MISSISSIPPI APPEAL ON BIAS AT POLLS DENIED BY COURT

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• Document Release Date: March 5, 1999
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• Publication Date: November 5, 1962
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Wt~SHINGT?N STAR f AIOV 5 1962
Sanitized -Approved For Release :CIA-RDP75-000
Mississippi Appeal on Bias
At Polls Dei~`~;~; by Court
By DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Wr!ter
Court of Appeals makes a final .!vacate its decree on the 6 .
e upreme our s action~~ 5. Refused to review a ruling
today lets the temporary anti- ,that Socony Mobil Oil Co. a
discrimination injunction stand.'. rld
in another case,. upYield a4more than $1 million to li
ruling req~liring Negro regis-"Eastern gas utility concerns.
trati ~s, in Alabama. ~ The amount represents money
g collected b the two films dur-
Jp~? tlce White, wno was dep- ~ . y
uEy` attorney General beforek~ommisiay of Federal Powers
s
t
refused to.hear a State.appea~
from a tetnpor~ry Feder
court order i~arrir~g discrimi
natory practices in voter reg-
istrations in .Forrest County,
Miss.
The Federal Government
sued in July, 1961, to protect
s on ac
ion that barred ,
Negro voting rights in the his a pofntment to the Supreme ~
Coin, took rio part in consid- icertain gas rate increases.
county. It alleged that Regis- :Courts later upheld the FPC.
tray Theron C. Lynd had dis- eration of the case. 6. Refused to review the dis-
couraged or refused to register In other action today, the _
high court: _
Negro applicants. -
The Government said a ~ina-
jority of the 22,431 e>ylgible
white citizens were regi$__~red.
But, it was stated, only~,5 of
7,495 Negroes had bee ~gis-
tered, none during Mr~ynd's
term.
Beginning of IUrivg
~ ;.
The voting suit, and one
filed the same day ill Clarke
County, were the first brought
in Mississippi in what _Attor-
ney General Robert ' >i'. Ken-
nedy .said was an JJ-- prt to
'effect impartial redrations
there. ~ _..
The Fifth Circuit Qourt of
Appeals in -New Orl~ans -said
"dilatory" motions ,had de-
layed the voting suit,, but a
hearing was held tY District
Court after eight months on
a Government motion for a
~ temporary injunction.
The lower court, however,
made no ruling.
The Government next tgrned
! to the Court of Appeals a~ng
far a temporary injunction
until an appeal could be heard.
The appellate court temporarily
enjoined discriminatory prat-?
tices,
In an opinion, the Court of
Appeals said that whi]e dis-
criminatory registration pra~-
tices "appear to be fully
proved," the effect of the lower
court's inaction was to refuse
the requested injunction.
No Order Made
The State, in unsuccessfully
seeking a Supreme Court re-
view oP the temporary injunc-
tion, contended the Court of
Appeals had lacked jurisdiction
because the lower court had not
issued any reviewablg,prder.,
The Government;:- which is
also proceeding $gainst ~
registrar for alleged contempt
of the Court 0# ~~~~~
said the Supreme 11#71
not hear an appeal until .the
1. l5anied a hearing to Team- j
ster president James R. Hoffa charge from the Central Intel-
on his claim that a grand jury'ligence Agency of an intelli-
that- indicted him on fraudlgence officer who claimed
charges in Florida was improp-i?jealous" officials arranged his
erly selected.
- Mr Hoffa, indicted on mail ouster.
itaud' charges in connection ~ The United States Court of
with a housing development ": Appeals here had ruled against
proposal, argued jury lists m- i;Joh Torpats, 62, of 5634 North
volved manipulation of 1 aclal '~4T1~irty-sixth street, Arlington.
balances and exclusion of blue- `~1`he appellate court said the
collar wprkers.
discharge was not for security
Justices Abstain reasons. Mr. Torpats, who
Justices White and Goldberg said he was not given an ap-
did not participate in today's ~ propriate hearing, said his dis-
ruling. Two weeks ago, the high ~ charge grew out of a mission
court refused to hear a claim to Europe in 1956 on which he
by Mr. Hoffa that high Govern- '.was accused of using poor
merit officials prejudiced the ',ludgrrent.
grand jury. i~t the same case 7. Vacated the dismissal by
against him, a Federal Court in California
2. Refuse
victiop ot.
char ~,
cgs ~be~._
--
'-LGYIGW 4116 VVll- -
erl Negroes cn ~ against Bliss & Laughlin, Ii1c.
g out oP a fra- ~ that alleged a merger tended
_ a...... c}o}e mnnnnnlV'
place'iri"14figrc~i;~ 196 i.
3 Refused to review a case
in which a~ Couple, who were
Jehovah's witnesses, were ruled! .
to have neff~ectec~ their young
-son byrefusl tolmit blood
transfusions:,.``'
The couple ol'ijected to the
transfusion~g an ;~ r e l i t ,o u s
bonds, `A ~ud~e appointed a:
guardian whwe`}~ie p~rmis- I
sion, but tk-e, j~d ~1i~.~
4.I7eli~eda,I Y1~~ 4~,a"~1'evada~
court's i?efu~;~,l to honor a Mary-;
land decisi t,~~ Socially
prominent -ton area
woman's 1955 ey a divorce
cold fl>!~lsnea s~eel ,NC~1J? ~==y
high court ordered the case
sent back for reconslderation
by the lower court in the ]i;ht
ad a ruling by the Supreme
Dort last June.
was invalid.
?:.._
A Montgomery County` Cir-
cuit Court Judge, whose decision
was upheld on appeal, ruled
that Mrs. Scott B. Appleby
lacked a bona fide Nevada re-
sidexice. when she divorced BQri-
jamin Colby, `'her former hus-
band. `
Alpc~ro~Elease :CIA-RDP75-00001
w The Nevada court, in 196D,
as asked , y Mr. Colby to
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