Court Rules No On Death Penalty
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, limited death sentences by ruling capital punishment unlawful in most cases as it has lost its usefulness. The decision could spare about 600 inmates on death rows in 31 states and D C, though it stopped short of banning it entirely. The ruling cites cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment and notes varied opinions among justices on potential circumstances where it might be constitutional.
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Washington
Supreme Court
States
District of Columbia
William O. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Stewart
Ohio
Massachusetts
Paulette Williams
Decatur
Jimmie W. Ingle
Mixed reactions in Decatur to Supreme Court ruling on death penalty
Decatur residents and visitors voiced varied views on the Supreme Court decision. Some oppose capital punishment as a remedy for murder while others defend its use for deterrence. Circuit Judge Powell called the ruling a significant shift but said states should decide their own path, with courts required to comply.
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Decatur
Supreme Court
W. J. Landers
New Moulton
Hudson Brown
Sandlin Rd
Newton B. Powell
Powell
Virginia adopts state constitution and Patrick Henry governor
Weather warns of a 50 percent rain chance today with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the mid 60s. The edition notes the 1776 date when Virginia adopted its constitution and Patrick Henry became governor, along with local classifieds and a Tennessee Valley weather map.
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Virginia
Patrick Henry
Spirit of America Festival donations near six thousand
The Spirit of America Festival fund drive stood at about $5,925 with $10,000 still needed before the weekend to cover this year's July 4 program. Club and civic contributions are being sought through Spirit of America Festival, P.O. Box 1776, Decatur, with more events planned at Point Mallard Park and Burningtree Country Club.
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Morgan County Board of Registrars
Point Mallard
Festival Committee
Jim O'Hara
Lynn Fowler
O'Hara
Fowler
P.O. Box
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily
Roland Hawkins
Otis Kirby Jr
J. Gilmer Blackburn
Charles T. Finney
Jack Keahey
Eyster Eyster
Key
Big Bob Gibson
Sparkman
Senate
O’hara
Point Mallard Park
Burningtree Country Club
Audie Murphy
Man Arrested In Skyjacking
DETROIT AP A 22 year old unemployed man was arrested at home and charged as the airliner hijacker who obtained 502,500 dollars in ransom and parachuted over Indiana last weekend. Martin J. McNally 28 of Wyandotte was charged with air piracy and held by the FBI in Detroit pending arraignment.
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Indiana
FBI
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Neil J. Welsh
Michigan
McNally
Waterway Promises Economic Boost in Tennessee Tombigbee Plan
J Frank Keown of the TRVA told a federal hearing in Aberdeen Mississippi that developing the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway would bring broad economic and ecological benefits. He cited malaria eradication, 190000 additional acres of land and water in refuges and new public parks as outcomes, noting similar gains could arise in the Tombigbee basin amid a $386 million project.
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Aberdeen
Miss
Decatur
Tennessee River Valley Association
TRVA
J. Frank Keown
U.S. District Court
Mexico
Mobile
Keown
Tombigbee
Hearings Prepared For Busted General
Washington glare as Sen John C Stennis announces full Armed Services Committee hearings into Gen John D Lavelle retirement after new testimony tying Gen Creighton Abrams to unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
John C Stennis
Creighton . Abrams
North Vietnam
Armed Services Committee
John D. Lavelle
Senate
Stennis
D-Miss
Committee
Nixon
Abrams
Army
Lavelle Lavelle
Seventh Air Force
Southeast Asia
Lavelle
McGovern Delt Crippling Blow
California delegates were stripped from McGovern by the Democratic Credentials Committee. Humphrey and seven others won 151 of California’s 271 convention seats, affecting McGovern’s path to the nomination and possibly dropping him below the required 1,509 votes. The action followed a Humphrey Muskie Jackson and Chisholm challenge over California’s winner take all rule announced after the June 6 primary.
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Washington
George McGovern
Democratic Credentials Committee
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Supreme Court rules newsmen must cooperate with grand juries
Washington brief reports the Supreme Court ruling 5 to 4 that newsmen have no special right to refuse cooperation with grand juries. In a second brief item President Nixon imposed a price freeze on fresh fruits vegetables eggs and seafood after the first sale by the farmer.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Nixon
Cats and Dogs and Fish Sighted in Front Yard
Wheeler Wildlife Refuge manager Tom Atkeson relayed a call from C. D. Johnson of Trinity who reported several small fish swimming in a front yard puddle Tuesday. He said such fish may have been carried from a pond or lake by a tornado.
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Wheeler Wildlife Refuge
Tom Atkeson
C. D. Johnson
Trinity
Atkeson
Johnson
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