Supreme Court to hear compulsory education case from Amish
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether states may require school attendance up to age 16 despite religious beliefs. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Amish children need not attend beyond eighth grade, invoking religious freedom.
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High Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
States
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Wisconsin
E. Harold Hallows
Harrows
Ribicoff Urges Vermont Grads to Face Modern World
UPI report quotes Sen. Abraham Ribicoff at the University of Vermont commencement. He criticizes U S policy in Vietnam as rooted in 1950s thinking and urges leadership to address race, China, and civil rights. The article lists Bennington County graduates from Arlington Bennington and Coleen Bushee Ann Eddington Carol Foley David Giddings Annie Horst among 1146 undergraduates honored.
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D-Conn
Vietnam
University of Vermont
Ribicoff
U.S
China
Connecticut Democrat
Red China
People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
Bennington County
Arlington
Susan Torrisi
Alfred F. Torrisi
Bennington
Karen Louise Allen
Stewart E. Allen
Eastview Drive
B.S
Coleen M. Bushee
Melford C. Bushee
Robinson Ave
Ann H. Eddington
William Eddington
Elm St
B.A
Carol Dana Foley
James Foley
Dewey St
David G. Giddings
W. Philip Giddings
West Road
Annie Marie Horst
Albert B. Horst
Nixon Helps Johnson Dedicate LBJ Library
Former President Johnson and President Nixon joined by Spiro Agnew and Carl Albert dedicated the Lyndon B. Johnson Library on a windy Austin platform. The 31 million document repository was opened to the public the next day with notable attendees from both parties, security detail, and anticipated 1972 candidates.
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Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
House
Carl Albert
University of Texas
Agnew
Albert
William Rogers
Treasury
John B. Connally
U.N
George Bush
Barry M. Goldwater
Rariz
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Inside Columnist Discusses Radical Experience Book Forty Years Old
Columnist Gerald Raftery on a book about a radical experience written four decades ago. John Chamberlain notes youth shifting toward trade schools and vocational training. BBS drama production criticized for poor audience appeal. Burr & Burton nine fall to a no hitter.
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Gerald Raftery
78 Die as Yugoslav Airliner Crashes at Rijeka Airport
Belgrade UPI reports a Soviet-made T134 of Yugoslav Aviogene crashed at Rijeka Airport on Krk island killing 78, including 72 British tourists. Flames rose hundreds of feet, witnesses said, while five survivors escaped. Investigators awaited results as airport remained closed.
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Belgrade
UPI
Rijeka
Adriatic
Krk
Tanjug
Milan Markicevic
Stavan Mandie
Ivan Cavajada
Viktor Tomic
Dodd dies at 64 former Connecticut senator
Former Sen. Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut died at 64 at his Old Lyme home from an apparent heart attack. The 1967 censure for alleged financial misconduct shadowed his career as he lost a 1970 campaign and later commented on Hess. Dodd, once an FBI agent and prosecutor at Nuremberg, was known for gun control and civil rights work.
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Old Lyme
Conn
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Rconn
Washington
John N. Mitchell
Connecticut
Rudolph Hess
Adolph Hitler
Hess
Berlin
Spandau Prison
Providence (R.I.) College
Yale Law School
Fire in camper truck blamed on bird nest in vent pipe
Holland Michigan fire investigators could not determine the cause of a camper truck fire until they inspected the stove vent pipe and found it blocked by a bird nest.
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Holland, Mich
UPI
Turkish authorities hunt killers of Israeli envoy Elrom
Turkish police arrested two girls and a man in connection with the kidnapping and assassination of Ephraim Elrom, the Israeli Consul General. Elrom, 59, was found shot to death during a citywide 15 hour curfew. Israel urged Ankara to punish the crime and brought the diplomat home for burial.
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Istanbul
UPI
Ephraim Filrom
Omer Erirne
Kadrive Nizozgen
Julide Zaim
Elrom
Foreign Service
Tel Aviv
Turkish Peoples’ Liberation Army
1000 Die in Turkish Earthquake Toll Reaches One Thousand
Turkish government reports 1,000 dead in Eastern Turkey earthquake with uncertain counts from isolated villages in Bingol. Survivors call the quake the Wrath of Allah as a second quake in 10 days follows a May 12 event that killed 57. Curfew imposed as authorities await more details from remote areas.
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Bingol
Turkey
UPI
Allah
Ankara
Windham grads hear Johnson attack on unresponsiveness
Federal Communications Commissioner Nicolas Johnson told 155 Windham College graduates that government is deaf and warned against big business and big government. He cited erosion of hope and urged acceptance of life’s unpredictability while criticizing institutional leaders. At Johnson State College 124 graduates heard Jack Vaughn urge voter realignment and note disillusion with parties due to youth voting reforms.
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Putney
UPI
Nicolas Johnson
Windham College
Johnson
Johnson State College
National Urban Coalition
Jack Vaughn
Vaughn
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