Flag Pledge Suit Filed By Teacher
Los Angeles ACLU sues in Superior Court to strike the words under God from the pledge of allegiance charging violation of the first and 14th amendments. The suit, led by ACLU attorney A L Wirin for Haswell Parker a 51 year old Los Angeles high school history teacher who objects to compulsory pledge participation. The phrase was added in 1954 and made mandatory by the Los Angeles Board of Education in 1959.
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Los Angeles
The
American Civil Liberties Union
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
ACLU
A. L. Wirin
Haswell Parker
Parker
Los Angeles Board of Education
Jail Shakedown Yields Usual Prosaic Items Inmate Finds
Kansas City AP report details a county jail shakedown turning up weapons and everyday items. Among finds were a soap and sugar blackjack, two plumbing pipe segments, TV rabbit ears improvised as stilettos, and an unusually large handmade crap table with sewn cardboard sides and a mattress cover throwing surface plus a blanket night light for after lights out.
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Kansas City
Iran land reform sparks riots and land seizure plan
Report from Tehran details mass protests as 800000 acres of mosque and private lands are slated for reform. Mullah-led mobs clash with troops amid political shifts, while peasants gain village ownership and new cooperatives to replace landlords.
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David Lancashire
Peace Corps
Tehran
Iran
Rcal
Jland
Jevi
Assadullah Alam
First American Indian Grand Council Opens in Mountains
In Towanda Pennsylvania evolutional Guard and Endless Mountains Association plan tents for a council open to more than 30 tribes. U.S. Rep. Joseph McDade will attend as Scranton hosts the event dated June 21 to 23. It is the first council in 208 years and the first public gathering since white settlement.
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Joseph East
Endless Mountains Association
Towanda
Ting Rocks
U.S. Rep
Joseph McDade
R-Pa
Penn
Findsylvania
Mount White Man
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