Poor driver gets break from Elk Grove justice of the peace
A justice of the peace in Elk Grove tried to jail all traffic violators regardless of wealth to comply with a Supreme Court ruling on punishing the poor. He faced harassment and criticism and abandoned the plan, returning to fining the poor while collecting on installments, prompting concerns that the destitute may speed with impunity when they cannot pay.
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Ek Grove
Supreme Court
Elk Grove
Justice of the Peace
Countdown to cures and court are mixed in early notes
A Johns Hopkins researcher warns many common cell therapies are unnecessary or harmful while others offer no real benefit. The Supreme Court holds indigent offenders cannot serve jail time to pay traffic fines, upholding limits on forced labor. Pierre Trudeau reportedly marries a younger woman, sparking debate about age and optics.
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Johns Hopkins
Liberty Hall
Randolph Amendment Drives 18 Year Old Vote Debate
In Washington, Sen Jennings Randolph pushes Senate Joint Resolution 7 to amend the Constitution and enfranchise 18 year olds nationwide. The rival Kennedy amendment seeks DC statehood, while Jackson and Byrd weigh in, highlighting long Senate battles and nostalgia for wartime citizenship honors.
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Telegu
Jennings Randolph
D.-W. Va
Senate
Stata
Jennings
Randolph
Pearl Harbor
Ted Kennedy
D.-Mass
Kennedy
Judiciary Committee
Sachusetts
Ted
District of Columbia
John
Bob Byrd
D-W
Henry Jackson
Jackson
United States
West Virginia
Sickle cell awareness and genetic ethics debate unfolds
Paul Harvey discusses a 1971 push by the Case Manhattan Bank Foundation to offer nationwide sickle cell testing among Black Americans amid debate over genetic screening. He cites UK and US views on eugenics, urging caution about restricting births and reflecting on historical fears of selective breeding and medical ethics.
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Case Manhattan Bank ‘Foundation
Africa
Ukelya
Russell Kirk on Experimental Colleges Endurance
Russell Kirk argues about the fate of experimental colleges on U.S. campuses. He notes Pennsylvania and California campuses testing communal living resists fixed curricula, while stresses the need to balance order and freedom. He warns that vague study aims and internal discord undermine these experiments.
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University of Pennsylvania
University of California At Santa Cruz
University of the Pacific
Nixon aides urge deal to save South Vietnam at wall's edge
Historian James MacGregor Burns reports White House aides voiced a possible peace move if North Vietnam overran large parts of South Vietnam, with Nixon offering a broader security pledge and continued U.S. troops. Critics and supporters view Nixon as confident yet trapped by war-weariness and political risk.
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Washington, D.C
James MacGregor Burns
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Nixon White House
Nixon
Dmz
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Korea
Professor Burns
North Vietnam
da Nang
Hue
I Corp
Burns
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Vietnam
Church
China
Congress
Niaou
Briton Campaign Spending Beats U.S. Costs
Ed ward Heath spent 2704 dollars to win a British Parliament seat and become prime minister, far less than the 24 million dollars spent by the Nixon campaign in 1968. Britain limits campaign spending and enforces the rules, with campaigns lasting about three weeks.
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Edward Heath
Nixon
Britain
Japan China ties unlikely while Chiang Kai-shek lives
United Press International reports Japan hesitates to open diplomatic talks with Communist China so long as Chiang Kai-shek, 93, leads the Nationalists. Japan owes a personal debt to Chiang that affects policy and postwar war-damage claims.
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Japan
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Eisaku Sato
Sato
United Press International
Four-day work week touted as experimental industry lead
A report states the four day work week for industry is described as experimental yet has seen thorough testing by Congress. The claim positions the policy as a pioneering step though its full adoption awaits broader approval.
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Congress
Notable firsts and events in history
United States history marks April 7, 1819 as the birth of Allen Pinkerton, first chief of the Secret Service. 1927 saw the first successful long distance television test between Washington and New York City. The North African campaign linked 143 Allied troops in Tunisia, 1947 saw a nationwide telephone strike, 1968 federal troops entered Baltimore, and poet George Chapman praised true greatness.
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U.S. Secret Service
Washington
New York City
Tunisia
Baltimore
George Chapman
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