In Our Opinion the Capital Punishment Penalty May Be Dead
The column notes public opinion on capital punishment, citing a Harris poll and individual cases such as James Olenick, Sirhan Sirhan, and Fred Ahmed Evans. It observes no executions in nearly two years, with the last in Colorado on June 2, 1967, and argues the death penalty is effectively suspended despite legal status in 87 states.
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Olenick
Sirhan Sirhan
California
Fred Ahmed” Evans
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Senate Misses Burger Deal and Real Estate Links
A Senate Judiciary probe into Chief Justice Burger questions rushed confirmation and ties to lobbyist Rowland Kirks over a 1964 East Capitol Street property. Records show Burger and Kirks bought for 47000, later sold for 38000, raising queries on funding, mortgage need, and potential conflicts.
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Kenneth Strawberry
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Myron Drapen
Sen
William Fulbright
Strawberry Immediately
Arkansas
Mansfield
America on the Move Shapes Urban Change and Race Gaps
U S Nomads notes Americans will relocate in large numbers this summer as 1 8 million move homes, shifting from farms to cities and from core cities to suburbs. Industry leads the exodus, draining tax bases and skilled workers, while white and Black migration to suburbs grows, widening urban inequality.
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America
House Banking
Census Bureau
National Industrial Conference Board
NICB
Conrad Taeuber
Today In History June 19 highlights from world events
On June 19 across history notable events include Savannah crossing to Liverpool in 1919, Roanoke colony ending in 1586, the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756, Juarez in 1867, slavery prohibition in U.S. territories in 1862, Statue of Liberty arrival in 1985, eight hour day for federal workers in 1912, Khrushchev Geneva speech a decade earlier, Ted Kennedy plane crash in 1969, and AMA marijuana stance in 1969.
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Liverpool
England
Roanoke
America
Calcutta
India
Emperor Maximi
Benito Juarez
U.S. Congress
New York
France
U.S
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Southampton
Mass
American Medical Association
Midway Message Reflections On Nixon Move On Vietnam
Paul Harvey discusses President Nixon’s Midway Island speech announcing 25 000 U S personnel withdrawal and its mixed reception. Critics call it tokenism while supporters hope for bargaining gains at Paris. The piece weighs Nixon seeking consensus and disengagement pressures from South Vietnam allies and Communists.
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Wear Thost
Warren Burger
U.S. Supreme Court
Midway Island
Nixon
Paris
South Vietnam
Pure Despair in a Taxi Sparks Estelle Parsons Insight
Estelle Parsons, Oscar winner for Bonnie and Clyde, muses on art and life after a traffic jam moment. The interview sketches her aloof yet engaged persona, acting philosophy, and a life blending theater, television, and two daughters from a five year marriage.
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Estelle Persons
Estelle
Bonnie and Clyde
Rachel
Ohio
Planning Board
Marblehead
Mass
NBC
Richard Gehman
Martha
Abbie
Miss Parsons
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