Supreme Court Upholds Texas Districts Ruling
The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court finding that Texas 23 congressional districts are unconstitutional. The ruling allows state officials to seek further equitable relief by April 1 in Houston, noting election timing and existing Houston court orders. The stay issued by Justice Black remains in effect pending these actions and final district court disposition.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
U.S. District Court
Houston
Federal District Court
High Tribunal
Hugo L. Black
Stricts
John Warren Cooke
John Connally
Othe
House
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
District Court
Dom
Mexico
Supremeourt
Tom C. Clark
Supreme An
Cnde
Georgia
Map Plans to Meet GOP Challenge
A five member House Finance subcommittee gathered to map strategy in response to the Republican challenge to the administration highway revenue bills.
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Richmond
House
Clarke Board Studies Budget for 1964-65
Clarke County Board of Supervisors opened a long session to discuss the 1964-65 budget. Items on the agenda include public schools county roads welfare departments and a proposed county soil survey urged by landowners contractors builders and industrialists.
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Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Edward Lee
Mild Weather Sets Stage for Valley Musical at Shenandoah
The Crier notes mild temperatures today with possible rain tonight and clearing tomorrow. Kurt Weill's Down in the Valley will be staged at the Shenandoah Conservatory Music Auditorium tonight at 8:15, featuring both the Shenandoah Madrigal Singers and the Shenandoah Concert Choir on the program.
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Down IN the Valley
Kurt Weill
Shenandoah Conservatory Music Aduatorium
Shenandoah Madrigal Singers
Shenandoah Concert Choir
Susan Wagner Dies. Mayor’s Wife Remembered
News briefs report the death of Mrs. Susan Wagner, wife of New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner. In Moscow, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said Western powers strive to avoid agreement on Geneva disarmament proposals. In Dallas, a defense psychiatrist spoke with Jack Ruby for over an hour as the Ruby murder trial moved toward its first witness.
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New York
Susan Wagner
Robert F. Wagner
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Sniper Kills Bear at Point Defiance Zoo
At Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma Washington a polar bear named Fuzzy was killed by a sniper. Patrol and zoo staff found the bear in a grotto with blood in a pool and bullets in the brain and near the lungs. The bear died about ten hours later despite medical efforts.
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Bear
Tacoma
Wash
Point Defiance
Fuzzy
Cecil Brosseau
Zoo
Brosseau
Baker Investigators Hear Gambling Casino Operator Testimony
Edo ward Levinson of Las Vegas appeared before the Senate Rules Committee in Washington to testify in the Bobby Baker inquiry and accepted a subpoena. The panel sought whether conflicts of interest existed as Baker faced scrutiny over dealings while serving as Senate secretary.
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Washington
Edoward Levinson
Las Vegas
Nev
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
B. Everett Jordan
de N.C
Levinson
William Kentor
Chicago
Haiti
Murchison
Texas
U.S
Benjamin Sigelbaum
Miami, Fla
Sigelbaum
Serve
U Corp
Baker
Hugh Scott
Scott
Pennsylvania
Hile
Snate
Goldwater and Rockefeller Open Final New Hampshire Drives
Sen. Barry Goldwater begins a six day campaign in New Hampshire for the first in the nation presidential primary. Gov. Nelson Rockefeller plans a solid week of campaigning ahead of the March 10 ballot as write in effort for Lodge and Nixon circulates.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
New Hampshire
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arizona
Newsweek Magazine
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Scranton
Associated Press
Thim
Final Hoffa Trial Arguments Opened
In Chattanooga AP reports James Nea l chief prosecutor opened final arguments at the jury tampering trial of James R Hoffa and five co defendants. Neal argued the case strikes at justice and juror influence. Defendants include Campbell Dorfman Ewing Parks Tweel and King. If convicted Hoffa faces up to 15 years and 15000 dollars fine. A separate Kings Mountain NC fire destroyed a Paterson moved textile mill causing 1 million damage leaving 60 employees jobless with no insurance.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
James R. Hoffa
James Neal
Teamsters
Hoffa
Nashville
Neal
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
U.S. Dist
Frank Wilson
Larry ‘Campbell
Detroit
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Thomas Ewing Parks
Nicholas ‘J/ Tweel
Huntington, W. Va
Ewing King
Kings Mountain
Paterson
N.J
Aire
A. J. Slater
Slater
MacArthur Hospitalized for Observation in Washington
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur flew to Walter Reed Army Hospital for observation and evaluation of abdominal complaints. The 84 year old commander was accompanied by his wife and Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney. He had a prostate operation at Lenox Hill Hospital in January 1960 and has since remained active.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
Children burned alive by Nazis at Auschwitz ovens
Austrian official Dr. Ella Lingens testified at Germany's war crimes trial describing inmates throwing children onto burning piles near the camp gas ovens. Lingens told the court that 22 former camp officials listened as she testified on the atrocities at Auschwitz.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Ella Lingens
Listry
Good Times Predicted in 1964 Economic Outlook Debate
Washington AP reports the House Economic Committee split along party lines over President Johnson's 1964 economic plan. Democrats praise defense savings and growth while cautioning against unemployment. Republicans accuse the administration of overheating the economy and forecasting inflation.
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House Economic Committee
Washington
Johnson
Committee of
Senators
House
Parachutist Dies After Jump From Plane
Professional parachutist Richard Welsh shouted his "Yellow" cry after leaping from a plane at 3000 feet in Michigan. Moments later he lay dead on the ground as his parachute failed to open. Witnesses including a flyer and the pilot report Welsh lacked a ripcord handle pocket, a supposed part of his rig.
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Lansing, Mich
Richard Welsh
Frank Judge
David Monroe
Robert McDonald
Welsh
85 Killed in Biggest Calif Air Tragedy
Paradise Airlines Constellation vanishes en route from San Jose to Nevada with 81 aboard. Wreckage found on Genoa Peak near Lake Tahoe after a snowstorm, confirming all aboard perished. Civil Aeronautics Board to send investigators.
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Calif
Tahoe Valley
Lake Tahoe
Paradise Airlines
Constellation
Nevada
San Jose
Alexander S. Sherry
Western Air Rescue Center
Hamilton Air Force Base
Genoa
Nev
Associated Press
California
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Philippines
John F. Kennedy
Amateur Athletic Union
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Corps of Cadets
West Point
Minorit
Genoa Peak
Squaw Valley
Leroy W. Marx
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Henry Norris
Oakland
Monte Mart
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