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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1969

Page

5

Classified Ads Call for Business Service Action

Readers are urged to advertise with action in classified ads. Call HE 2-5959 today to place business service notices and reach potential customers promptly.

Parvin Foundation Probe Ties to Justice Douglas Disclosures

IRS confirms ongoing examination of the Albert Parvin Foundation linked to Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas. The agency rejects political motive claims while notes on self dealing and shifting Hotel Flamingo assets illustrate concerns over foundation spend and asset use.

Douglas IRS Parvin Foundation Preme Court William O. Douglas Randolph W. Thrower Justice Douglas Albert B. Parvin Parvin Foundation Princeton Uni

Warren Court Won't Rule on Juries and Death Penalty

The Warren Court passes the Maxwell case to Burger Court and schedules a second Maxwell ruling for Oct 13. It notes no reasoning and underscores limits on juror discretion in death penalty decisions amid a shifting criminal law landscape. The term also features a major tax ruling on nonresident servicemen and a draft ruling about the sole surviving son exemption during wartime, affecting Jack McKart.

Warren Court Washington William L. Maxwell Arkansas Warren E. Burger Senate Supreme Court Maxwell Hot Springs Anthony G. Amsterdam University of Pennsylvania High Court Burger Abe Fortas

Court stays mum on hip wigglers case ruling

The Supreme Court left Connecticut's 1905 laws on lascivious carriage and danger of vice in place after declining to hear Frances Mattiello's appeal. Justice Black questioned how vice is defined, noting the court did not reveal division on the case. Mattiello, 17, was sent to a state prison farm in 1966 for tempting behavior.

Connecticut Frances Mattiello Norwalk Hugo L. Black

Plain Kindness Killed Suzie Ostrich at Detroit Zoo

Detroit Zoo officials speculate that Suzie the ostrich died after admirers’ monetary generosity. An autopsy found 3.85 in pennies dimes and quarters in the bird, prompting a warning that ostriches eat shiny objects.

Detroit Detroit Zoo Suzie Ostrich

Tax Probe Tracks Early Self-Dealing Case

The article notes the first self-dealing occurred in 1961 but was not reported until 1967 after an IRS investigation began. It highlights delayed disclosure and regulatory scrutiny surrounding the case.

Tion Internal Revenue Service IRS

Rewards of a Gracious Heart feature in Readers Digest June issue

Learn how to give the gift of self esteem and draw closer to others. Real life examples show how to make others feel loved in friendship and marriage, often without words. This is one article among 43 in Reader’s Digest June.

Reader's Digest Reader’s Digest

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