High Court to Rule on State Sodomy Laws
The Dallas arrest of a homosexual last year becomes a Supreme Court test of state laws criminalizing "unnatural sex acts." Texas appeals to preserve its sodomy statute while challengers seek a broad right of privacy for all adults.
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Washington
Dallas
Supreme Court
High Court
Texas
Crawford C. Martin
Leon Buchanan
Travis Lee Strickland
District Court
Connecticut
Atty. Gen. Martin
Buchanan
Strickland
Henry J. McClusky Jr
Sarah To Hughes
Solon Calls for Probe of Prisoner Cages in Vietnam
Sen Robert Byrd urged a congressional investigation into reports of tiger cages used to hold political prisoners at Con Son prison in South Vietnam. He urged humane treatment of U S troops held by North Vietnam and linked the issue to broader calls for action amid Nixon administration policies. Congressmen Hawkins and Anderson and the International Commission of Jurists echoed calls for inquiry into the prison conditions.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Robert C. Byrd
Congressional Committee
Can Son
West
United States
Saigon
Byrd
Hanoi
U.S
Cambodia
Coling
Con Son
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Geneva
Nixon Pushes Legal Move Against Southern Segregation
The Nixon administration has filed concurrent desegregation suits in Mississippi and three other Southern states, targeting 27 school districts. Justice officials say more actions will follow to dismantle dual systems, as talks previously aimed at voluntary change end. The nationwide effort covers about 96,000 Black and 100,000 white students across 361 schools in 48 districts with several still segregated in North Carolina where a statewide suit is underway.
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Washington
Nixon
Mississippi
Justice Department
Jerris Leonard
Stina
Nizon
Asses
Leonard
Laient
North Carolina
Three Firemen Admit 13 Arson Charges in New York
Three Providence Volunteer Fire Dept officers in Saratoga County confessed in writing to setting 13 fires since last fall. State Police tied the fires to nighttime arson across more than 20 investigated blazes, with motives undetermined. The suspects were sons of senior fire officials and sometimes acted alone, sometimes together, using matches and different vehicles.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
New York
Robert J. Bryan
Malta
Town of Providence
Town of Providence Volunteer Fire Dept
Saratoga County
Harry Ainsworth
Max Ainsworth
Edward Hill
Martin
Edward Hill Sr
Bryan
Michal Brodowski
Clifton
N.J
All-Out Battle Threatened To Boost Crop Payments
Rep. Poage claims administration will go all out to sway a Senate capped $20,000 farm payment limit toward a $55,000 bid and possibly higher. Critics say payments favor large operators. Poage defends aid as necessary to manage surpluses and land use amid rising prices.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Rep
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
House Agriculture
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Siem Poage
State Lawyers Warn of Low Priced Stock Scams
Thousands of Pennsylvanians fall prey to speculative companies selling cheap stock and folding. a state inquiry reviews securities law to protect small investors. Pittsburgh lawyer William Berger, former TOONA chairman, recounts losing 40000 from a 1968 stock issue that funded a dispersed franchise plan. The investigation, led by Rep James Goodman, notes TOONA’s failed ventures included a discount truck parts chain, a housing chain, and an oil refinery loss. Fireworks stolen in Monroeville: police seek 500 dollars worth of aerial bombs from a parked truck.
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Pittsburgh
Berger
Charles Hartman
Toona
Monroeville
Memorial Fund Donations Rise In Two Week Totals
Over the past two weeks donations totaling 566 have been sent to local fire companies and chambers of commerce. Former Corry mayor J. Fred Kinley and volunteers from Upper Greenwood Lake and Needmore contributed modest amounts, with Rideway Capitol City Hose Co. and Local 24 Cheektowaga among others adding funds. The raised total supports the Easter Sunday tragedy relief, while plans determine future disbursement by volunteer firefighters.
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Chamber of Commerce
The
Journal
Corry
J. Fred Kinley
Sentacheck
Upper
Greenwood Lake
Needmore
Campeny
Ios
Capitol City Hose Co
Rideway
Cheektowaga
N.Y
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Joseph P. Vigorito
L.B. Davis
Corry Manufacturing
Cenenel Electric
Gieenon Davis
Solon
Bob Church
IGA
North Center Street
Jeff Heacox
Church
Southern
Ational Association For the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund
Department
Korea
Seoul
Park Chung-Hee
Pusan
House
Rapeoree & Setak Cay
Poages
Des
James A. Goodman
County
Pennsylvania
Hartman
Aurelio
Madrid
Spain
Las Ventas Arena
Sekcetee
Beara Betaine Volunteer
Fremen
Democrats
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