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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1968
Page
2
In a unanimous decision the Supreme Court held state laws banning teaching of evolution in public schools unconstitutional. The ruling, echoing the Scopes trial era, voids the 40 year old Arkansas statute and is expected to undercut Mississippi’s similar law.
Arkansas law bans teaching that mankind descended from animals prompting Susan Epperson to face the risk of job loss at Central High in Little Rock. The 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee framed the era’s clash over evolution in public schools.
James Earl Ray hired Percy Foreman to defend him against King murder charges. Judge W Preston Battle postponed the trial to March 3 citing the defendant's right to counsel. Ray previously fired Art Hanes, calling the swap a delaying tactic.
Actor Wendell Corey, a Santa Monica city councilman, was eulogized Tuesday by about 300 mourners including Burt Lancaster and Sen. George Murphy for his achievements in acting and public service. A wealthy British widow arrived in Portugal with 80 dogs and 10 cats to settle on an isolated estate near a lighthouse, saying the climate will suit her pets. Mrs Margaret Hunter emigrated from Michaelchurch with her animals aboard a Viscount charter jet liner.
Selective Service declared Eric Whitehorn of San Jose a draft delinquent for failing to register as ordered earlier this month. A San Francisco U.S. attorney will prosecute the case after the draft board rejected his mother's claim he is too young. Luci Johnson Nugent leaves San Francisco for Hawaii for a reunion with her airman husband as details of her shopping at Joseph Magnin's emerge.
The Czechoslovak government imposed temporary travel limits on citizens to curb a possible brain drain as Soviet pressure grows. Authorities tightened censorship as youths pledge a large anti-Soviet demonstration next Sunday.
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