Court ruling orders population based state legislature apportionment
Supreme Court held state legislative seats must be apportioned by population, striking down “little federal” equal representation plans. Ruling affects Virginia Maryland New York Delaware Alabama Colorado with up to 40 states awaiting similar decisions. Governors vow to proceed, planning sessions and legal reviews to implement reapportionment.
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Rotary Barbecue Attracts Thousands To Senseny Park
Rotarians begin work tomorrow morning on several tons of food for 1200 to 1500 guests at the annual Rotary Club barbecue at Senseny Park. About 600 pounds of beef will be grilled starting around 10 a.m. with potato salad baked beans and rolls to follow. Piecing the pit are Boyd J. Hamman in charge and assistants Louis Bachrach Fred Stinson Stewart Bell Jr Thomas G. Scully II George Snarr F. L. Largent Jr Roy Bayliss Fred Glaize III Robert Weller and Donald Baughman profits fund Rotary community projects.
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Fred Stinson
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Radiocarbon Dating Principle Explained
The process relies on measuring the decline of radiocarbon after death to determine time since burial, based on the Encyclopaedia Britannica explanation.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Courts May Have to Do Everything Except Strip Locks From School Doors
In Prince Edward County the federal judiciary faces reopening the public schools this fall while the county supervisors resist compliance. Judge Oren R. Lewis must decide how to enforce the May 25 Supreme Court order, potentially using taxes to fund desegregated operation. The state pledges per pupil funds once schools reopen, while the county board seeks funds to staff and operate, with about 1,600 expected students and a shift of pupil placements to the State Pupil Placement Board.
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Prince Edward County
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U.S
Oren R. Lewis
Supreme Court
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Lewis
J. Seegar Gravatt
Virginia
Prince Edward
Radioactivity Levels Stable After Maxey Flats Burial
Kentucky state scientists report no higher radioactivity near Maxey Flats in Frankfort than in other parts of the state after 100000 cubic feet of nuclear waste were buried there. The North Eastern Kentucky site stands as the nation’s first radioactive waste burial.
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Frankfort
Maxey Flats
Kentucky
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
A vintage dental ad urges readers to fix slipping false teeth with JASTHETH. It promises improved comfort, stability, and secure eating and speaking, advising purchase at drug counters everywhere.
Virginia Toll Hits 410 After Tragic Thursday
The Virginia 1964 highway death toll rose to 410 after a Tennessee man died in Christiansburg. Leonard E. Craig, 77, of Atoka, Tenn., died at a hospital after being struck on U.S. 11 near Christiansburg. John R. Wineland, 38, and Eleanor Louise Wineland of LaVale, Md., died in a collision on U.S. 250 west of Charlottesville. Thomas Howard Beers, 18, of Allentown, Pa., died in a crash on an unopened stretch of Interstate 95 in Caroline County, a death not counted in the toll.
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Associated Press
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Christiansburg
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Maryland
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Leonard E. Craig
Atoka
Tenn
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U.S. 11
Christians Burg
Montgomery County
John R. Wineland
Eleanor Louise
LaVale, Md
U.S. 250
Caroline County
Thomas Howard Beers
Allentown
Greatest smoke screen of the Rhine 1945 operation
An account notes a 60 mile smoke screen along the Rhine that shielded the 21st U.S. Army Group's reorganization and its crossing of the river in early 1945. This archival detail highlights a pivotal concealment maneuver used during the war.
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U.S. Army Group
X15A2 rocket plane fails to leave B52 during test flight
At Edwards Air Force Base a reconditioned X15A2 failed to lift off from its B52 carrier during a test of flight control systems that cannot be evaluated on the ground. Modified after a 1962 crash, the craft aims to reach about 5000 mph, roughly 1000 mph faster than the current X15 record.
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Edwards Air Force Base
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