High Court Agrees to Review Georgia County Unit System
The Supreme Court agreed to review Georgia's county unit voting plan used in Democratic primaries. A lower court ruled it unconstitutional, but the court declined emergency status and will hear the case in the fall term starting October 1, delaying a possible Sept. 12 primary.
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Supreme Court
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Harlan
Sinclair Refining Co
AFL Cio Oil Workers Union
Chicago
Ind
Byron R. White
Frank Grumman
Fort Lee
N.J
House Committee
Congressional Committee
Charles E. Williams
Alexandria, Va
State Democratic Party
Eugene Cook
Relics of War Exhibit At Montpelier Museum
Vermont Historical Society opens a War of 1812 exhibit in Montpelier with items from Horace B. Sawyer of Burlington and Homer Bostwick of Hinesburg. Display includes a sword, a carpenter’s square, and letters from Captain Macdonough’s era. artifacts were recently acquired from the National Archives.
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Congress
Madison
Horace B. Sawyer
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Vermont
Vergennes
Kalamazoo College adopts four-quarter plan boosts student performance
Kalamazoo College began a four-quarter year with three on campus quarters yearly and off campus work and study. Early results show 99 and 1063 dean's list entries in the first two quarters, lower dropout rates, and a 45 percent rise in library use while classrooms shrink from four to three courses. President Hicks notes a new spirit of adventure among students.
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UPI
Kalamazoo College
Weimer K. Hicks
Kalamazoo
Benningtonian Wins Law Degree at Georgetown University
William Vincent G Leenhy of 107 Putnam Street Bennington graduated June 4 from Georgetown University with a bachelor of law. Georgetown, founded in 1789, is the oldest Catholic college in the country. Its new 4 250 000 Science Center will be ready for use next fall.
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William Vincent G. Leenhy
Putnam St
Bennington
Georgetown University
Georgetown
Ice Capades Cinderella Story Shocks Hollywood Fans
Ice Capades star Patsy Finnegan rose to fame after a summer season in Florida and New Jersey. Cathy Machado, already married and expecting, did not elope with the seal trainer. Producers vow no rivalry and promise enough featured spots for both skaters in the 23rd edition. Patsy says she has no boyfriend and is focused on learning the skating business.
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Palm Springs
Latin America
Hollywood
Ice Capades
Lynn
Patsy) Finnegan
New York
Chicago
Cathy Machado
Cathy
Cinderella Finnegan
Patsy
Harris
Syrian Premier Advised to Take Rest
Damascus Syria AP report says Prime Minister Bashir Azme, 52, has been confined to bed for five days after a medical commission diagnosed irregular heart beats and urged rest as the appropriate treatment.
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Damascus
Syria
Bashir Azme
NASA Chief Says U S Gave More Than It Got in Space Talks
NASA head James E. Webb told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the United States has given more than it has received in space flight exchanges with the Soviet Union. He defended broader public release of information to prevent inefficiencies from secrecy. Webb testified that secrecy would block progress.
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Space Agency
United States
Soviet Union
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Congress
NASA
Webb
House Appropriations
Keene to Westmoreland Steam Train Wins ICC Approval
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved an excursion train using old steam locomotives between Keene and Westmoreland New Hampshire. Promoter F Nelson Blount plans a Keene Steamtown U S A museum and hopes to run the line starting July 4 after securing track rights with Boston and Maine Railroad and union endorsements.
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Keene
Westmoreland
Interstate Commerce Commission
F. Nelson Blount
Blount
U.S.A
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bellino Celebrates First Father's Day With New Baby
Navy Heisman winner Joe Bellino and wife welcomed their first child, Therese, Saturday night in Winchester. Mother and daughter are reported in good health as the football legend marks his first Father’s Day.
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Winchester
Mass
Navy
Joe Bellino
Bellino
Therese
FBI Believes Three Alcatraz Convicts Drowned
FBI carves as search for three missing Alcatraz inmates continues while officials say it is likely all three drowned during their escape from The Rock. Clarence Anglin his brother John and Frank Morris fled last week by widening cells and entering ventilator shafts, all serving bank robbery sentences.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alcatraz Island
Federal Bureau of Prisons
James Bennett
San Francisco Bay
Clarence Anglin
Anglin
John
Frank L. Morris
Bennett
Van Johnson in Music Man at Latham Tent
Colonie NY Van Johnson stars in The Music Man opening Colonie Summer Theatre s fifth season at the Latham tent. Curtain is 8 40 p m. The musical, once Broadway s 375th and final show in New York last year, runs one week through Sunday June 24.
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Latham Tent Theater
New York
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