States Split Over Abolishing Death Penalty in 1961
The Associated Press survey shows 19 states considered death penalty bills in 1961 with limited success. New York ended mandatory death for first degree murder, several states considered repeal, and others kept or reworked capital punishment rules.
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New York
Culombe
Endicott Peabody
Iowa
Montana
Tennessee
Age
Michigan
North Dakota
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Civil Righters Challenge Barnett's Saying Demonstrations
Washington AP reports civil rights leaders challenge Barnett's assertion of Communist links to Negro demonstrations. Martin Luther King Jr. and Abner Berry deny the claim and defend peaceful civil rights actions as Congress weighs the Kennedy administration bill to ban discrimination.
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Kennedy
FBI
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New York
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Highland Folk ‘School
Mont Eagle, Tenn
Abner W. Berry
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Martin Luther King
Congress
Elks Club
John Birch Society
Order of Publication in Winchester Bank Case June 27 1963
The Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia issues an order of publication in a suit involving Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester as Executor under Nenah Love Jackson and Frances Gertrude Glossinger. Nonresident defendants John Scrannon Glossinger Berthyl Glossinger Gertrude Wagar must appear within ten days of publication or be defaulted. The suit seeks payment of 1485.24 plus 4 percent interest from January 1 1963 and costs from funds held by the bank for services per agreement.
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Corporation Court OF the
City OF
Winchester
Virginia
M. Haddox
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Virginia, ET AL
John Scrann Glossinger
Berthyl Gloswinger
Gertrude Wagar Tre
Gov Albertis Harrison to address Boys' State at Blacksburg
Virginia Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr will speak at Boys' State on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg as girls at Radford College elect and inaugurate their new governors. Boys' State elected Harvey Bryant of Portsmouth as chief executive with a 56 vote margin over Don Wyatt of Herndon.
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Associated Press
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Boys’ State
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Radford College
Radford
Judith Baldwin
Farmville
Harvey Bryant
Portsmouth
Bryant
Don Wyatt
Herndon
Denis Soden
Richmond
Tommy Spahr
Bristol
Douglas McKenna
Newport News
Girls’ State
Miss Baldwin
Sarah Witten
Brandy Station
Integrated private school system studied in Prince Edward
In Farmville Prince Edward County plans a private integrated school system financed by private grants to serve 1700 Black students denied public schooling since 1959. William Van den Heuvel has discussed funding and logistics with county leaders while Michigan State University researchers report most Black high school students left the county and few completed 12 years.
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Justice Department
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Washington
William van den Heuvel
Robert F
Prince Edward
Michigan State University
U.S. Education Office
Even Women Must Confess To True Age
Los Angeles Miss Sami Vella lied about her age when applying for a driver license claiming 25 while DMV records show 33. The department suspended her license for a year for fraud and she filed suit to recover it claiming the change was for vanity and not deception.
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Sami Vella
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Miss Vella
Hollywood
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