Supreme Court strikes down Connecticut birth control law
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that Connecticut 1879 anti birth control statute violates constitutional freedoms. Justices held government cannot broadly regulate private sexual conduct, as in the Griswold Buxton case that led to the ruling. The decision cited prior prosecutions of Griswold and Buxton for operating a clinic serving married women.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Connecticut
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Planned Parenthood League
Estelle T. Griswold
Lee Buxton
Griswold
Buxton
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven
Conn
Prouty urges closer campus ties at St Michael's College
UPI reports Senator Winston L. Prouty R VT told St Michael's graduates that the gulf between campus and Congress grows too wide for the nation's good He received an honorary doctor of laws as 225 seniors and 43 graduate students earned degrees Twenty seniors were commissioned in the Air Force Also honored was Rev Edward J Mangin auxiliary bishop of Albany with an honorary degree
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Winooski
UPI
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
St. Michael’s College
Congress
Prouty
Kennedy
Air Force
Edward J. Mangin
Albany
N.Y
Montpelier Spotlight On Senate Realignment
Vermont opened its 1965 session's 23rd week as reapportionment loomed for July 1. The Senate debated its own realignment, House redistricting efforts, and bills to raise state employee pay, tighten right to know laws, establish a Labor Relations act, and finance the biennium. The week also covered federal court priorities and the House approved 150 member reapportioned lower chamber.
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Montpelier
UPD
Vermont
Senate
House
Bennington Workers Part Of Five-State Phone Strike
About 12 000 telephone workers across five New England states walk out to protest a union official suspension. The Bennington area reports 20 union members joining, representing all Local 18 BTW members there. Pickets form at major NYNEX offices while service is expected to continue in Bennington as operators belong to another union. The company calls the action a breach of contract but plans to handle the grievance through normal channels.
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Buckler Telephone Company
Bennington
New England Telephone and Telegram Co
Pleasant Street
New England
International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers
Boston
UPS
New England Telephone Co
BTW
Telephone Company
Johnson urges Communist world to walk toward peace
President Johnson launches a personal campaign to persuade Communist leaders to join the United States in pursuing peace. In a Catholic University commencement address he urged that now is the time for nations to walk together toward peace after two prior speeches in five days.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Catholic University of America
Astronauts Feel Great After Four Day Gemini Flight
Space veterans James McDivitt and Edward White splash down in the Atlantic after a four day Gemini four mission. They reported feeling great and declined pep pills despite a minor computer failure. Recovery forces aboard the carrier Wasp moved in as the capsule bobbed in waves. The flight lasted 97 hours and 57 minutes, marking America’s longest space venture.
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Daddy
Edward White I
Edward
Bonni Lyn
Seabrook Methodist Church
Houston
Astronaut White
America
James McDivitt
Earth
Mission Control
Wasp
Florida
Bermuda
McDevitt
White
McDivitt
Hawaii
Guaymas
Mexico
Ja McDivitt
Charles Berry
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Grissom
Baumann’s Successor Seen as Vermont Public Safety Chief
Governor Hoff expected to name State Police Lt. E A Alexander as commissioner of public safety to replace William Baumann. Alexander, 61, has led Troop A districts including Chittenden Franklin Addison and Grand Isle. Hoff won’t confirm the $12 000 a year post but says the replacement will come from the department. Baumann had led 14 years and planned to resign about July 1.
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Hoff
Alexander
Baumann
Department
Vermont State Police Department
Department of Motor Vehicles
Chittenden
Franklin
Addison
Grand Isle
Medicare brinked by labor and media, AMA says
Former AMA president Dr Edward Annis of Miami claimed organized labor and new media pushed Medicare toward passage. He said the House was 60 percent elected by AFL CIO and accused news and labor leaders of aiding the bill. AMA supports Eldercare as the elderly medical aid plan. Vermont Medical Society urged override of Gov Hoff’s veto on the good samaritan bill.
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Manchester
UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
Edward Annis
Miami
Vermont
New Hampshire
U.S. House
AFL - Cio
Annis
Vermont Medical Society
Philip H. Hoff
Good Samaritan
Vermont Senate
House
Hoff
Inside WrapTures Labor Dispute Editorial Urges Calm
An editorial on Page 4 calls for reasonable discourse to prevail in the WrapTures labor dispute. A lab report on Manchester’s elusive assault rock remains inconclusive on Page 5. The third annual football clinic arrives at Hoosick Falls Central School on Page 6. Pablo Casals returns to Marlboro Music Festival this summer on Page 7.
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WrapTures
Manchester
Hoosick Falls Central School
Page
Pablo Casals
Marlboro
Health of Economy Stirs Questions
The AFL-CIO chief economist Nathaniel Goldfinger called for a wage rise to 2 dollars per hour and an extension of the federal minimum, arguing for a stimulant to the economy. Leon Keyserling said the economy shows weaknesses but overall strength, criticizing Federal Reserve policies and arguing there is little to worry about despite concerns raised by Chairman McChesney Martin Jr.
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Washington
UPI
Afl-Cio
Nathaniel Goldfinger
Big Labor Federation
Leon H. Keyserling
Harry S. Truman
William McChesney
Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
New York
U.S
Senate
Keyserling
Federal Reserve
Pike's Peak
Plains
Graduation at St Joseph College Addresses Modern Man’s Dilemma
Rev Edward Hoffman C S C urged graduates to seek meaningful recreation and wonder, arguing modern life’s frenzied tempo and utilitarian focus erode real pleasure. He linked industrial progress to diminished joy and urged renewing childlike curiosity within liturgical reform for fuller meaning.
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St. Joseph College
Edward Hoffman C
Bennington
Father Hoffman
Expansion hinted at at St. Joseph College
At the 1965 commencement Sister Mary Christine announced plans for further growth at St. Joseph College in Old Bennington. She noted a record 41 degrees this year and projected a 110-member freshman class and about 60 second-year seniors next year. The college will near capacity as expansion continues on the donated parish land.
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ST. Joseph
Ruth E. Stockman
Silver St
St. Joseph College
John F. Lonergan
Mary Barbara
Old Bennington
Catholic College
Sister Mary Christine
Sister Christine
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales
Christine
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