
Cen
Demonstrators in Saigon Protesters Attack as Riot Patrols Move In
In Saigon three thousand demonstrators armed with sticks and spikes advanced toward the city center shouting Americans go home and assaulted Western photographers. Riot police were deployed to halt the march while Boy Scouts in Da Nang denounced the United States. The crowd included Buddhist monks and thousands of South Vietnamese military officers. Medical students held an antigovernment gathering criticizing American soldiers.
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Saigon
da Nang
Cupid brings Australian bride to join husband in Missouri
Cheryl Payne, 20, and Ronald Payne, 20, converge in Hannibal after Secretary Rusk helped waive immigration hurdles. The Melbourne native had been separated since their Oct 19 Australia wedding when Ronald avoided induction and Cheryl awaited entry to the United States.
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ST. Louis
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Cheryl Payne
Melbourne
Australia
Ronald
Payne
Hannibal
Cheryl
Montgomery City
Ron
Harold Payne
New Florence
William Hungate
D-Mo
Hungate
Rond
LaGrange Junior College
University of Missouri
Columbia
America
Mr. Rusk
Rennie
Protestant Leaders List Plans for Church Merger
Seven Protestant denominations with about 25 million members outlined a possible path to church unification in a 105 page document. Leaders stressed the plan is not a merger but a framework with a Dallas discussion set for May 25 and a potential 50 year timeline for full unity.
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Dallas
Tex
Protestant Episcopal Church
United Presbyterian Church
The
Methodist Church
International Convention of ‘Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Church of Christ
Afri
Washington
Episcopal
Robert F
Gibson, Jr
Richmond
Eugene Carson Blake
San Francisco
World Council of Churches
Gibson
Cause of Show Cause Order to Firemen Amid Steel Strike
The Associated Press reports a major rail and auto industry strike slowed U S commerce. About 200000 workers were out or laid off impacting GM Ford and Chrysler plants, with hundreds of thousands affected across lumber, grain, aluminum and chemical sectors.
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Associated Press
General Motors
Ford
Twinsburg
Ohio
Chrysler
American Motors
Kelvinator
Grand Rapids
Mich
Oregon
Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Two Collisions In County Leave Five Injured
Last night two traffic incidents kept state police busy. A Route 50 and Route 522 collision injured four with a fifth hospitalized, including Janet Mishler admitted with good condition. A second hit and run rear collided a car on Route 522 leaving no injuries.
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P. F. Click
Ross L. Mishler
Washington, D.C
Rodger Dinges
Woodstock
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Donnie Burch
Janet Mishler
Joseph Graves
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mishler
Winchester
Click
Dennis Proffitt
Proffitt
Marines Press Chases Viet Cong Across Central Coast
Two U S Marine divisions split into small units from Da Nang and Chu Lai conducting patrols ambushes listening posts and search and destroy missions in central coastal plains. They killed eight Viet Cong captured two and sank eight sampans amid a broader air cavalry pursuit near the Cambodian border with limited enemy contact.
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Saigon
South
da Nang
Chu Lai
Leathernecks
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Chu Phong
Associated Press
Rick Merron
Air Cavalry
Parole Granted for Two Spies Scarbeck and Gold
Biochemist Harry Gold and former U S Foreign Service officer Irvin Scarbeck were ordered released on parole next month from Lewisburg Penitentiary. Gold, 55, got 30 years in 1950 for passing defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Scarbeck, 45, received concurrent 10 year terms for providing documents to Poland while in Warsaw. Both will remain under parole supervision into the 1970s.
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Washington
Harry Gold
Foreign Service
Irvin C. Scarbeck
U.S
Federal Board of Parole
Freedom Searbeck
Gold
Federal
Lewisburg
Switzerland
Klaus Fuchs
Soviet Union
Scarbeck
Brooklyn
W.Y
Warsaw
Observatory Launching Off Until Monday
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP after two postponements officials delayed the Atlas Agena launch of an orbiting astronomical observatory until Monday at 2 51 p m ST. A Centaur rocket launch was moved to 9 a m Tuesday after Friday fuel leaks and a postponement last Tuesday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Sales Tax Urged For Va Counties
The Virginia Association of Counties urges county officials to enact a 1 percent local option sales tax and cut real estate taxes. The group notes the tax must be in place two months before the statewide 2 percent levy takes effect Sept. 1. C F Hicks of Gloucester pushes real estate tax relief and notes a constitutional amendment will phase out personal property tax on household goods in two years. Ed Overstreet of Bedford County supports broadening the tax base to lessen real estate burden.
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Virginia Association of Counties
VAC
Virginia
C. F. Hicks
Gloucester
Hicks
Ed Overstreet
Bedford County Board of Supervisors
Reed
Contempt Finding Sought in AFL Firemen Strike
A federal judge ordered the Railroad Firemen's Union to show cause why it should not be held in contempt for continuing the walkout on eight railroads. The issue includes a proposed $500,000 daily fine and $10,000 per day against union president H E Gilbert. A Birmingham, Alabama case jailed three union officials for violating a temporary restraining order.
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Washington
U.S
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
H.E. Gilbert
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of
Gilbert
Birmingham
Ala
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co
H.H. Grooms
Grooms
J. E. Wolfe
Weather outlook for Richmond under high pressure
The Virginia forecast notes fair skies and light to moderate winds as a large high pressure system dominates the state. No rain is expected today and temperatures remain mild across regions surrounding Richmond.
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Richmond
Virginia
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