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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
7
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In Ashtabula a father and son team of lawyers for Robert L. Pruett seek to challenge Ohio’s death penalty before the U.S. Supreme Court. They argue constitutional issues under the 6th and 8th Amendments and raise questions about juror impartiality search and seizure.
In Honolulu, President Johnson and Gov. Burns sought cones as a Secret Service aide and the valet chased a dairy bar. The car rolled past Waikiki while 20 blocks later the vendors caught up, their dripping wares tickling the heat and crowds.
Trustees approve a plan to attract Black students from ghetto areas by lowering admission standards, creating a tutorial program, and offering financial grants. The school spokesman said UMass currently has 85 Black students among 10,600.
Governor Hoff announced Vermont will import about 430 Black teenagers this summer for an educational and recreational program linked to the President's Commission on Civil Disorders report. They will join 430 Vermont youths and be housed on college and high school campuses. A second item notes a Civil War tidbit about U.S. Sen. John J. Critenden’s sons choosing opposite sides.
Courts processed thousands of arrests across major cities in the wake of the MLK assassination. Baltimore Washington Chicago Cincinnati New York City Kansas City report hundreds jailed or awaiting trial on charges from looting and arson to murder. Mike Hailwood won the Golden Shell 500 CC motorcycle race in Motola Italy.
Irene Locke, Titusville Civil Defense director, says reports that keys to the 200 bed hospital supply storage are missing are false. She notes one key set stays at the police station for 24 hour access and another is in her possession, with additional sets in use since last year.
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