Atheist leader moves to strike God We Trust from currency
Madalyn Murray O H air, 58, who won the 1963 Supreme Court prayer case, announced at the American Atheist Center opening in Austin Texas that her group will sue to remove In God We Trust from all U S currency and seek to end the Pledge of Allegiance claiming the nation is under God.
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Supreme Court
United States
O'Hair
American Atheist Center
Austin
Tex
America
Ray pleads not guilty to escape at Brushy Mountain
James Earl Ray and six other inmates pleaded innocent to escape charges connected to a June breakout from Brushy Mountain Penitentiary. Trials set for Oct and Nov. all seven face additional imprisonment if convicted, with recapture details and security cited.
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Ray
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain Pententiary
Jack Kershaw
Lee Asbury
Morgan County
Wartburg
Tenn
Asbury
Kershaw
Dr. King
Irving
Stanney Lane
Firemen blockaded suburb amid University City strike
Sympathetic union firemen from St. Louis County joined University City fire fighters in a six day strike. Five pickets were arrested for blocking traffic, riot police moved them to the curb, and traffic was kept flowing.
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University City
St. Louis County
St. Louis
Five killed in Northern Ireland violence shocks Belfast
Five men were shot to death and at least ten others wounded on a bloody Wednesday in Northern Ireland in the fiercest fighting for months.
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Johnstown
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Pony roundup kicks off as wild Assateague ponies swim to auction
Thousands gather at dawn to watch the 52nd annual Assateague pony swim from Assateague to Chincoteague. The ponies head to a paddock for today’s sale, with proceeds supporting Chincoteague’s volunteer fire department and equipment. Legends say the herd arrived after a 16th century shipwreck.
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Chincoteague
Assateague Island
Chincoteague Island
Beth Harrington
Michigan
Assateague
West Bank
Actress Van Bergen jailed seven years for lover’s fatal shooting
In Munich a 46 year old actress known for siren roles was sentenced to seven years for fatally shooting her playboy lover Klaus Knaths, a 33 year old financier. The state sought ten years citing impaired judgment from impending menopause.
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Ingrid van Bergen
Munich
West Germany
Ingad van Bergen
Miss van Bergen
Klaus Knaths
Knaths
Knoths
Eleonore Sachs
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Wilbur D. Mills
Washington
New York
Shea, Gould, Climenko
Casey
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Congress
William 4. Shea
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alvin Goldstein
Kansas City
U.S. District Court
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Goldstein
Wichita
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Bell System
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N. Ireland
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Jerusalem
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Soviet Bloc
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