North Carolina Court Ruling Jeopardizes Historic Documents
The state Supreme Court’s 1767 1768 Salisbury documents ruling raises fears that private collectors and foundations may stop lending or selling pieces to museums. The decision could allow the state to claim private archives found in auctions, risking loss of artifacts and state cultural wealth.
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Salisbury Court
Elizabeth City
New York
George Washington
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Blueprint For Death Court ruling tightens capital punishment rules
The Supreme Court narrows automatic death penalties in police slayings and similar cases. Courts must weigh each crime's unique circumstances rather than apply blanket rules. State legislatures face writing nuanced laws with full judge and jury consideration for executions.
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Supreme Court
High Court
June a Month of Disasters Across Time and Place
The piece reflects on June as a recurring disaster month citing the 1972 Teton Dam collapse in Idaho with 11 deaths and $500 million in damages, Rapid City floods causing 226 deaths, and Hurricane Agnes inflicting $1.7 billion in damage. It notes federal relief aid and the lasting impact on flood towns like Rexburg and Wilkes-Barre, then contrasts with June 1977 drought in the Middle West and East.
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Teton
Idaho
Snake River
Bureau
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
John Kendall
Los Angeles Times
Rexburg
Sugar City
Middle West
East
McCarthy on News Censorship and Editorial Judgment
Former public figure Eugene McCarthy argues Harper's that press freedom rests on the need for information and truth. He proposes four editorial standards while acknowledging editors face subjective judgment about relevance and impact in deciding what to publish.
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Eugene McCarthy
Harper's
McCarthy
Oswald Spengler
Spengler
Eugene McCarthys
Court Ruling Ties Serbian Church to Yugoslav Secret Police
A Supreme Court decision awards 250,000 American Serbian Orthodox parishioners to the Yugoslav backed church and transfers US religious property. FBI memos reveal UDB agents installed its chosen patriarch in 1958 and directed discrediting campaigns against Bishop Dionisije with blackmail and espionage tactics.
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Yugoslavia
Supreme Court
United States
UDB
U.S
America
Senate
Chile
DINA
Iran
SAVAK
Russia
KGB
South Korea
KCIA
Belgrade
FBI
German
Makarije
Dedhani
Dionisije
Uprava Drzavneti
Church Council
No Title Yet From Andy Young Interview Parody
A Carter White House parody interview quotes U.N. ambassador Andrew Young joking about racism in Sweden Queens and Europe. The president voices concern over tarnishing relations and jokes about resigning to avoid implying racism. The dialogue touches Africa and Cuba in Angola and hints at global sensitivities.
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U.N. Amassador
Andrew Young
Carter
Oval Office
Andy
Sweden
Queens
N.Y
Lincoln
Kennedy
Nixon
Ford
Africa
Cuba
Angola
Japan
China
Korea
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Meteorological School
Lyndon Johnson
New Hampshire
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Iowa
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Les Whitten
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