Word: carr
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Died. Walter Chandler, 79, Democratic Congressman from Tennessee from 1935 to 1940, and attorney for a group of Memphis plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote decision; of a heart attack; in Memphis. In 1962's Baker v. Carr appeal, Chandler argued that voters of Shelby County, most populous in Tennessee, were entitled to a state-legislature delegation reflecting its size; the court agreed, in a ruling that has forced reapportionment in dozens of states...
...LONELY NOW, by Francis Clifford. The author is the latest practitioner of the le Carré school of thriller writing, and he offers a properly murky plot and even cloudier characters...
...SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR (CBS, 9-10 p.m.). Dick and Tommy play host to Steve Allen, Vikki Carr and Esther Ofarim...
...from voting in municipal elections. Citing Supreme Court precedents, Johnson held that he had no power over that particular kind of state action. By disagreeing, in Go-million v. Lightfoot (1960), the Supreme Court took the crucial step toward its historic "one man, one vote" decision in Baker v. Carr (1962). Not unhappy with the reversal, Johnson then restored the boundary lines in Tuskegee, where Negroes were soon elected to office...
Other players honored at last night's dinner were senior Dennis McCullough and junior Bobby Carr. McCullough was awarded the John Tudor Memorial Cup for sportsmanship, leadership, and team cooperation, and Carr won the Donald Angier Hockey Trophy as the team's most improved player...