Fight Over Meat Disclosure Continues in Court
Agriculture Department vows to keep fights over disclosing federal meat inspection records, while consumer attorney Harrison Wellford of the Center for Study of Responsive Law presses on. Judge Northrop ordered release of warning letters and detention info. other reports and meeting notes await appeal decisions.
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AFP
Washington
Agriculture Department
Harrison Wellford
Reglardless
Wellford
Center For Study of Responsive Law
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Department
Justice Department
Consumer and Marketing Service
National Food Inspection Advisory Committee
Edward
Northrop
State Job No Bar to Post as Justice
Arkansas attorney general's office states a justice of the peace may hold state employment while in office. The opinion, by Asst. Atty. Gen. Don R. Rebsamen, was sent to Hempstead County clerk Pat House. It also notes a county Democratic committee candidate cannot simultaneously serve as a justice of the peace, citing a resigning judge, and outlines withdrawal steps for election filings.
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Hempstead
Charles D. Matthews
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Henry Ginger
William B. Roberts
Texarkana
Miller County Election Commission
Dock Strike Closes Ports of Britain
Britain's 47,000 longshoremen rejected a management wage offer 48 to 32, paving the way for a near complete dock shutdown unseen in 44 years. More than half were already on strike as the vote was announced. Details of the offer remained undisclosed but reportedly included a weekly raise of about 2.40 dollars per docker.
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Britain
Mitchell to Defend Vote for Those 18
Attorney General John Mitchell pledged to defend the 18-year-old voting age provision of the Voting Rights Act despite President Nixon’s concerns about constitutionality. He said states must submit compliance plans by Aug. 3, with the provision taking effect Jan. 1, 1971, and warned lawsuits could follow if noncompliance is found. Mitchell also noted a rise in government wiretaps and cited DOJ concerns about campus dissent.
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Supreme Court
Hope Star to Sing at County Convention in Shover Springs
Hempstead County Singing Convention meets at Shover Springs Baptist Church Saturday night July 18 and Sunday afternoon the 19th. Singing begins 7 30 p m Saturday and 1 30 p m Sunday. Headlining group The Gem-Tones from Jonesboro plus other groups. Also singing at Providence Memorial Baptist Perrytown Sunday morning at 11.
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Theater to Test Censor Authority
The Olde West Diner Theater owners filed suit in U S District Court Little Rock to challenge censorship ordinances. They seek a temporary restraining order to perform a topless scene in Come Live With Me. The Censor Board unanimously urged City Atty Kemp to block the scene, which would require cutting the topless moment.
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Kemp
Campus Strife May Not End Until the Vietnam War Is Over
President Nixon’s campus unrest commission heard that peace on campuses hinges on ending the Vietnam War. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Rep. Hugh Scott led witnesses including Hayakawa Fleming Palmer and Cochran in urging action to curb upheaval. Cochran blamed the president for the tense atmosphere that fed campus murders.
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Associated Press
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San Francisco
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National Student Association
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Black American Law Student Union
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Nia
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U.S
Cambodia
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Ohio
Jackson State College
Mississippi
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Yale Law
Atlanta
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Georgia
Commission
Massacre at My Lai Covered Up By Military State Dept Officers
A House subcommittee accuses field officers of conspiring with State Department staff to suppress evidence of the My Lai massacre. The report cites many levels of operation, notes no evidence reached Saigon, and urges revisions to military justice for war-time killings.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Saigon
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D-La
Hugh C Thompson
Thompson
Ing Hyeresete
Ernest K. Medina
Counter Vision
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Americal
Koster
Medina
Soviet Union re elects Kosygin premier in new parliament
In Moscow the Supreme Soviet unanimously re elected Alexei Kosygin as premier. He will present cabinet nominations later in the current session. The election marks the first session of the new Supreme Soviet elected last month.
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Supreme Soviet
Alexei N Kosvaine
Soviet Union
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