Court takes ticklish task on private club discrimination
A federal court in Pennsylvania ruled that private club membership discrimination violates the 14th Amendment when a club holds a state liquor license. The Supreme Court faces whether a state's liquor license policy can avoid judging membership in such clubs, a decision that could spark public anger or a reassessment of judicial independence amid political pressures.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Indiana
Atty
Theodore L. Sendak
Sendak
California
Los Angeles
Navy backs slot machines as morale boost for troops
Rear Admiral David H. Bagley testified that slot machines in servicemen’s clubs positively affect morale and help keep clubs open by income. The subcommittee’s probe into corruption in Viet Nam era clubs questions the practice and urges removal of slots despite concerns about honesty and government subsidies.
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Navy
David H. Bagley
Senate
Vietnam
Editors lash at Soviet use of Justice Douglas quotes
San Francisco Examiner notes editorials criticize Soviet magazines for selectively quoting Justice William O. Douglas. The piece argues USA editors distort Douglas to push propaganda and warns that those who falsify foreign texts deceive themselves and their readers.
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San Francisco Examiner
William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court
USA
Douglas
Welch
Republic
Tvluminati
Council On Foreign Relations
International Keynes Socialism
American Opinion Library
Newport
Allende Pushes Chile Left as Kremlin Ties Deepen
The Chilean president aims for a Marxist society with a still intact multi party system but faces pressure from far left and MIR violence. Corvalan leads the Communist Party aligned with Moscow while the USSR whispers support, risking instability as inflation and resource shortages loom.
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Chile
Salvador Allende
Allende
Mir
Che Guevara
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Moscow
Sen. Corvalan
Soviet Union
Corvalan
Kremlin
Guevara
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
United States
Ussr
House ratifies 18 year old vote amendment gains speed
The House completed action to extend the vote to 18 year olds and several states Minnesota Delaware Tennessee Connecticut and Washington rapidly ratified. The piece notes a strong momentum and questions dissent amid the bandwagon.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Minnesota
Delaware
Tennessee
Connecticut
The 26th Amendment Debate and Federalism
The piece denounces Congress and Justice Black over extending voting rights to 18-year-olds. It argues the 26th Amendment is a tool of extortion creating state chaos, urging Congress to repeal its 18-year-old statute before states ratify. It notes Connecticut and nine other states faced conflicting public votes. The call remains for federalist principles.
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Hugo Black
Nixon
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Alaska
Georgia
Kentucky
United States
Connecti
Connecticut
General Assembly
Explaining the Birchers and California Transit Debate
Letter writer defends John Birch Society, praises its aims and denounces editors. He argues Proposition 18 voters rejected, urges inquiry into rapid transit plans, cites Bay Area and state finance, warns against hysteria, politics, and sales tax on gasoline.
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Bay Area
Market Street
Long Beach
Charles N. Hathaway
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