Court Asked To Outlaw Poll Taxes
The federal government asks the Supreme Court to strike down state and local poll taxes as unconstitutional. Five Virginia Negroes seek to reverse a lower court ruling and end the Virginia poll tax, challenging its impact on poor voters and voting rights nationwide. The Solicitor General argues any tax tied to voting disenfranchisement is impermissible.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
U. S
Thurgood Marshall
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Georgia
U. S. District Court
Alexandria
Annie E. Harper
Gladys A. Berry
Curtis Burr
System blamed for prison farm death amid inquiry
Norfolk AP reports a state commission hearing into 16 year old Francis Ricardo West's prison farm death, with witness Frederick Ward Jr stating the system should be evaluated rather than finding a single scapegoat. West hanged himself in solitary confinement after a traffic offense. Ward criticizes Virginia law allowing a juvenile to be tried as a felon then hear a misdemeanor case.
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Norfolk
Francis Ricardo West
Frederick Ward Jr
National Council On Crime and Delinquency
West
Director of Public Welfare
City Farm
Ward
Edwin A. Henry
Trail
Virginia
Ben Casey and Jimmy Dean Shows Near End of Road
ABC will replace Ben Casey on March 28 with The Avengers and the Jimmy Dean Show in early April to make room for Court Martial. Both series have declined in Nielsen rankings and are unlikely to return next fall. CBS led NBC in the latest two week Nielsen period with Oz reruns topping the list. other top shows include Red Skelton, Lucy, and Andy Griffith.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Ben Casey
ABC
Jimmy Dean
Dean
CBS
NBC
Red Skelton
Andry Griffith
Dick van Dyke
Sammy Davis Jr
Jackie Gleason
Unfinished Dickens Mystery Tied to Death
The note explains Dickens was working on the mystery the evening before his death, leaving it unfinished. The piece cites the unfinished status as due to his passing. The Q A excerpts discuss Salt Lake’s salinity and John Witherspoon’s signing of the Declaration.
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Charles Dickens
Dickens
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DODGE
Ford
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Evelyn Butts
Cleren
John Witherspoon
New Jersey
Mewspaper Enterprise Association
Medicare
Social Security
United States
Social Security District
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Boscawen Street
W. Broad ST
Richmond
Winchester
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