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Federal Judges Strike State's Poll Tax The order also forbade con ducting any election in Alabama 'when the last pronouncement by the Supreme Court on the sub would readily join in the issuance of an injunctive degree "removing and prohibiting ev MONTGOMERY (AP) A three judge federal panel invalidated Alabama's poll tax today. The judges ruled by a 2-1 marein that the bama poll tax was illegal and Invalid as an attempt to subvert the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The necessary effect of the poll tax as adoDted in 1901 was to disen ject holds to the contrary." Gewin added, "the improprie U.S. Circuit Judge Richard T. Rives of Montgomery and U.S.

District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. concurred In the decision while U.S. Circuit Jiidge Walter P. Gewin of Tuscaloosa dissented.

The decision handed down to ery vestige or racially discriminatory or other unconstitution in wnicn voting is conditioned upon payment of a poll tax or any other tax. The state was also directed to compile and certify all lists of qualified voters for all elections within its jurisdiction without ty of the action of the majority is brought into sharper focus by Ul INC Alabama Constitution require-) narrow effect." Noting that there had been changes in the statutes covering the poll tax since its inception in 1901, the majority said "while these amendments are ameliorative, they are not curative. The poll tax remains one of the last great pillars of racial discrimination. In effect, the tax still bars a large number of Negroes from the polls." ment." The order said the Fifteenth Amendment does not disable a governmental body from regulating sufferage where a legitimate state interest exists. But, it says race cannot be a reasonable ground for discrimination.

The order added, "the poll tax was born of an effort to discriminate on the basis of race or color and it has had just that al application of Alabama's poll lax laws, but I c-annot join in the opinions of the majority." franchise Negro voters. The history of the poll tax leaves no doubt that this was its sole pur-nose. Such clear and intentional day forbade enforcement of the regard to payment of the poll iiicii ui a pou tax as a precondition to voting in general, special or primary elections in Alabama are invalid under the 15th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.

uewin said in his opinion that he finds it "unusual, to say the least, for a district mart in Hp. I the fact that substanially ideni-ical issues were presented to the i Supreme Court in a Virginia case which is still pending, The poll tax has never bean I declared invalid by the Supreme I Court," Gewin declared. attempt to deny or abridge the AtaDama statutes requiring payment of a poll tax or any other tax as a precondition to voting in Alabama elections. tax or any other tax. The judges ruled, "we hold that from its inception the Ala-j dare constitutional and statu right to vote necessarily runs afoul of the Fifteenth Amend In his dissent, Gewin said he I tory provisions of a state invalid Rain Forecast Cloudy, windy and warm with showers and thundershowers continuing was the forecast for today with a high of 73 expected.

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it KB AP, UPI, NEA, Los Angeles Times-Washington Post Services 'Your Home Newspaper Since 1882" VOL. 84, NO. 167 28 Pages, 4 Sections ANNISTON, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1966 10c DAILY, 20c SUNDAY, 50c a WEEK by CARRIER 7 Klansmen Indicted 11 Die In Raid By Reds Attack Rips Oil Tanker By PETER ARNETT SAIGON, South Viet On Con Char eniD ge Nam (AP) Using ambush tactics on water and land. Actions Include Shelton ci jf rarity rvv I i Si i i Vtf I fiu. WW WASHINGTON (UPI) A federal grand jury today returned contempt of Congress citations against seven members of the Ku Klux Klan, including Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton.

The jury returned the one- the Viet Cong shot up a small oil tanker near Saigon today and killed at least 11 Vietnamese policemen in the 17th Parallel demilitarized zone. In a vacant lSl on Saigon's outskirts, authorities found the bodies of three young government employes executed by the Viet Cong. Their hands were tied behind their backs and they had been shot. U.S. officials reported that air operations against North Viet Nam and in the South cost three American planes in the past three days.

An A4 Skyhawk and an F4 Phantom jet, both from, the 7th Fleet carrier Ranger, disappeared in heavy overcast over the North on Tuesday and their three crewmen were listed as missing. Light Plane Crashes A light spotter plane crashed count indictments in District Court here. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a $1,000 fine and one year in prison. The seven were cited for refusing to submit Klan records to the House Committee on in the South Wednesday 40 miles northwest of Qui Nhon on a re (AP WlraphoM) connaissance flight for the 1st 4 Cavalry, Airmobile, Division. (AP Wlrtpht) Two Americans aboard were killed.

Irritated Secretary Turns On Newsman On the ground, U.S. forces Future Dim For Mighty Mo The USS Missouri, aboard which the Japanese surrendered to end World War II, lies in mothballs at Bremerton, Wash. A Navy spokesman said this week there is still no consideration to return it or three other battleships to duty. Un-American Activities during its year-long hearings on the hooded order. Shelton is the imperial wizard of the United Klans of America, the largest Klan group in the nation.

The other men are North Carolina Grand Dragon James R. Jones; Virginia Grand Dragon Marshall R. Kornegay; South Carolina Grand Dragon Robert E. Scoggin, North Carolina's Imperial Kludd, the Rev. George F.

Dorset! and Robert Hudgins, North Carolina conductor of ceremonies. Shelton, from Tuscaloosa. comoed the jungles and rice paddies for the Communists but Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at- news conference. His charge that the LBJ admin-tempts to halt questions of reporter Clark Mollen- istration has avoided questions on war brought hoff concerning Viet Nam policy at Wednesday's McNamara's reaction. Aide is at right.

stirred up little action. The 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade killed six Viet Cong in opera tions around Tuy Hoa, a coastal town 240 miles northeast of Sai Search Continues gon, me paratroopers came Questions Answered upon two Viet Cong dispensa ries, a loudspeaker system and set the pattern for other Gold Bullion Klan members when he refused a bird, which they proudly identified as the first enemy carrier pigeon captured in the war. McNamara Sees End to turn over records on grounds GI Bill Sighed ByLBl of possible self-incrimination. A reinforced South Vietnam By a vote of 344 to 28, the ese battalion, including rangers, brushed with the Viet Cong sev House directed the Justice Department to institute a en miles northeast of Quang Remains Lost contempt prosecution against Ngal, a provincial capital near the coast 340 miles northeast of him. To Enemy Buildup Shelton, contacted at his home Saigon.

By nightfall, 22 Commu WASHINGTON (UPI) -President Johnson signed into law shipment for transfer to an Air nists were reported killed WINNIPEG, Man. (UPI) -Investigators were without against light government losses. Canada plane for the flight to. in Tuscaloosa, said he expected the action and added, "It was just another rubber-etamp by LBJ." was a defense of his own an everything possible militarily today the cold war G.I. bill of rights despite his contention Ottawa when an Air a a a WASHINGTON (AP) Sec retary of Defense Robert S.

clues today to the identities of uunnerg Rake Barge Other Reds were said to have nouncement Wednesday of a truck pulled to the loading and diplomatically to make it unmistakably clear that there that it goes "far in excess" McNamara told worried sena new increase in U.S. inflicted moderate casualties on aocK. "What do you expect after his budget proposals. is no justification for Commu tors today that he expects the fighting forces in Viet Nam. Vietnamese-regional force constant prodding by the federal nist China to involve itself in the enemv troop buildup to reach Johnson told members of McNamara was expected to platoon 10 miles southeast of "slim" youth and his "beefy" associate who hijacked a shipment of gold bullion that could be worth $670,000.

Tuesday night's robbery, the its height in Viet Nam at the be called upon to support Vice Quang Tri City, In the northern Congress, veterans organization officials and others at a White war in Viet Nam." Task Is Faced President Hubert H. Hum most province. end of this year. Basing his assessment large government?" Shelton aaid. The Imperial wizard returned (See Shelton, Page 2-A, Col.

4) i Stone Saluted House ceremony that even Communist gunners hidden in But he said that given the his fourth successful theft of gold ly on estimates of how big a mangrove swamps on the west though the measure exceeded his wishes he was signing it force the Communists can keep bank of a ship channel 15 miles 200 Recruits Due Special FortTraining Col. Macon A. Hipp, com phrey's assertion Wednesday night that the "tide has begun to turn in our favor" in the effort to halt Viet Cong aggression and to bolster the South Vietnamese economy. tory of militant actions by Communist China "it would be irresponsible for me to say that we run no risk of war with Chi from a Canadian airport in the past 14 years, was so carefully southeast of Saigon raked the "because it is for education." he new law offers education. supplied in the face of U.S.

air opposition, McNamara used it as a major factor for this con planned and slickly executed self-propelled oil barge Paloma with a barrage from recoilless rifles and 50-caliber machine na arising from our efforts to that it went undiscovered for One ofXhe pressing questions defend South Viet Nam from ag housing, job counseling and other benefits to veterans serving more than six months since 1955. It will cost $245 Candidate's Dinner Set guns in the second unsuccessful clusion: "fdo not believe that we are facine in Viet Nam an unlimit at a closed meeting of the ben gression. more than two hours. Polfce Join Search (See Troop On Pg. 2-A, Col.

3) One task facing McNamara attempt in five day's to block the inland capital's main link to ed, open-ended commitment to That two hours cave the manding officer of Fort Mc-Clellan, announced today that 200 recruits will begin basic bandits, both described as in a major land war in Asia. Closed Session Held training next week with the On The Inside their twenties, plenty of time to JACKSONVILLE A promotional dinner is being 100th Chemical Group. transfer the 12 wooden crates McNamara" appeared at a closed session to answer -ques planned for Dr. Ernest Stone, million more lhan his budget request for fiscal 1967. Johnson paid tribute to the American fighting men in South Viet Nam who will be among those benefiting from the measure, calling them "the very best men this country has produced." "I shzn this bill in the hope Staffed with experienced offi superintendent of Jacksonville Vf Ingots from an Air Canada truck to another vehicle -r-per- trie sea.

Ten crewmmen were reported least one Vietnamese sailor was said to have been hit in a brisk gunfight between the guerrillas and government minesweepers. Government troops went into the area to hunt down the attackers. Paloma In Flames The Paloma, a 65-foot, 100-ton barge under charter to the Shell City Schools and a candidate for State Superintendent of Ed cers and non-commissioned officers, the provisional company will undergo 16 weeks of basic and advanced individual train haps an airplane or another motor vehicle and leave the truck parked on an Air strip ucation subject to the May 3, tions of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee whose probe of administration Southeast Asian policy has been the storm center of debate. McNamara addressed himself to some of the questions that have been raised in the com ing; The trainees will then be .1 1 A minal mulniriff KHr LI1H UIU ItUllliiai uumuiiii i assigned to Vacancies within, the 100th Chemical Group and Winnipeg International Air- A Negro candidate for aheritt in Wilcox County says a white landlady ordered him to move from his grocery store-residence when he announced for office. See Page 2B.

ON PAGE 5A Dr. Harry PbilpoU has told Auburn alumni of Calhoun jCounty that the university will be forced to reject half of its applicants for the freshman class this fall. ON PAGE 3A 38-year-old contender for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Calhoun County faces a 30-day jail sentence and a $100 fine on a liquor violation charge. City Briefs 2A Radio, Television Logs 5B Obituaries 8A Doctor Steincrohn SB Sports i 4C Markets 8A Dear Abby 7A Editorials 4A oort. other activities on the post.

An official at Fort McClellan Police from the suburb of St. mittee's previous public hear- Democratic Primary. The dinner, which is expected to attract supporters from a 10-county area, will be held at 7 p.m., March 28, in the Jacksonville High School lunchroom. Dr. Stone is the only candidate from Calhoun County to seek the position of State Superintendent of Education.

James, where the airport is thattyien the peace is won we can inake great civilians in time of peace out of these great soldiers who serve us in time of war," the President said. The new measure is modeled after the GI bills of World War II and Korea, which benefitted 10.4 million veterans. reports this unique training of the unit to which he will be as Oil burst into flame amidships a short way from Nha Be, South Viet Nam's main fuel dump a few miles down the river from Saigon. Other vessels seeking to aid (See Ambush on Pg. 2-A, Col.

7) ings-uch as whether the Vietnamese conflict rtould spread into a war with China. McNamara told the committee the United States has done signed will be of immense value to the trainee and to the located, joined with Winnipeg city police and Royal Canadian Mounties in the investigation. But no agency reported any progress. Track Reaches Scene U. S.

customs authorities and 100th Chemical Group. the FBI also were alerted on the theory that the bandits may Talladega Post Office Halt 'Temporary' Rv iiriM mrrriirv Rnkrfc in iu iter's txmularitv in Alabamaiman Albert Thomas, ofiofficials informed him last week continued, "quotes a highly By JEAN GUILLEN Johnson Administration of neth Roberts in 1964, ter's popularity in Alabama man Albert Thomas, of have headed into "the united States with the gold. A major highway links Winnipeg and the border, about 60 miles away, the Appropriations Subcommit Fourth District Congressman ficial of the Johnson Admuiis? tration as saying the Tallade where it meets Interstate Route 29 at the Minnesota North "playing politics with the Viet threatened his reelection to Con gress. tee which handles General Glenn Andrews, a Republican, Nam War." -Andrews' answer was to an The Washington correspon today said he believeionstruc that construction of the new Talladega post office was being held up because of the Viet Nani.War. "The Birmingham News has accused the Johnson Adminis Service Administration budget requests.

tion office- article by a News correspondent Roberts, in answer to the The correspondent, in exposing behind-the-scenes political maneuvers, said the proposed post office building was approved after Roberts made a special appeal for help from influential Democratic colleagues in the House prior to the last election, when he felt Goldwa- federal build in? for Talladega ga post office was being held up' because Talladega voted for Glenn Andrews." The Congressman added, "If the President, who only last week asked me personally to that appeared Wednesday, in Dakota line. The ingot shipment was being flown from mines at led Lake In northern Ontario to the Canadian mint at Ottawa, At Winnipeg, three empldyes of! XraotAir were unloading the which he asserts construction of County is amy temporarily halt dent quoted Roberts as saying he got vital assistance from Chairman Bob Jones, of the Public Buildings Subcommittee of the Public Works Committee, and from the late Chair article, said, "I agree with what was said. The facts given are correct as far as I know." ed, and said a Washington tration of playing politics with the Viet Nam War," Andrews the building was canceled when Andrews was swept into office correspondent for the Birming said. "The correspondent he (See Halt, Page Irk, Col. However, Andrews says' GSA ham News has accused the 6yer incumbent Democrat Ken-,.