Supreme Court bans courtroom bedlam in Sheppard case
The Supreme Court 8-1 overturned that Dr Samuel H Sheppard did not receive a fair trial faulting Judge Edward Blythin for allowing a carnival atmosphere created by reporters and media coverage The decision warns trial judges to curb prejudicial publicity and to delay or transfer cases when pre trial publicity risks tainting jurors Clark emphasizes press freedom but calls for remedies to prevent prejudice at its inception.
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Washington
Samuel H. Sheppard
Supreme Court
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Edward Blythin
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Sheppard
Marilyn
Cleveland
York City
High Court
Teamsters Revolt Emerges Over Hoffa Successor Choice
Harold Gibbons plans to oppose Hoffa backed choice Frank Fitzsimmons for a caretaker if Hoffa is jailed. The clash signals major battle at the July 4 Miami Beach convention with Gibbons leading a national challenge from union officials uneasy after Hoffa’s 1964 convictions.
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Teamsters
Union
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Detroit
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St. Louis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chicago
Jobless Rate Rises During May
Washington AP report shows May unemployment up 0.3 points to 4.0 percent with 140000 more unemployed for a total of 2.9 million. Teen and student job seekers drive the rise while overall employment grows about 650000 in May in nonfarm sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arthur M. Ross
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ross
Minnesota Pays $463,480 For Aid To Displaced
The Minnesota Highway Department has paid 2,717 relocation payments totaling 463,480 to assist people and businesses displaced by new highways from May 8, 1963 to May 1, 1966. Residential payments totaled 238,212, commercial 225,268, with up to 200 for a home and 3,000 for a business move. The federal share on interstate relocations is 90 percent, plus relocation assistance services to help find new homes.
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ST. Paul
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J. E. Deegan
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Farm Family Suffers Second Major Loss
LA CRESCENT Minn Disaster struck the Gerald Mormann farm on Pine Creek Road for the second time in a year. A frame garage and all its contents including a tractor were destroyed in a blaze at 1 45 p m Monday. The La Crescent Volunteer Fire Department prevented the fire from spreading to the house across the driveway. Last year the Mormanns parents of 15 children were victims of a tornado that destroyed their barn and other farm buildings.
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Milwaukee Private Killed in Vietnam Action
Washington AP reports Pfc Jerome Luke of Milwaukee Wisconsin has been killed in action in Vietnam according to the Defense Department on Monday.
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Wis
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Nager Sees Court Ruling as Push for Wisconsin Pretrial Law
Madison Democrat Assemblyman Edward Nager hailed the U S Supreme Court reversal of Dr Samuel Sheppard’s murder conviction as proof that Wisconsin needs a pretrial information law. The bill, passed by the Assembly, awaits Senate action.
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Judiciary Committee
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Supreme Court
Seaway Traffic Rises in April May Volume Up 29.5 Percent
St. Lambert Quebec AP report shows traffic through the Montreal Lake Ontario section of the Seaway rose 29.5 percent in April and May. Tonnage totaled 11.1 million compared with 8.6 million the previous year, per Transport Minister J W Pickersgill.
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Evans Takes Helm As AMC Chairman In Turbulent Year
Robert B. Evans is named AMC chairman replacing Richard Cross who steps aside while Roy Abernethy becomes president. Evans, a Detroit industrialist and boating enthusiast, moved from investor to top executive as AMC faces sales slumps and ongoing image challenges.
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Robert B. Evans
American Motors Corp
Sportsman
AMC
Richard E. Cross
Cross
Europe
Evans
Roy Abernethy
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Abernethy
American Motors
Grant to aid Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council in Wisconsin
Rep. Melvin Laird announced a federal grant of 116400 to the Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council Inc of Wisconsin. The funds support Head Start and a neighborhood youth corps, plus coordination of community action commissions for over 4800 Indians on reservations across multiple counties.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
R - Wis
Office of Economic Opportunity
Great Lakes Inter-tribal Council, Inc
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Laird
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Marathon
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Monroe
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Outagamie
Brown, Bayfield
Juneau
Taxpayers Seek Debt Reform in State Corporations
The La Crosse County Taxpayers Association endorsed a state debt control measure Joint Resolution 95 to end dummy building corporations and fold their debt into state totals. President Lynden K. Gjerde said debt should be limited to five percent of equalized valuation, noting current dummy debt around 400 million versus a 100 thousand prior limit.
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la Crosse County Taxpayers Association Board of Directors
Lynden K. Gjerde
Boy in coma dies after near drowning at Little Green Lake
Joseph Ziel five of Oak Creek who had been in a coma since a near drowning at Little Green Lake over Memorial Day died Sunday night at a Milwaukee hospital after transfer from Waupun.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Ziel
Oak Creek
Little Green Lake Memorial Day
Waupun
Register of Deeds Seeks Re-Election
Sparta Wisconsin Nettie L Chapel seeks another term as Monroe County Register of Deeds on the Republican ticket. A Ripon College and Winona Business College graduate, she rose from secretary and deputy duties to the office in 1959. She is widowed with a daughter in Minneapolis and two grandchildren.
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Wis
Nettie L. Chapel
Monroe County
Winona
Winston Larson
Minneapolis
Editor Is Named President of Church
Erwin D. Canham editor in chief of the Christian Science Monitor was named president of the Christian Science Church for one year. The 62 year old was chosen by the church board and will continue his Monitor duties during the presidency.
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Erwin D. Canham
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Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Church
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