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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1977
Page
7
Mrs. Ferguson opposed the bill as lawmakers debated liberalizing marijuana penalties after a session break, with the measure failing amid party lines and AP coverage noting the contentious fallout.
In Johannesburg a black man was fined $20 or days in jail after kissing a white woman on the cheek in an elevator under the Immorality Act. Pretoria saw a suspended nine month sentence for a white man enticed a black woman to immorality. Both cases echo South Africa's race laws restricting sexual relations.
Witness Rabbi David Eichhorn testified at a Pentagon review board that Pvt Eddie Slovik was executed in 1945 after Eisenhower decided deserters must be shot as an example. The board weighs Slovik’s widow’s $70,000 life insurance claim amid arguments the execution was unjust.
Israeli police opened an investigation into the black market sale of national high school examination copies. The probe follows Knesset member Charlie Biton exposing an advance math exam copy bought by a student, with copies reportedly selling for about 1200 dollars. Police will question those involved from exam writers to printers and couriers.
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