Supreme Court rules corporal punishment in schools legal
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that Eighth Amendment protections do not apply to paddling in public schools. Justice Powell wrote that the schoolchild and prisoner are in different situations due to criminal conviction. Justices White Brennan Marshall Stevens dissented.
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Supreme Court
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Powell
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Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Sth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Miami
James Ingraham
Roosevelt Andrews
Drew
Missouri governor narrows prison site choices to four
Gov Teasdale named a Kansas City tract as his top choice for Missouri’s first medium security prison of 21 million dollars housing 500 inmates. He will wait for engineering reports before final decision and considers three other sites in Pettis Howard and Livingston counties with public hearings set in Liberty.
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Missouri
Joseph Teandale
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Liberty
Clay County
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Sedalia
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Fayette
Howard County
Chillicothe
Livingston County
Missouri River
Birmingham Bottoms
Sam Carter
Sen
Phil Snowden
State General Assembly
Joint Legislative Committee On Corrections
Galveston Hotel Fire Kills Up To 12 In Downtown Blaze
Fire destroyed the Central Hotel in a rundown Galveston block. Police feared 10 to 12 dead and 28 unaccounted for, with 14 hospitalized. Flames trapped occupants, some leaping to the street. a 13 year old and a 40 year old were among the first bodies recovered. Fire units from six cities battled the blaze.
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Tex
John Jennings
Central Hotel
Gulf of Mexico Island City
Jennings
Bay
Texas
State's Crops Needing More Precipitation
Missouri needs more rain to sustain wheat and pastures as soil moisture shows 68 percent short and 12 percent adequate statewide. Plowing for spring crops nears completion at 86 percent, oat plantings are near finished, corn planting at 18 percent, and Bootheel cotton in early stages with 4 percent planted. Wheat remains fair to good, while 14 percent of pastures are poor.
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Missouri
Missouri Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Bootheel
Wreck kills man near Louisiana Missouri
Roy Henrick, 71, of Mt Sterling TI, was killed when his car left Missouri Route 79 about three miles south of Louisiana. Investigating officers said he may have suffered a heart attack causing the vehicle to veer off the shoulder, strike railroad tracks and crash into a tree.
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Roy Henrick
Mt. Sterling
Missouri
Henrick
Congress moves to create consumer protection agency
Washington AP reports sponsors optimistic about enacting an Agency for Consumer Advocacy. Hearings begin in Senate Government Affairs and House panels, with target enactment by July 1. Supporters cite consumer rights and budget estimates of 11 to 12 million dollars. opponents warn taxpayers cover costs. Mondale jokes about presidency and travel as Carter faces scrutiny.
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House
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Jack Brooks
D-Texas
Brooks
Carter
White House
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gerald R. Ford
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