Supreme Court orders private nonreligious schools admit Blacks
The court ruled 7 to 2 that the 1870 law requires commercially operated, nonreligious private schools to admit Black students in desegregation efforts. The decision excludes church affiliated schools and cites the Reconstruction era contract rights, with Justices White and Rehnquist dissenting.
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Retirement age rule upheld by Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that civil servants may be forced to retire at a set age even if capable of work, upholding Massachusetts law setting 40 as the minimum retirement age for state police. The ruling endorses mandatory retirement as constitutionally permissible with a reasonable basis. The decision reversed a lower court ruling that had struck it down.
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CIA chief Helms did not discuss plots to kill Castro
A Senate report cites former CIA head Richard Helms saying he never told the Warren Commission about U S plots against Fidel Castro because he was never asked. The report quotes Helms as testifying he was instructed to answer Warren Commission inquiries and did not initiate any information.
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Smithsonian Air and Space Museum to open with Mars signal
Washington UPI Ford to open the new Air and Space Museum as Viking 1 orbits Mars and will beam a ribbon cutting signal. Michael Collins led the project under budget, with historic aircraft on display and a moon rock touchable by visitors.
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Execution of Hickey Sparks Army Warning in New York
Sergeant Thomas Hickey of George Washington's Life Guard is arrested June 15 in New York for counterfeiting. Court martial finds him guilty of mutiny and sedition and treasonable links to royal governor Tryon and David Mathews. He is hanged June 28 in New York before 20,000 spectators, the first American soldier executed by order of a military court, a stark warning to the Army.
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Ford aide Margita White named to FCC post
Margita E. White, 38, White House communications director, is expected to be appointed to the Federal Communications Commission by President Ford. The nomination would fill two vacancies. White, a Sweden native, served four years under Nixon as an assistant to Herbert G. Klem and became naturalized in 1956 after arriving in 1948.
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Agencies reject building Laguna Niguel office site
Congressional auditors found no federal agency willing to move into a 19.5 million Laguna Niguel California government building. The GAO reported 24 agencies leasing space in Los Angeles and San Diego refused relocations, and smaller agencies echoed the opposition. The structure, built by Rockwell International for Air Force plant transfers, faced criticism as underused with storage of records.
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Panel Hays headed can't agree on reforms
Washington D C United Press International reports the House Administration Committee aimed to tighten member allowances, with a plan to merge travel staff and office funds into a single pool at a 37500 per member ceiling. Democratic leaders push swift reform before a two week recess while GOP calls for GAO audits and an investigative select committee.
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