Supreme Court upholds duty to stay at auto accident scene
In a 5 to 4 ruling the Supreme Court overruled the California high court and upheld laws requiring a driver to reveal name and address after an accident. Chief Justice Burger called disclosure of name and address a neutral act. Brennan dissented warning it mirrors robbers fleeing with no accountability.
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California Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Internal Revenue Service
Burger
Judge Rifkind on limits of student dissent and social reform
Federal Judge Simon Rifkind warns against violence and coercion in pursuit of university reform. He argues that a free open society depends on dialogue, not shouting down opponents, and condemns extremism, lawlessness, and self-appointed moral authorities as guidance for shaping public life.
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Simon Rifkind
Epitaph For A Recession Highlights Jobs Over GNP
Economists view the 1969 1970 recession as ending but unemployment remains high at 6.2 percent in May with 4.4 million jobless. Nixon era wage and price controls, tight money, and inflation worries shape a cautious outlook for 1971 72.
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Paul W. McCracken
National Bureau of Economic Research
Nixon
Washington
Wall Street
Penn Central
United States
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Army Colonel Faces Lobbying Offers From Food Brokers
Col Robert Hammerle, chief coordinator for the military commissary system, lobbied for food brokers while remaining in the Army. He discussed retirement with broker chief Gen Andy McNamara, who offered a $12 000 annual post, later raised to $15 000, tied to his retirement. He helped prepare a memo backing a new buying plan favoring housewives and small businesses, drawing broker opposition. Hammerle denies conflicts, saying he criticized the plan before considering any offers.
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Washington
Military Commissary
Col
Robert Hammerle
Hammerle
Defense Supply Association
Andy McNamara
McNamara
Benade
Army
Nixon to Fight Smut as VOA Director Faces Obscenity Probe
The piece notes Kenneth Giddens, Voice of America director and theater owner, amid a crackdown on X rated films. A Mobile Alabama theater was raided after a Danish lesbian film triggered obscenity charges, with Judge Desmond Toler presiding.
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Nixon
Voice of America
Kenneth Giddens
Giddens and Rester
Mobile
Ala
Desmond Toler
VOA
Alabama
North Carolina outdoor dramas usher in a renaissance
Guest editor Lloyd Brinson surveys four NC amphitheatres Manteo Cherokee Boone Valdese as signs of a 20th century revival. He notes the Lost Colony origins Samuel Selden Paul Green and the Institute of Outdoor Drama shaping a movement with historic ties to Roanoke Island Kitty Hawk and the Blue Ridge.
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Lloyd Brinson
Wachovia
North Carolina
H.M
Manteo
Cherokee
Boone and
Valdese
Blue Ridge
Smokies
Daniel Boone
Blue Ridge Mountains
Old Colony Amphitheatre
New World
Samuel Selden
Globe Theatre
Selden
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Institute of Outdoor Drama
University
Paul Green
Institute
Mark Sumner
Sumner
Pembroke
Green
Kermit Hunter
Boone’s Horn
Hunter
Fred Crawford
Roanoke Island
Kitty Hawk
Roanoke Sound
George Mallonee
Lost Colony
Armstrong
Aldrin
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Interservice Commissary Store Coordinating Committee
Leo Benade
Grafeith
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Sir Galahad
Giddens
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Huey Newton
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