FBI Files On ACLU Report Details Hoover era Infiltration
Chicago Daily News reports the FBI kept dossiers on ACLU leaders from 1920 to 1943. Subjects include Clarence Darrow Helen Keller Felix Frankfurter and others like William Allen White Jane Addams and Nobel laureate Adams. Frankfurter was labeled a dangerous man by government employees.
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Carter favors tax breaks for married workers, says
President Carter urged equal tax benefits for married working couples and unmarried cohabiting pairs, and called for welfare reforms to discourage family desertion. In a Fathers Day AP interview, he spoke of family integrity and potential policy changes.
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Gallows of Chicago Jail to be dismantled
Terrible Tommy Connor escaped from Cook County Jail in 1921 just before his planned execution for murder. The gallows, kept intact by court order, has waited in the jail basement for 57 years, awaiting his return or exaction of the sentence.
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O'Connor
No-Fault Plans Shown Superior in U.S. Study
A federal DOT study of 16 states with no-fault auto insurance finds quicker, fairer benefits than traditional liability. Senator Magnuson cites the report ahead of hearings on federal no-fault standards. The study notes no-fault speeds compensation and limits lawsuits for non economic damages.
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Guilford County Democrats Elect Clark Chairman on Second Ballot
Guilford County Democrats elected L. Russell Clark as their new county chairman on the second ballot, defeating Elsie Nuckles after a five candidate field. The 1,100 attendees at Smith High School debated resolutions on equal rights, capital punishment, Wilmington 10, and an elected school board. Clark pledged to train precinct workers, boost voter education, and expand the party newsletter while calling for party unity ahead of fall elections.
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High Point Township
Marianne Hayworth
Ignorance Not an Excuse in Tax Case Verdict
A federal jury in Greensboro acquitted Lawrence W. Walker, a Moravian Falls sawmill operator, of income tax charges and perjury after his lawyer argued his limited education and low IQ prevented him from understanding or preparing his own returns. An apologist psychologist testified Walker has an IQ of 79 and verbal ability of a fifth grader, suggesting he could not knowingly defraud the government.
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ASU Student Named Miss North Carolina
Appalachian State University student Mary Kathryn Fleming was crowned Miss North Carolina in Winston-Salem, 21, native of Hamptonville Yadkin County. She sang Everything in talent and won preliminary swimsuit. First runner up Sonja Y Miller Beulaville. second Jerilyn Johnson Maiden.
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Maiden
Burlington
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Mooresville
Susan Lynn Bullard
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Joy Victoria Hussey
Aberdeen
Leslie Ann Broome
Mr. Holly
Kathryn Ann Norman
Charlotte Mecklenburg
Cynthia Annette Morris
Thomasville
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