Step by Step Federal Registration Under Voting Rights Act
A hypothetical description of Mrs. Jones registering to vote under the 1965 act. A federal examiner handles a simple form, records name address age and felony status, and accepts a $1.50 poll tax payment as part of federal challenges to the tax. The process suspends literacy tests in areas with low turnout and ensures access to the county rolls.
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Poe
Jones
Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
U.S. Atty
U.S. Dist
Alabama
Justice Department
U.S
Road Toll 590 as Six Die in Va
Six more traffic deaths push Virginia’s toll for the year to 590, with six fatalities in multiple locations. Reported victims include George Mari on near Covington, Walter L. Howe in Northampton County, Sharon Lesley Boadley in Falls Church, Walter Steven Gillespie in Wythe County, and Brad L. Rountree and Allen Raymond Car in Suffolk.
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Associated Press
Nassawaddox
Walter L. Howe
Lowell
Mass
Cheriton
U.S. 13
Northampton County
Fairfax
Sharon Lesley Boadley
Falls Church
Virginia
Loudon County
Wythe County
Walter Steven Gillespie
Ivanhoe
Suffolk
Brad L. Roumtree
Rountree Dalry Inc
Allen Raymond
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Buckhorn
Prisoners Escape West Virginia Penitentiary Work Detail
Authorities seek two inmates after escaping from the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. Kenneth E. Williams, 24, from Wayne County, is serving 10 years for grand larceny and fled from the dairy farm. Clifton C. Gross, 33, from Fayette County, is serving 1 to 5 years for bigamy and fled from the coal mine near Moundsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia Penitentiary
Kenneth E. Williams
Wayne County
Clifton C. Gross
Fayette County
Penitentiary
Jiffy crochet jacket pattern sale ad from 1960s catalog
An old catalog advertisement promotes a Jiffy Crochet jacket pattern in sport yarn with an open stitch and textured edge. It lists sizes 32 to 46 and the price of thirty-five cents plus mailing fees, directing readers to mail to Alice Brooks at the Winchester Star Needlecraft Dept in New York. Also promotes the Giant 1966 Needle Craft Catalog with hundreds of patterns and a three free patterns offer for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brooks
Winchester
Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Needlecraft
Ginger Rogers Dazzles in Broadway Return as Dolly
Ginger Rogers opens in Hello Dolly at the St James Theater to a sold out crowd. The star, in Carol Channing’s role, receives a standing ovation as fans and admirers fill the house.
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Ginger Rogers
New York
Dolly
St. James Theater
Ginger Rogis
Carol Channing
Singer
West Coast
Ginger
Gower Champion
Miss Rogers
David Merrick
William Marshall
Run For Your Life a TV series with a dying hero
Hollywood reports NBC develops Run For Your Life a drama starring Ben Gazzara as a man with a terminal illness racing against time. The show aims to fuse action with personal renewal as the lead seeks meaning while facing a limited future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NBC
Gazzara
New York
Zara
Herol
Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts by Lalo Schifrin
The RCA Victor release fuses jazz with Christian worship. Conductor Lalo Schifrin says the blend injects vitality into the Mass texts and elevates the liturgical experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
RCA Victor
Lalo Schifrin
Dreaming Audience Inspires Ambiguous Remark
A narrator describes a speaker praising an audience as "perfectly beautiful" and joking about taking each member home, portraying a moment of whimsical sentiment.
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George Marion
Fridley
Covingtone
Fred Astaire
Charlie Browns
Colossal
FORD
Peanuts Characters
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Colossa
Uolie
Valley Ave
WAY Out
Mel
Mason Beatty & Insurance Ee
Iwar
Piccamiay
Barbra Streis
Tony Bennett
Andre
Kostalane
Ray Conniff
Jo Stafford
Andre Previn
Patti Page
Vic Damone
Jerry Vale
Norman Luboff
Percy Faith Ferrante
and Teicher
Scotts
Nore Nape
Rome Rene
Wise Owl
Scotts Seed
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