Amish Education Ruling Earns Burger Praise From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously to exempt Amish families from state compulsory schooling beyond the eighth grade, protecting their religious practices. Justice Burger led the decision, saying universal schooling interest is not absolute when it harms minority beliefs. The Wisconsin case spurred decades of harassment, but the ruling upholds the Amish way of life and their rights.
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Warren E. Burger
United States Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Justice Berger
Burger
Rooney’s allies and assets in campaign humor and law
The Rooneys rely on Seatrain Ship Building and federal aid as they dominate campaign billboards. Subcommittee power backed by Rooney saved an SBA worker from dismissal. Kriger’s wife donated 500 in 1970 and 250 in 1972. Tony Boyle faces a possible 120000 fine for illegal campaign contributions, having moved 250000 in assets to his wife. Moscow summit humor shows Brezhnev and Gromyko exchanging light moments including a quip about Cuba.
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Rooney
Charles Kriger
Small Business Administration
Kriger
Henrietta
Boyle
Tony Boyle
United Mine Workers
Gromyko
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
Cuba
Law and consequences of bailee property use for collateral
The article explains that a bailee who receives property for safekeeping may not use it and that using such property as loan collateral could amount to wrongful conversion. It warns of civil liability and possible criminal charges for fraudulent conversion or larceny by a bailee.
Bride wears oil in wedding gown trend from petroleum fibers
In Red Bluff California the local note credits an API newsletter for a cheeky observation about petroleum products in modern weddings. It notes brides in gowns made of synthetic fibers derived from oil and jests about funding weddings with an oil well.
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Red Bluff
Calif
American Petroleum Institute
API
Dad
A Child's Simple Relocation From Fredonia To Wesleyville
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a 4 to 7 year old move by wagon and bay horses from Fredonia to Wesleyville. The family toiled uphill, lightened the load on hills, and enjoyed a neighbor’s beef stew upon arrival, contrasting with later modern moving pains over decades.
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Fredonia
Essex
Wesleyville
Nixon as a paradoxical study in power and restraint
The piece portrays Richard Nixon as deeply self controlled yet morally rigid, depicting his decision style as orderly yet emotionally distant. It contrasts his apparent strength with perceived moral weakness, noting his rapid, decisive actions and reluctance to delegate.
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Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
America
Paris
Pat
St. Francis
Nixon
James Barber
Yale
Thomas Dewey
Hannah Nixon
Richard
Ike
Richard Nixon
Denver
James Hagerty, Jr
Sherman Adams
Corry rail showdown over remaining passenger service set for July 1
In Corry and Oil City residents brace for a hearing before the Utility Commission on Tuesday July 1 to argue over keeping the last two passenger trains running between the cities. Also noted is Rev. J Emerson Low arriving to lead the Christian Missionary Alliance Church and an Erie Railroad excursion to Cleveland for a Indians Yankees doubleheader with tickets at Guignons hardware.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Corry
Oil City
Utility Commission
J. Emerson Low
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Wilmer Heffer
Erie Railroad
Cleveland
New
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