Conscientious Objector Ruling Expands Draft Exemptions
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 3 ruling broadens conscientious objection to include ethical and moral beliefs beyond religion. Justice Black says youths with firm moral views against killing may seek exemptions, challenging draft boards to judge objector integrity. critics fear waves of exemptions if Congress does not redefine the law.
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Supreme Court
Solomon
Hugo L. Black
Justice Black
Nixon
Congress
U S Plans Security Boost for Diplomats Amid Kidnap Threats
Diplomatic Security concerns rise as South American kidnappings increase. West Germany presses for safety after a Rio release. The State Department seeks 1.25 million dollars to fund emergency Washington teams, guards, transport, lighting, and communications for overseas protection. Deputy under secretary William B Macomber Jr testified before the Senate appropriations panel.
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West Germany
Rio de Janeiro
U.S. State Department
Amman
Congress
William B. Macomber Jr
U.S
South America
Senate
Washington
United Nations at 25 Faces Critics and Reforms
As the U N marks its 25th anniversary criticism grows from allies and officials. Lester Pearson says the General Assembly drowns in words while U Thant contemplates a softer role. Critics cite the U N’s limited power due to superpower vetoes and a sprawling agency structure.
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Tennyson
United Nations
U.N
Lester B. Pearson
U. N
General Assembly
Samuel de Palma
U.S
U Thant
Thant
United States
Soviet Union
Middle East
Southeast Asia
de Palma
Security Council
Joao de Araujo Castro
Brazil
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Nixon
World Organization
League of Nations
Wolfson claims prison horrors as Senate testimony drought
Financier Louis Wolfson describes brutal conditions in U S prisons to Senate investigators, citing charges of torture and neglect at Raiford and Eglin connected facilities. He plans further testimony while facing appeal and an 18 month sentence on a separate charge.
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Washington
U.S
Senate
Louis Wolfson
Wolf
Wall Street
Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Securities and Exchange
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Wolfson
Tom Dodd
Florida
Raiford
Collins
Tony” Antone
J. E. Edwards
Edwards
Don R. Hassfurder
Hassfurder
DeWitt Sinclair
Sinclair
Capt. Edwards
Dodd
Reading Around Books Review Highlights 1960s Nonfiction Works
A digest of recent readings features Harry Golden’s SO LONG AS YOU ARE HEALTHY and Miles Wolff Jr.’s LUNCH AT THE FIVE AND TEN, with notes on Julius Abernethy and The Goulds. The piece surveys biography and cultural history, praising wit, coping tales, philanthropy, and social change in mid century America.
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Abee Gezundt
Lower East Side
New York
Harry Golden
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Charlottean
America
Mohandas Gandhi
Albert Einstein
Sigmund Freud
Harry
Benjamin Franklin
Miles Wolff Jr
Stein & Day
Greensboro
Greensboro Daily News
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Woolworth’s
Lincoln
Goulds
Weybright and Talley
Edward P. Hoyt
Hoyt
Jay Gould
George
High Point
George Gould
William Gould Brokaw
Old Jay
Paris
Brokaw
Millbrook Farm
J. E. Millis
Jay Goulds
Jim Fiske
Commodore Vanderbilt
August Belmont
Russell Sage
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
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Potter Stewart
Byron H. White
Kook
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
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N. C
D.a.rawley
C. H. Lockwood
David A. Rawley, JR
Joseph P. Rawley
Randall B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
C. W. Patterson, JR
W. Idol, JR
Richard Teague
Go Iing
Associated Press
N.C
AP News
Pinky and
Diannibissore
Tale of
Women’s Liberation Movement
White House
Constance Stuart
Stuart
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Legette Blythe
UNC
Julius Abernethy
Heritage Press
Blythe
Newton
Catawba County
Philanthrophy
David Reuben
McKay
Reuben
Kinsey
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