Warren Court Passes Into History As Burger Takes Oath
The Warren Court ends its era with landmark rulings shaping privacy voting rights and civil rights. It also faces Fortas resignation and a controversial Powell decision while Warren defends judicial supremacy and warns against overreach.
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Warren Court
Burger
Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Warren
Congress
Fortas
Louis E. Wolfson
Hoax Confession Crumbles In Michigan Slayings Case
Nashville man Ernest Paul Sims signed confessions to the slayings of two Michigan girls and an Oklahoma taxi driver but investigators say the statements are a hoax. Lt. Reasonover cited inconsistencies and placed Sims away from the crime scene. Michigan and Oklahoma authorities voiced skepticism about Sims’s involvement.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Michigan
Oklahoma City
Kenneth Reasonover
Reasonover
Oklahoma
Ernest Paul Sims
Tupelo
Miss
Sims
Marilyn Skelton
Dawn Basom
Ann Arbor
Mich
Connec
Eugene Stephens
Miss Skelton
University of Michigan
Milan
Judy Garland dies at 47 in London
Judy Garland, the famed singer and child star known for Over the Rainbow, died in London at 47. Scotland Yard ruled out suicide, citing a sudden death after a postmortem. Deans, her fifth husband, and her children were informed as plans for the burial and tributes began.
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Judy Garland
London
Scotland Yard
Miss Garland
Chelsea
New York
Mickey Deans
Cadogan Lane
Liza Minelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
United States
Deans
Israelis, Egyptians clash as Jordan raid reported brief
Israeli warplanes raid Jordan with claims of destroying an Egyptian radar station and injuring 15, as Egypt and Jordan recount ambushes and retaliatory strikes across the Suez Canal. Cairo and Tel Aviv report contradicting casualty figures and a second air raid follows satellite attack.
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Jordan Sunday
Gulf of Suez
Eina
Kerak
Amman
Ghor Assafi
Sinai Desert
Ras Abadiyeh
Egypt
Suez Canal
Tel Aviv
Isreli
Cairo
Great Bitter Lake
Israel
Air Controllers Consider Fresh Slowdown Amid FAA Probe
Sunday brief notes a renewed slowdown threat from air traffic controllers in reaction to an FAA investigation into last week’s sickout. The FAA said investigators have questioned 250 to 300 controllers who called in sick, while a union spokesman warned that harassment could resume.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
William J. Flower
Barge Sinks Killing 47 Soldiers in Beira Mozambique
A barge carrying Portuguese colonial troops and 30 vehicles sank in the Zambesi River near Beira killing and injuring many. About 103 of 150 aboard were missing or presumed drowned while four fishermen saved 20 survivors. Governor Rebello de Souza and General Costa Gomes visited the scene.
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Beira
Mozambique
Zambesi
South African Press Association
Rebello de Souza
Costa Gomes
Mozambique District
Here
Tornado and storms strike Salina Kansas injuring dozens
A storm system hit Salina Kansas injuring about 60 people and damaging 25 homes plus hangar, 15 airplanes and four buildings at Salina Airport. A transmission tower and numerous utility poles were toppled while Gov. Docking inspected the damage. An earlier tornado hit Ellsworth county and another near White City.
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Salina
Kan
Beach Aircraft Co
Robert Docking
Lindsberg
Kanapolis
Ellsworth
White City
Bavaria
Gypsum
Brookville
Smolen
Kansas
Topeka
Ben Het Camp Siege Looms In Central Vietnam Highlands
In the central highlands near the Cambodian border, the Ben Het Special Forces camp faces an ongoing artillery siege by North Vietnamese forces. Despite low overall fighting across South Vietnam, the situation at Ben Het appears critical as ~2,000 enemy troops surround the camp and daily shelling continues. four minor contacts reported nationwide with 77 enemy killed and eight Marines dead in a separate CH-46 helicopter loss near Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ben Het
Central Highlands
U.S
da Nang
U. S
Laos
Apollo 11 Astronauts Focus on Lunar Soil Samples
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin plan to collect lunar soil samples during the July 16 start to their mission. Geologists note the rocks may reveal the moon’s age, formation of Earth, and solar system history, while emphasizing field-prepared expectations and potential for exotic rocks to show non uniformity.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Earth
John Dietrich
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Arizona
Ted H. Foss
Lunar Geology
Family Of Three Hijacks Jetliner
A family of three hijacked an Eastern Airlines DC8 carrying 81 passengers and eight crew from Newark to Miami, then forced it to Cuba. The father, armed with a knife, ordered cockpit access. daughter translated. The flight ended at Jose Marti Airport in Havana.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Bernard Hutain
Perez
Newark
N.J
Havana
Jose Marti
Hutain
Rose Mary Evans
Norfolk
Rose Mary
Jose Marti Air
J. L. Hoyt
D. H. Savage
New York
Carmen Reyes
Atlanta
Linda Day
Pamela Storme
Jo Ann Klett
Reduction Of 325,000 Troops Seen By 1970
New York AP report cites Newsweek saying the Defense Department plans to bring home at least 325000 U S troops from Vietnam by Christmas 1970. Pentagon officials warn such a withdrawal would nearly end U S ground involvement in the war.
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Defense Department
U. S
Vietnam
Newsweek
Pentagon
U.S
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Nixon
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hassan Sabry el Khoury
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Gaza
Jerusalem
Hebrew University
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