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HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss.--Mayor Sam Cooperwood and Registrar Otis Clayton testified yesterday that there was no discrimination against Negroes who attempted to register to vote in Marshall County. "I told them [Negroes] they could go over and register to vote anytime ...They don't need any demonstrations about it," Cooperwood stated. Cooperwood and Clayton gave their testimony at a hearing called by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The MFDP is contesting the seating of the state's five congressmen. The Party subpoenaed the two officials under a several statute which allows election protestants a forty-day period to gather evidence...
...Clayton estimated that in Nov. 1964, there were 3700 whites and 300 Negroes registered to vote in Marshall County. He also stated that the County's population (approximately 26,000) is "69 per cent colored, I believe." Since Dec. 9, 1964, all voters have been taken off the registration roles by Clayton...
...well-known that this action is part of an out-of-court agreement with the U.S. Justice Dept. and that federal attorneys hope to begin a re-registration process in Holly Springs that will make it easier for Negroes to get the vote. But Clayton refused to discuss the nature of the agreement, stating, "I'd have to refer to my lawyer. I don't know enough about law today...
Second row--Curtis A. Hessler '66, of Leverett House and Woodland Hills, Calif., editorial chairman; Ellen Lake '66, of Gilman House and Harrison, N.Y., features editor; William B. Clayton '66, of Leverett House and Fairport, N.Y., associate business manager; Roger W. Sinnott '66, of Adams House and Trenton, N.Y., photographic chairman; and R. Andrew Beyer '66, of Dudley House and Erie, Pa., sports editor...
Echoed Arguments. Though the Citizen's owners said their offer was in spired by local loyalty, the Justice Department thought differently. Last week trustbusters descended on Tucson, charged that the Citizen-Star deal was illegal on the ground that it violated both the Clayton and Sherman antitrust acts. Justice Department arguments echoed those used last June against the Scripps-Howard chain. In that suit, the Government charged that chain ownership of both the morning Enquirer and evening Post & Times-Star in Cincinnati constituted a monopoly, even though the two papers had separate plants, staffs and editorial policies, an arrangement...