Warren Led Court In Landmark Cases
The death of Earl Warren at 83 ends a 16 year tenure as chief justice linking the Supreme Court to landmark rulings. He led desegregation, one man one vote, and expanded rights of the accused amid controversy and admiration from leaders and civil rights figures.
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Georgetown University Hospital
Nixon
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Warren E. Burger
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William J. Brennan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harry Law
High Court
John F. Kennedy
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Alameda County
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Los Angeles
Oakland
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fred M
State Probes Tax From Wentzville Rock Festival
Missouri Department of Revenue will audit ticket sales from the July 4 rock festival at Chuck Berry Park near Wentzville to collect 3 percent sales tax. Promoters claim 20 000 to 25 000 attendees, losses up to 70 000 dollars, and report thefts by security. 40 000 attended per auditor. Festival organizer Festivals Inc plans two more events, while Sheriff Koester opposes them due to organizational issues.
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Wentzville
Missouri Department of Revenue
Chuck Berry Park
Francis Griffin
Paul Hindelang Jr
Griffin
Department of Revenue
Hindelang
Festivals, Inc
St. Charles County
Robert Koester
Tall Folk Problems Highlight Height Bias At Conference
In San Francisco AP reports tall people gathered from the US and Europe to discuss issues of bias and practicality. Members from Tall Clubs International, about 250 attendees, shared experiences of discrimination in theater seating clothing and travel while urging makers to offer longer beds more leg room and affordable tall apparel.
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San Francisco
Tall Clubs International
United States
Ray Jones
General Services Administration
Philadelphia
Manu
General Motors
Jones
Winnie Heingon
Tech School to Offer 30 Courses for Fall Semester
The advisory committee of Mexico Area Vocational-Technical School selected 30 classes for the first semester starting September 16. Courses include Auto Body Repair, Electronics, Welding, Accounting, Typing, Shorthand, Welding, and Nursing Aide among others. Northwest Missouri State University will offer police lab tech, accounting, psychology, English composition, and metric system study. Attending members named include Jim Badaracco, Maurice Barnes, Steve Benton, Loren Biggers, and several district officials.
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Mexico Area
Northwest Missouri State University
Jim Badaracco
Maurice Barnes
Steve Benton
Loren Biggers
Don Belli
Don Bristow
Don Dempski
Jim Drexler
Charles Elam
Delmer Fisher
Joe Hodgin
Richard Nye
Ron Oser
Gene Seifert
Joyce Sims
Ray Travis
Wilma Sutton
Phil van Horn
William Maloney
Donald Palmer
Davis Hart
Utilities Cut Voltage Across East In Heat Wave
Voltage reductions affected about 21 million people from Maine to Virginia as utilities, strained by 90 degree heat and several plant outages, cut power 5 percent. New England Power Exchange led the cuts while LILCO in New York joined to support the system. Also Franco's physician reports improvement after phlebitis attack. the 81-year-old head of state is hospitalized in Madrid and expected to recover in days.
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Madrid
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Franco
Sonny Cher fight over Holmby Hills mansion in divorce
Los Angeles AP Sonny and Cher Bono argue over a $1.3 million Holmby Hills mansion amid forthcoming divorce in September Cher says she bought the house for 450000 and has a signed agreement Sonny claims a restraining order blocks her access and he is seeking possession in court Geffen a frequent escort to Cher and others are present during her possession of the house with a guard and staff while Sonny relocates to a Beverly Hills hotel.
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Cher Bono
Holmby Hills
Cher
David Geffen
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Beverly Hills
Missing Girl Parents Make Public Appeal
In Prairie Village Kansas 13 year old Lizabeth Wilson disappeared after leaving a municipal pool Sunday. Her father Alfred F Wilson appeals to the apparent abductor to stop and think about the girl as over 50 FBI agents search with helicopters and a canine unit. Police say the case may involve bodily harm.
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Alfred F. Wilson
Lizabeth
Prairie Village
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FBI
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Kansas
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Economist Jokes About Food Prices in White House
Washington AP reports Kenneth Rush, Nixon's chief economic coordinator, joked that his wife is eating too much when asked how to face inflation and a strained family budget. He clarified later he was joking and expressed regret over inflation.
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Washington
Nixon
Kenneth Rush
Rush
White House
Portugal Crisis Deepens as New Regime Falters
In Lisbon the 242 month old revolutionary government faces a deepening crisis after the civilian cabinet collapsed. Premier Adelino da Palma Carlos and several moderates quit amid power struggles with leftists and a stubborn state council that blocked the president's push to move elections up. Police investigate the death of Elizabeth Springmeyer 19 shot at a roadside stand in St Louis.
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Antonio de Spinola
Adelino da Palma Carlos
Francisco da Carneiro
Vasco Vieira de Almeida
Mario Firmino Miguel
Joaquim Jorge Magalhaes Mota
Spinola
State Council
Armed Forces Movement
Palma Carlos
ST. Louis
Elizabeth Springmeyer
Charles Nail
Nail
Import Quotas Proposed At Midwest Meet
Nineteen resolutions were voted on at the Midwestern Legislators Conference of the Council of State Governments. A proposed import quota system on all farm products aims to stabilize prices by increasing exports during high production and reducing imports when supply is tight. The conference includes 11 states and urged posting Justice Department findings on meat price manipulation. Other actions favored no fault auto insurance and civil rights for ex convicts, expunging records, a prisoners bill of rights, and interstate transfers for rehabilitation. States were urged to set higher speed limits and a two year freeze on railroad rights of way abandonments.
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