Supreme Court bars death penalty under current U S rules
The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty as practiced in the United States violates the Constitution, leaving open the possibility of future legislation but removing currently condemned inmates from death rows. The 9-justice majority, including Douglas Brennan Marshall Stewart and White, reversed Furman and two rape cases, with four Nixon appointees dissenting.
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Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Nixon Administration
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Georgia
Texas
Newamen
William 0. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Stewart
White
William H. Furman
William J. Micke Jr
Savannah
Micke
Lucious Jackson Jr
Chatham County
Elmer Branch
Vernon
Tex
United States
District of Columbia
Marie Dean Arrington
Florida
Marylin Dobrolewski
Penn
Supreme Court Allows Bar on Foreign Lecturers
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that the attorney general may bar foreign citizens invited to lecture in the United States under the First Amendment. The ruling overturned a New York federal appellate ruling that parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 were unconstitutional. The case centered on Dr. Ernest E. Mandel, a Belgian Marxist invited to speak.
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Maryland
Daniel Brewster
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Ernest E. Mandel
Nixon Expands Price Controls to Fresh Food
President Nixon ordered fresh fruits eggs vegetables and seafood under price controls for the first time after the first farm sale. The move targets wholesale and retail margins and requires justification of price increases while meat pricing remains largely unchanged.
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Washington
Nixon
Price Commission
Rumsfeld
Mexico Boy With Cancer Seeks New Drug Hope At Roswell Institute
Dale Bealmear a 17 year old Mexico boy with cancer in both lungs and a removed leg faces test results at Roswell Memorial Institute Buffalo to decide if surgery or continued drug treatment will offer a chance for survival. His brothers remain in Mexico while relatives seek funds for travel.
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Mexico
Dale Bealmear
Roswell Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Ayone
The
Ledger
Dale
J. E.taft
University Medical Center
Columbia
Taft
Cortes
Crippled Children’s Society
Roswell Institute
Nixon Faces Questions on Tv Tonight at 8
President Nixon, finishing two Vietnam decisions, retreats to Camp David to answer questions at his first live TV news conference in 13 months. He announced slower troop withdrawals and named a new war-zone commander, planning 10,000 more U.S. troops out by Sept. 1, bringing total to 39,000. The event airs at 8 p.m. Mexico time from the White House East Room.
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Thurmont
Nixon
Camp
David
Catoctin Mountain
U.S
Vietnam
White House
South Vietnam
Camp David
Mexico
East Hoor
Parks on Regular Schedule July 4
Plunkett Pool and Garfield Pool keep normal hours on July 4 with two Plunkett sessions from 1 to 3 15 p.m. and 3 45 to 6 p.m. Garfield Pool open 1 30 to 5 30 p.m. Red Cross lessons continue. All Mexico playgrounds and baseball diamonds close Tuesday along with Plunkett multi courts area Tuesday evening.
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Plunkett Pool
Garfield Pool
Joe Bailey
Plunkett
Garfield
Red Cross
All Mexico
Farmer Holds Out For Bigger Reward
PERU Indiana AP Lowell F Elliott a 61 year old farmer says honesty in returning 500000 found in his field should be worth more than 10000 He refused a 10000 certified check from American Airlines offered as a gift for returning ransom money from a hijacker who parachuted from a jet over St Louis and flown to Toronto He would take 25 000 or 5 percent of the ransom but 10 percent would be better His earnings on 119 and one half acre farm are about 7000 a year He plans to use any earnings to pay fertilizer and soybean bills A New York airline spokesman called 10000 an appropriate gift and said next steps depend on airline officials in New York The couple lament their finances and the wife urged a larger cash reward He declined all expense trips saying his heart condition would prevent travel.
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Peru
Ind
Lowell F. Elliott
American Airlines
St. Louis
Toronto
Elliott
Frank W. Bodwell
American
Indianapolis
New York
Mildred
Bodwell
Tot Toys Recalled As Too Dangerous
Washington AP reports the FDA recalled over 200,000 toys due to safety hazards. Ten toy types are affected including squeeze dolls lawn mowers rattles musical balls and wooden soldiers with parts that can cause slicing puncture swallowing or inhalation risk.
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Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration Today
Hijacker Arrested Alive in Michigan
Martin J. McNally, 28, of Wyandotte, Michigan, is charged as the air piracy suspect in the Detroit case. The hijacker who seized an American Airlines Boeing 727 last weekend pocketed 502,500 dollars in ransom, parachuted over Indiana, and was arrested at his home after a multi-state FBI probe.
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Detroit
Indiana
FBI
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Neil J. Welsh
Michigan
McNally
St. Louis
American Airlines
Tulsa
Oklo
Vietnamese Offensive Advances in Quang Tri Front
U S helicopters landed over 1,000 South Vietnamese marines near Quang Tri City as more than 20,000 government troops push north into Quang Tri Province. Casualties totaled 165 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese killed with 34 wounded. Air strikes and artillery supported the drive while evidence of heavy weapons captures suggested North Vietnamese manpower was stretched.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri City
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Harold Cooksey
Quang Tri Province
Hue
An Loc
An Lac
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Kep
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Orisang
Nitra
da Nang
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Clark Street
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Wallace Bealmer
Vandalia
Ronnie
Jerry Woodgan
Wallace
Nobert Finley
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Bob
Laddonia
Ralph Hutchens
Albert Bealmear
Centralia
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Wallace Bealmear
Farmer
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Minois
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