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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1968
Page
3
Box score outlines delegate strength for the Republican race showing origins of delegates and which candidates they favor. The current poll points to Nixon as likely winner, but changes can occur before the convention.
Rep William Scherle an Iowa Republican has repeatedly inserted a reminder in the Congressional Record since February 19. The note appears daily as part of ongoing legislative commentary and public record keeping.
A Wisconsin legislative committee recommends allowing contraceptives to be sold or provided by pharmacists and physicians to married and unmarried individuals. The current law restricts access to married persons, with Massachusetts as another state maintaining similar limits. The panel argues federal funding incentives and the risk of losing up to 20 million dollars in aid for dependent children drive the push for revision.
Congress enacts truth in lending to show consumers annual interest rates and all charges on credit. It extends federal oversight to loan sharks, limits wage garnishment, and defines exemptions for business and mortgage lending. Key rules take effect July 1, 1968 for truths. garnishment rules July 1, 1970.
New York Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz argues privacy rights do not extend to mail box details as states defend auto registration lists. The U S Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a New York law allowing sales of the lists, marking a second such approval this year. In Hartford, a superior court also rejected a suit against selling public lists.
District Judge Edward S North rop sentenced three of four pacifistsconvicted of mutilating government records for the blood p ao event last fall at the U S Customs office in Baltimore The Rev Philip P Berrigan 44 and Thomas P Lewis 28 were each given six years David Eberhardt 27 received three years The sentencing of Rev James Mengel 38 was postponed for 90 days to study his character and background The defendants plan to appeal the convictions
Barry Goldwater was awarded 15000 in his libel action against Fact magazine and its two editors for a 1964 article questioning his psychological fitness to be president. The federal jury in New York deliberated 12 hours before verdict against Fact, publisher Ralph Ginzburg and editor Warren Boroson.
Harold Goodsky and James Sayers of Minneapolis, Chippewa Indians, filed a complaint with the city civil rights department over a TV spoof showing Indians raiding a suburban street and brandishing a flaming tomahawk. Allstate withdrew the commercial after the dispute, calling it a spoof of Westerns.
In Alsdorf West Germany a trial begins accusing nine executives and technicians of criminal negligence over the thalidomide drug. The case centers on the early 1960s drug linked to thousands of birth deformities.
The Senate voted down a proposal to grant potential draftees legal representation at draft-board hearings, argued against by Lt. Gen. Hershey who warned it would slow boards. The Supreme Court sent 1 year old Buddy Whittington’s murder case back to Ohio courts to reconsider in light of the Gault decision, which extended juvenile rights. Whittington’s lawyers urged broader protections including jury trials and bail beyond Gault.
Hundreds of college students racked up nearly $5 000 in long distance charges on a nonexistent Steve McQueen credit number promoted by a bogus ad. About 116 suspected callers in Southern California and some 13 000 total calls were traced as Pacific Telephone and Telegraph and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone battle debts and seek repayment.
The list mixes fiction and nonfiction best sellers with author names such as Arthur Hailey Gore Vidal Gore Wie da, John Upilke, Leon Uris and others. It includes titles like Topaz Myra Breckinridge and The Confessions of Nat Turner among varied works. The lineup also features The French Chef Cookbook Julia Child and Circles the World by Sir Francis Chichester.
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