Court May Limit Death Penalties Across Crimes
The Supreme Court's ruling banning the death penalty for rape may presage broader limits on capital punishment. Ehrlich Anthony Coker, convicted rapist, kidnapper and murderer, faces life with parole possible in seven years after the decision. The vote was 7-2 to spare him.
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William J Brennan Jr
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Lewis F. Powell Jr
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House votes to keep pay raise in 1978
The House rejected an amendment to cut the 1978 congressional pay raise from a $928.8 million appropriation, keeping salaries from $44,600 to $57,500. The vote 251 to 161 advances the bill to the Senate as Wisconsin lawmakers split on rollback.
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Roshkosh
Robert Cornell
DePere
Robert Kastenmeier
Sun Prairie
David R. Obey
Wausau
Henry Reuss
Milwaukee
Clement Zablocki
Les Aspin
D-Racine
Budget rebound lifts state local finances in 1976 1977
The AP reports a rare overall budget surplus for state and local governments in 1976 as the economy improves. New York and Boston face high costs, but Commerce notes strengthening revenues into 1977 with a 9.4 percent rise in early 1977. Chase Manhattan cautions inflation could threaten gains.
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Pope stays silent as Lefebvre ordains 14 priests
Vatican says Pope Paul VI did not name Lefebvre in Mass as the French archbishop defies church orders by ordaining 14 priests at Econe Switzerland using banned rites. Experts see Lefebvre as outside the church with excommunication deemed unnecessary.
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Marcel Lefebvre
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Lefebvre
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St. Peter’s Basilica
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Switzerland
Bicentennial Agency Shuts Down After Final Report
The Bicentennial Administration dissolves today as two thirds of the Revolution remains uncommemorated. Its final report goes to Congress, transferring future observances to the Interior Department. The 1966 commission was to plan events through 1983, marking the 200th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris.
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Congress
Interior Department
Dairy cattle judging at June tours in Vernon County
About 400 people judged dairy cattle across four farms during June Dairy Month tours in Vernon County Wisconsin. Each farm showcased a breed Holstein Jersey Brown Swiss and Guernsey with separate men women and boys and girls divisions. Winners included Michael Shedivy and Norma Shedivy in Guernsey, Jeff Everson and Martha Pederson in Holstein and Lloyd Leum Eric Lovstad and Martha Pederson in Jersey, with top stop scorers awarded trophies.
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Mike Kutz
Conrad Nehls
Norma Shedivy
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Jeff Everson
Ole Yttri
Martha Pederson
Greg Kutz
Jersey
Lloyd Leum
Eric Lovstad
Larry Simonson
Scott Haugen
Conrad Lewison
Cerie Nehls
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