Cosmonauts Set New Record For Length of Time in Space
Soviet Soyuz 9 crew led by Col. Andrian Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastianov surpassed the U S five year old record for longest spaceflight, reaching 13 days 18 hours 35 minutes with a projected 21 day mission. The two man craft includes a large living area and medical experiments, while the cosmonauts voted by radio in parliamentary elections and reported good health and high work efficiency.
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Soviet Union
United States
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Vitaly Sevastianov
Borman
Lovell
Nikolayev
Sevastianov
Communist Party
Adrian Nikolayev
Tass
Supreme Court Rules On Objector Status
The Supreme Court held that draftees may claim conscientious objector status even without traditional religious belief. Justices Black, Douglas, Brennan, and Marshall supported broad moral and ethical grounds, while Burger White and Stewart dissented. Justice Harlan alone argued the exemption infringed the First Amendment. The ruling centered on Elliott Welsh II of Los Angeles challenging the draft board’s denial.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
John M. Harlan
Welsh
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Prouty Opens Re-Election Bid in Vermont Senate Race
Sen. Winston L. Prouty of Vermont announces candidacy for a third term as three Democrats seek the nomination to challenge him in November. Prouty, 63, backs administration Indochina policies and urged new national frameworks for individual participation, noting a belief in a Supreme Being amid ongoing draft policy debates.
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Philip H. Hoff
Burlington
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William Meyer
West Rupert
Chittenden-Grand Isle Counties
Fiore Bove
Enosburg Falls
Supreme Court lets stand Massachusetts ban on Titicut Follies
The high court issued a brief order upholding a Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that denied public exhibition of Titicut Follies. The film showing inmates at Bridgewater State Hospital was deemed a privacy invasion and breach of contract, despite Wiseman’s First Amendment arguments.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
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Bridgewater State Hospital
Massachusetts
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Lincoln Center
New York City
Wiseman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Prisoners Exchanged For Life Of Kidnapped Envoy
Varig Airlines carried 40 political prisoners from Brazil to Algeria in exchange for the promise that West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben would be released. The hostage was reportedly in good health, and Algeria granted humanitarian asylum to the freed prisoners pending bilateral talks.
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UPI
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Algeria
Ehrenfried von Holleben
Algiers
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Minas Gerais
Radio Nacional
von Holleben
Rioting Youths Loot East Harlem Stores
New York reports early today and Sunday night unrest in East Harlem as youths linked to the Young Lords looted 10 stores and clashed with police after a rally protesting the arrest of Juan Ortiz a 16 year old. Nine arrests and seven injured officers are noted as violence subsided by 2 am. Ortiz faces kidnapping assault and robbery charges in a Newark man’s six block abduction and robbery case.
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East Harlem
Community Relations Bureau
Young Lords
Juan Ortiz
New Jersey
Howard Leary
John V. Lindsay
Denver
Leary
Ortiz
Jack McCall
Newark
N.J
McCall
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Inside Columnist and Reston on Nixon Shuffles
Columnist Gerald Raftery provides another view on the subject, while James Reston urges patience as Nixon reshuffles his lineup. Rep. John Alden of Woodstock addresses Vermont contractors urging greater participation in government without polarization.
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James Reston
Nixon
John Alden
Woodstock
Vermont
Carter Proposes State Fund for Pownal Elementary School
Pownal Rep Harvey D Carter Jr seeks state funds for a new Pownal Elementary School. He cites rising student numbers, non-taxpaying residents, and limited Grand List growth amid track revenues. He favors using unclaimed track funds and penny split to amortize capital costs via a revolving fund.
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Pownal
Harvey D. Carter Jr
I-32
Pownall
Pownal Elementary
Groppi Granted Hearing on Appeal by Supreme Court
Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Rev. James E. Groppi, Milwaukee civil rights leader convicted in 1968 of resisting arrest during an open housing protest. The court will decide next term by written opinion, with prior rulings noting local bias and venue issues raised by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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UPI
Supreme Court
James E. Groppi
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Henry Maier
Groppi
Legal Defense Fund
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
F. Ryan Duffy Jr
State Supreme Court
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