Congress May Return Home Rule to Washington
The 1965 voting rights bill will aid thousands of Southern Negroes to register and vote but not grant local self government to Washington. Congress may restore home rule, a shift debated since 1874, as District residents await local representation and potential elections for a Negro mayor amid a 57 percent Black population.
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Washington
Congress
John Duncan
Senate District of Columbia Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Walter N. Tobriner
Board of Commissions
Tobringer
Sen. Kennedy
District of Columbia
Special Russian Train For Foreign Tourists
Russian railroads promote a new selective service for foreign visitors from Yokohama to Western Europe. Train No 3 uses upgraded cars and trained crew enabling 16 hour Prague style pace across 559 miles to Khabarovsk, with three to four runs monthly. Tourists pay about 368.90 dollars for a four day Tokyo to Copenhagen option versus 677.60 by air.
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Khabarovsk
U.S S
R (Ap
Soviet Union
Japan
Europe
Nakhodka
Sea of Japan
Yokohama
Two Millionth Telephone Installed in Australia
Australia celebrates the two millionth telephone line with the subscriber receiving a personal call from the postmaster general, a telephone index, a golf pencil, and an engraved plate. The bill totals 25 pounds for service plus 15 pounds connecting fee and 10 pounds advance rental, reflecting a dense telephone network of 24 instruments per 100 people.
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Sydney
Australia
Flower Patterns for Monthly Needlecraft Quilt
Advertisement details pattern 7302 transferring 12 flowers in natural colors for quilt blocks or framed pictures. Price 35 cents per pattern with 15 cents extra for first class mailing. Send NAME ADDRESS ZIP PATTERN NUMBER to Alice Brooks Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept New York. 1965 Needlecraft Catalog offers 200 designs and free patterns plus books and 50 cent deluxe quilt guides.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
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Metropolitan Board of Trade
District of Columbia Federation of Citizens Associations
Board of Trade
Board of
Trade
Legislative Assembly
Arctic
South Asia
By Alice Breekes
N. Cameron St
Frigidaire
Your
Floyd Shanholtz
Ben” Levi
Northern Virginia Power
ACA
Home Service Dept
Verona
Jim
Massey
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