Supreme Court sets hearing on landmark death penalty ruling
The Supreme Court plans four capital punishment cases when the new term opens October 12, aiming for a possible winter decision. The cases test the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment with Furman and Aikens leading the challenge, alongside two rape cases. Georgia and Texas juries face broad sentencing discretion from one year to death.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
John Henry Furman
Georgia
Earnest James Aikens Jr
California
Furman
Chatham County
William J. Micke
Micke
Aikens
Ventura
Mary Eaton
Vernon
Tex
Texas
Noel W. North Dies At Age Of 69
Noel W. North aged 69 of Falls Two region died 10 30 p m Wednesday at University Hospital Columbus after a long illness He was born March 15 1902 in Falls Two and was a farmer and field representative for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee He belonged to Union United Methodist Church and was a 50 year member of Hocking Grange Surviving are wife Dorothy Campbell North two sons Jack and William five grandchildren a sister and a brother Funeral services set for 2 p m Saturday at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev William O Cook officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call after 7 tonight at the funeral home
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Noel W. North
Logan Rt. 1
University Hospital
Columbus
Falls Two
Hocking County
William and Elizabeth Woodruff North
Union United Methodist Church
Hocking Grange
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Dorothy Campbell North
Jack
Logan Rt
William of
Mary Bowers
Carrollton
Walter
Logan Rt. 2
Jean Thrush
Heinlein
William O. Cook
Oak Grove Cemetery
Ohio House Approves Budget and Workmen’s Compensation Bill
The Ohio House passed a $222.2 million interim budget to pay August state bills and a 92 to 0 unanimous vote approving an omnibus workmen's compensation bill. The package, praised by Rep. Howard Knight as protecting benefits against inflation, raises disability and survivor ceilings and adds cost of living adjustments. The session adjourned until August 10 as Senate work on a larger budget and tax package progresses. Debate followed on a bill limiting auto dealer restrictions, passing 73 to 17.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House
Senate
Howard Knight
Fremont
Knight
Richard Reichel
Massillon
Steel Strike Near as Union Votes to Strike
Washington AP reports with two days left before the deadline the United Steelworkers union earned 93 percent approval to walk out. Talks with nine major steel firms representing 350000 workers stalled over unlimited cost of living pay and resumed after Tuesday talks. The policy committee of 600 local leaders meets Friday to decide on a strike or a new offer.
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Washington
United Steelworkers Union
Stock Market Levels After Early Declines In New York
New York stock prices leveled off after sharp early declines with moderate trading. The Dow Jones industrial average at noon fell 5.33 to 866.68, most losses occurring in opening minutes. Declines outpaced advances on the NYSE by about four to one.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Cold Midwest Weather Drenches Plains to Rockies
Unseasonably cold air spread across the Midwest and Northern Rockies with a damp morning in the Hocking Valley after light rain. Temperatures ranged from the 40s along the Canadian border to near 98 in Needles California, while records fell in St. Joseph Missouri and Springfield Illinois.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Rockies
St. Joseph
Springfield
Ill
Baton Rouge
Tallahasse
Fla
Saulte St. Marie
Mich
Rapid City
S.D
Needles
Calif
Food price rise tied to higher gains by middlemen
AP report from Washington says consumer food costs rose 0.7 percent in June due to higher prices for beef pork frying chickens and fruit. Farmers’ share of the food dollar slipped while middlemen’ s take climbed. annual basket costs show middlemen gaining more than farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Secret Laos War Probed Amid Evolving Public Debate
Washington reports show ongoing U S involvement in Laos through military and economic aid with CIA backed operations and mercenary activity. Disclosures from Pentagon papers Senate hearings and field dispatches reveal Thai and Cambodian troops fighting for Laos amid bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and ongoing American presence.
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Washington
Laos
U.S
China
Vietnam
Cambodia
Thailand
Burma
United States
Nixon
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S. Spe
Cial
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Congress
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Bolovens
CIA
Congressional
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Apollo 15 Targets Moon Orbit With Hybrid Engine Firing
Apollo 15 astronauts prepare to reach lunar orbit using a new hybrid firing method to bypass a circuit fault. Commander Scott, Irwin and Worden launched from Cape Kennedy Monday. Gordon led backup crew simulations and instructions. First test planned at 4:05 p.m. EDT behind the moon with computer aided and manual control for precision burns.
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Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Richard Gordon
Endeavour
Gordon
Moon Orbit
Draft Deadlock Still Unbroken
Washington AP reports House negotiators offered a no deadline substitute on Indochina war pullout but battle over draft extends. Hebert refused to disclose the counterproposal noting it omits the Senate nine month troop withdrawal deadline. Hebert says House conferees will not tie the Presidents hands and a timely compromise remains unlikely.
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Washington
House
Indochina
Congress
House Armed Services
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Senate
U.S
Hebert
White House
Mike Mansfield
Bruce Urges Immediate Indochina Cease Fire Talks
Paris AP Bruce 73 former U S negotiator at Vietnam peace talks calls for immediate general cease fire throughout Indochina. The plan, rejected by Communist negotiators for two years, comes at the final weekly session before his departure. Ha bib to lead U S delegation until Porter arrives next month.
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Paris
David K. Bruce
U.S
Vietnam
Indochina
Bruce
William J. Porter
South Korea
Philip C. Habib
Porter
Lockheed Aid Supporters Gain Strength
Washington AP reports after two setbacks opponents of aid to Lockheed Aircraft Corp. frame a new Senate push. Sen. William Proxmire says the fight remains viable as 12 senators shifted votes and more may follow despite voting limits and Mundt's stroke.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Lockheed
Proxmire
Sen
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Saxbe and Taft Split On Cloture Vote
In Washington on Wednesday Senators Saxbe and Taft split on the cloture motion. Saxbe supported shutting off debate while Taft opposed. The cloture bid failed 50 to 39 as a two thirds majority was required to advance the measure authorizing loans and guarantees for Lockheed and other major companies.
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Washington
Ohio
U.S
Senate
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
William Saxbe
Robert Tatt Jr
Mosquito Pests Threaten California Amid Pesticide Failure
In Berkeley AP reports a Culex tarsalis outbreak resists all known pesticides. Health and agriculture officials plan an army of veterinarians to immunize 400,000 horses as VEE and sleeping sickness strains threaten humans and animals across the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys.
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California
Richard F. Peters
California Department of Public Health
Mexico
Texas
Peters
San Joaquin
Sacramento Valleys
St. Louis
Robert van den Bosch
Division of Biological Control
University of California At Berkeley
Railroad Talks Reopened Between UTU and Carriers
Washington reports the White House set new negotiations to settle a dispute idling four railroads. Ronald L. Ziegler said the talks aim for a voluntary agreement. W. J. Usery met UTU President Charles Luna in Cleveland but no progress was reported.
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Washington
White House
United Transportation Union
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
W. J. Usery
Cleveland
UTU
Charles Luna
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Mary George Rose
Elmer Branch
Grady Stowe
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Hocking Valley
Donald M. Rothberg
State Department
Agency For International Development
Air America
Continental Air Services International
John F. Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Kennedy
Souvanna Phouma
Geneva
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Roger Hillsman
Johnson
Apollo
Lockheed Aid
Sens
Saxbe
Taft
Berkeley, Calif
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