Supreme Court Upholds Civil Rights Prosecution Laws
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Justice Department can use 1870 civil rights statutes to prosecute rights violations when local authorities fail. The decision overruled lower courts and allowed federal indictments tied to the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Justice Department
South
Philadelphia
Miss
Saigon
Guam
Lemuel A. Penn
Tay
Ninh
National Liberation Front
Viettnam
Air Force
Magia Pass
Laos
U.S
Big Assault By Bombers Near Saigon
U S air force B 52s dropped 100000 pounds of bombs on mangrove swamps 18 miles southeast of Saigon ahead of marines sweeping river approaches to the capital An air force spokesman said a Communist jungle mine factory hidden among mangroves 40 feet high was obliterated The strike described as the most awesome and devastating sight by the commander
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Thomas A. Reedy
Saigon
Air Force
Supreme Court action outlines limits on federal civil rights laws
The court notes no federal murder statute and tight penalties while two cases move forward. It rejects faster hearings for Julian Bond, upholds prosecution in a Mississippi civil rights murder, and allows trials for 17 indicted men. It signals support for a new federal conspiracy ban to protect civil rights workers, against Justice Harlan’s sharp dissent.
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Mississippi
Abe Fortas
Potter Stewart
Georgia
Stewart
Congress
Johnson
John M. Harlan
Carlville Youth Killed in Accidental Gun Discharge
Earlville and Dubuque scenes report a 17 year old Tarlville youth Steven Sperfslage died at his home when a .22 pistol he handled discharged striking his chest. The death was ruled accidental by Delaware County Medical Examiner Dr. R. L. Waste. Survivors include his parents three brothers and a sister. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with rosary Monday at Clifton's.
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Earlville
Tarlville
Steven Sperfslage
Delaware County
R. L. Waste
Sperfslage
Mike Dubuque
Barr
Waste
Dubuque
Steven
James Sperfslage
Phillip
Mark
Paul
Kaye
George Sperfslage
Wayne .Kauffman
Central City
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Clifton’s
Explosion Injures None as Truck Explodes Near Galena Office
Chuck Edmonds of Galena and three coworkers escaped serious injury after a truck exploded about 50 feet away. Two parked cars burned and three buildings were damaged before firefighters contained the blaze in roughly 30 minutes. Cause remains unknown.
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Chuck Edmonds
Galena
West Union Doctor Refuses to Work Under Medicare Plan
Dr. David A. Freed of West Union with a full page open letter in Fayette County Union denounces the Medicare act. He says he will not serve under Medicare and warns welfare program patients may need new doctors. He defends charity as core to practice and argues doctors cannot serve two masters.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
David A. Freed
West Union
Freed
Fayette
New Wanted Deadlines 4:20 P.M. Sat for Sun
A public notice sets a 4:20 PM Saturday deadline for Sunday publication submissions. The alert outlines acceptance timing and refers to required filing details for readers and contributors.
Star Gazer Launch Countdown Stalled
Winds and a rocket problem stalled the countdown for the Star Gazer satellite. The 3,900 pound observatory countdown was halted seven minutes before planned blastoff, delaying the mission to unlock secrets of the universe.
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Curve Kennedy
UPS
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
Iblastoff
London Dock Worker's Dog Finds World Cup Trophy
A London dock worker’s mongrel named Pickles led Scotland Yard to the missing World Cup trophy seven days after it was stolen from Westminster Exhibition Hall. Pickles found a gold object wrapped in newspapers and string in a garden, revealing the Braz il 62 inscription. The dog’s owner, David Corbett, may receive rewards totaling over 6 000 pounds. Police arrested Walter Bletchley on the case. officials praised the dog’s role in restoring the trophy ahead of the July 1130 World Cup events.
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London
UPI
Pickles
Scotland Yard
Westminster Exhibition Hall
David Corbett
Corbett
Brazil
Walter Bletchley
Corbeil
Stanley Rous
World Football Federation
Joe Mears
British Football Assn
Britain
Miami Youth Kidnaped for 25000 in Miami Beach
A short, stocky gunman entered the home of Aaron Goldman and his wife in Biscaya island Miami Beach, tied and gagged them, and kidnapped their 17 or 18 year old son Daniel. He demanded 25000 dollars as ransom with a 6 a.m. Tuesday deadline and threatened the boy’s life if unpaid. The FBI and police pursued the case as neighbors alerted authorities.
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Miami
Aaron Goldman
Daniel
FBI
Goldmans
Goldman
Miami Beach
Biscaya Island
Plane Crash Claims Cedar Rapids Employee In Arkansas
Charles Arthur Oppedahl, 35, of Cedar Rapids, an iCollins Radio Co. employee, was killed when a light plane crashed in Lake Pickthorne near Cabot Arkansas. Two other Collins engineers Morgan and Fuller were injured and hospitalized. The men had been in Little Rock to install equipment in Winthrop Rockefeller’s private plane.
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Jephot
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Collins Radio Co
Lake Pickthorne
Cabot
Ark
Charles Oppedahl
Charles P. Morgan
Fifteenth Avenue
W. R. Fuller
Terrace Hill Drive
Little Rock
iCollins Radio Co
Collins
Charles Arthur Oppedahl
Street
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Fuller
Adams Field
Jon
Lonoke-Pulaski County
Morgan
Federal arrests target Mississippi Klansmen in Dahmer slaying
FBI agents arrested 13 Mississippi Ku Klux Klan members and one in Houston on civil rights charges tied to the January 10 Dahmer killings and arson. Vernon Dahmer, NAACP leader, burned home and store. he died from burns, wife and daughter injured. Authorities hold suspects on bonds of 10 000 to 15 000, with arraignments set for April 12.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
FBI
Houston
Texas
Charles Lamar Lowe
Mississippi
Sam Holloway Bowers, Jr
Mississippi Klan
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Laurel
U.S
Jack Pittman
Pittman
Vernon F. Dahmer
Dahmer
J. Edgar Hoover
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Bowers
Cecil V. Sessum
Ellisville
Cyclops
Jones County
Klavern
Howard T. Giles
Forrest County
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Evers
NAACP
Ku Klux ‘Klan
Hold Up Man Kidding Police Not Amused In Philadelphia
Joseph Krol reported a tavern holdup that began with a taller man claiming a robbery then returned the money and asked for a loan. Police jailed John Baines on robbery larceny and receiving stolen goods after finding 45 dollars on him. Krol said 115 dollars initially disappeared and 10 35 were later given.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Krol
Krol
John Baines
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