Parochial Schools Grieved By Supreme Court Rulings
Parochial school officials nationwide express disappointment at Supreme Court decisions striking down state tuition and tax deductions for nonpublic schools. Leaders vow to pursue federal tax-credit plans, while civil rights advocates deem rulings as expected protections of church state separation.
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Kristin Liljeholm
Associated Press
Supreme Court
High Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Joan Tuttle
The
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union
Leo Pfeffer
New York City
Robert Eggold
Kansas
Congress
Judicial Branch
Joseph Riley
Massachusetts Catholic Conference
House
William J. Green
Dan Rostenkowski
Ill
Walter Toner
Washington _ State Independent Schools
Maura McDonald
Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M
William Novicky
Cleveland
James A. Ogurchock
Columbus
California
Leroy F. Greene
U.S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
New York State
Nixon
William J. Brennan Jr
Court Upholds Murder Term in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the life sentence for Jerry Lewis Fowler who killed detective John Satikan in 1971 after a car stop in northeast Oklahoma City. Fowler argued trial unfairness due to police conduct and jury exposure to many officers and patrol cars, but the court found the trial orderly.
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Oklahoma City
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Jerry Lewis Fowler
John Satikan
Fowler
Garvin County
Ratikan
Obscenity prosecutions rise after Supreme Court ruling
District Attorney Vernon Field outlined plans to prosecute obscenity cases as felonies while giving stores time to remove items from shelves. Walt's News and Bookstore and Crossroads Corner closed adult sections, citing court rulings and public standards, with Venus Book Mart uncertain about future actions. Field warned of possible shop closures as public nuisances for repeated violations and stressed individual material judgments under new guidelines.
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Vernon Field
U.S. Supreme Court
Walt’s News and Bookstore
Crossroads Corner
Fort Sill Blvd
Supreme Court
High Court
Venus Book Mart Inc
Cache Road
Tulsa
Venus
Field
Brenholtz
Oklahoma
Justices To Examine Court's Role In Deaths At Kent State
The Supreme Court will decide if federal courts may hear suits over Kent State University deaths in 1970. Families seek to sue former Ohio Governor Rhodes and Ohio National Guard members under Reconstruction era civil rights laws.
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Kent State
Washington
Supreme Court
Kent State University
High Court
Ohio
James Rhodes
Ohio National Guard
Robert F. Stamps
Guard
Stamps
Allison Krause
Jeffrey Miller
Sandra Scheuer
National Guard
U.S
Indochina
Kent State Trage
Missouri farmer offers Eleanor Stacy four years college aid
A Missouri farmer Dean Bolton offered to pay Eleanor Stacy’s college tuition for four years after she was barred from Clifton Elementary graduation for a yellow dress. He also offered to buy her a high school graduation dress. The Clifton incident sparked nationwide sympathy with donations exceeding 300 dollars and more than a thousand letters. The Stacy family planned to press complaints against the principal at a July school board meeting.
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Bolton
Clifton Elementary School
Eleanor
Billy G. McDowell
Stacy
Wealth Gap Note Reflects U S Distribution
A historical note states the top 1 percent of Americans hold about a quarter of wealth while the bottom 10 percent earn roughly 1 percent of income and own slightly more than they receive.
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United States
Grady Jurors Quit For Harvest
The Grady County grand jury in Chickasha adjourned after 12 jurors were chosen as two to three members needed to harvest wheat. Judge Sam M. Williams recessed the panel and named former Chickasha Mayor W. V. Sullivan foreman. The jury had been convened to investigate the county office of public officers.
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Chickasha (Ap
Oklahoma
Grady County Grand Jury
District Court
Sam M. Williams
Williams
Chickasha
W. V. Sullivan
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