Wage Two Draft Rules Change Is Directed By JERRY T. BAULCH
The Selective Service proposes rules requiring notice of why a deferment or exemption is denied and easing hardship or conscience objections. Revisions, in the Federal Register, take effect mid February unless challenged and suspend personal appearances until then. A simpler four question form for conscientious objectors is proposed to replace the prior 30 questions.
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Associated Press
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Supreme Court eases test for voluntariness of confessions
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 0 that courts may admit confessions with only a preponderance of evidence to prove voluntariness, not requiring beyond reasonable doubt. The Lego case involved an Illinois armed robbery conviction. the decision limits the tougher standard to guilt determinations, with dissent arguing inadequate protection against false confessions.
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Legendary Ireland Figure Padraic Colum Dies at 90
Padraic Colum, a key figure in Ireland's literary renaissance and founder of the Abbey Theater, dies at 90 in Enfield Conn. He and his wife Mary Catherine Gunning Ma Guire taught at Columbia and edited Forum. Colum served as president of the Poetry Society of America and was named to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1963. His funeral is planned for St Patrick's Cathedral New York before burial in Dublin beside his wife.
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Plant Closes Over Pollution Law Uncertainty
Weyerhaeuser will close its Everett pulp mill after failing to meet state pollution abatement rules as federal regulation uncertainty cited by Ecology Department officials. The 330 workers face job loss. plant produces 310 tons daily and discharges 4.5 million gallons of untreated waste into Puget Sound. Scott Paper cuts pulp production in Seattle by half due to global surplus.
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Arkansas Weather Summary From Wednesday Forecast
Weather report for 24 hours ending 7 am Wednesday shows a high near 60 and a low around 32. The Associated Press forecasts sunny, windy conditions today with rising clouds and a warmer spell then colder tonight. Thursday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with temperatures lowest in the 20s to 30s and highs in the 30s to 40s.
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Fraternities May Lose Tax Breaks
A federal court panel ruled fraternal organizations may not receive federal tax breaks if they exclude nonwhites. The ruling, linked to a Portland Elks lodge denial of membership to a black man, states such groups are not tax exempt and can’t have charitable contributions deducted. The decision noted a civil rights policy against discrimination and contrasted fraternal clubs with other nonprofits.
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Associated Press
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Elks Lodge
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Woman Shot in August, Placed in Deep Freeze
TORONTO AP reports a woman found in a home freezer had been shot in the head last Aug 4, her birthday. Her husband David Wilfred Todd, 38, a truck driver, is held without bail on noncapital murder charges. The body was discovered by youths after curiosity about a freezer linked to the Cassidy household.
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