Supreme Court Turning Right Under Burger Era
A conservative shift at the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Burger is described as the court leans toward strict constructionism. The Harris v New York decision, Miranda v Arizona limits, and Burger Blackmun alignments illustrate a deliberate move rightward, with Douglas often dissenting in a high number of cases.
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Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
Warren Earl Burger
United States
Burger
Law Review
Arizona
Viven Harris
New York
Harris
Burger Court
Warren
Clark
Harlan
Stewart
White
Harry A. Blackmun
Earl Warren
Miranda
Blackmun
Ohio
William O. Douglas
Douglas
School boredom spurs NIE proposal to test teaching methods
Education experts testify that thousands of students are bored in most secondary schools and support President Nixon's plan to create a National Institute of Education to test new teaching methods. Original ways must be found for both bright and backward students.
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Nixon
National Institute of Education
NIE
Athens Messenger front page header and staff roster
Athens Ohio edition from March 5 1971 lists the newspaper staff and leadership including Frederick W Bush publisher Gordon K Bush publisher and G Kenner Fred W Weber circulation director M W McDargh advertising director Charles W Reamer managing editor and Richard R Paynter assistant to the publisher. The paper is published by The Messenger Publishing Company at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio 45701.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner
Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Proposals to Aid The Nation's Elderly At White House Conference
Recommendations from conferences across the country urge expanded Medicare to cover medicine and long term care, housing and job programs, and a guaranteed annual income. By decade's end many retired couples will live on under 5000 dollars annually. Regional conferences mobilize elderly political action to influence budget priorities.
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Hobart Jackson
Philadelphia
Caucus For the
White House
Washington
Apostles Of Vietnam Doom Must Be Hoarse
Column assesses US backed Laos operations in Vietnam and asks if China or Russia will intervene. It argues Laos raids disrupt supply lines, China unlikely to intervene, and Moscow would provide only limited aid if any. The piece stresses pessimism about total success and notes Hanoi’s tough resistance.
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Vietnam
Laos
Washington
South Vietnam
China
Russia
Indochina
Mao Tse-Tung
Lin Piao
Chen Yi
Peking
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Moscow
Democratic Republic of
North
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Tchepone
Letters on Communism and Free Speech on Campus
A reader protests campus debates with communists and asserts treason in supporting free speech for them. The letter condemns flag burning and protests, suggests sending dissidents to communist countries, and calls for civil, intelligent discussion to preserve American values.
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the Messenger
Supreme Court
Athens County Children’s Services protest plea
Citizens criticize an organization for failing to aid Athens County children in dire home conditions. The note urges action to address mental health and welfare needs and warns against ignoring the problem. It accuses the organization of insensitivity and apathy and calls for intervention to protect the county’s kids.
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Athens County
Athens County Children’s Services
The Messenger details and mail rates
The notice lists publication schedule by Associated Press, daily and Sunday prices, delivery by carrier and mail rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. It notes second class matter status and provides the Athens Ohio address for mail submissions.
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Dé&s
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Lesson Of Laos Shows Nixon Policy Loses Support
Washington insight argues that Laos fighting and diplomatic shifts reveal a waning domestic and international backing for Nixon Kissinger strategy. It notes South Vietnam’s 16 000 troops and Hanoi’s potential Chinese alignment as warning signs, while teach-ins and senate moves expose greater openness of administration aims in Saigon.
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Washington
Laos
Saigon
Pentagon
Army of South
Vietnam
Perry Worsthorne
London
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Worsthorne
White House
Peking
Trary
Hanoi
James Thomson
Senate
J. W. Fulbright
Jacob Javits
New York
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
North Vietnam
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
South
Thieu-Ky
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James Kilpatrick
Italy
Athens City
Supt. C. FE. Stailey
National Education Association
Atlantic City
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Europe
Baltimore and Ohio
Winston Churchill
Mssouri
Robert S. Elegant
LOS Angeles Times
Washington Post
Brickman
The
Small Society
Child Services
the Athens Messenger
Associated Press
Joseph Kraft
Kissinger
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