Media Silence on Social Problems Rapped in Study
A National Violence Commission task force faults U S news media for failing to thoroughly report social causes of conflict. The 613 page report by Robert K Baker and Sandra J Ball, not endorsed by the full commission, urges more interpretive coverage and better press minority relations. The commission, led by Milton Eisenhower, had disbanded after 18 months of violence studies.
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Washington
National Violence Commission
America
Commission
Justice Department
Robert K. Baker
Seattle
Sandra J. Ball
Milton S. Eisenhower
United States
Criti
Youth on Death Row Bible Influence At Trial Contested
A Miami youth paramore seeks Supreme Court review of his murder death sentence claiming a prosecutor cited biblical eye for an eye passages and a video confession biased jurors. Paramore, 17 at the 1967 killing of Herbert Stephens, faces a second death sentence in a rape case. Florida Supreme Court already upheld the murder conviction.
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Washington
Miami
Supreme Court
Richard M. Gale
Emmett James Paramore
Paramore
Gale
Parasmore
Herbert Leon Stephens
Stephens
Florida Supreme Court
Ohio University drops flight program and raises fees
Ohio University trustees voted to delete a costly flight training program from the budget and raise student fees. President Claude R. Sowle had warned he might resign over the move. The budget totals 41.215 million dollars with a 4.8 million rise. Tuition jumps 10 dollars per quarter to 220 for Ohio students and 50 per quarter to 570 for out-of-state students. Room and board increase for non standard and standard rooms, with new dorms priced at 1 254 dollars yearly, all pending regent approvals.
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Athens
Ohio
University
Claude R. Sowle
Sowle
Ohio Aviation
Norman J. Crabtree
Federal Aviation Administration
Crabtree
Ohio Board of Regents
Regent
Candy Sale To Start By Salvation Army Girls
Members of the Girl Guards and Sunbeams will canvass Middletown during a 30 day fundraiser selling Heath toffeeettes and Mint Truffles at 1 each and toffee crunch at 50 cents. Over 80 girls, ages 6 to 18, participate to fund uniforms equipment and camperships. Call Salvation Army at 422-1712 to order.
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Salvation Army
Middletown
Militants Burn Curtain During Capitol Protest in Albany
About 125 youths and militant adults disrupted the New York State Capitol on Monday demanding welfare and Medicaid restoration and resignations. Two small fires were set in a restroom trash can and a curtain but quickly put out. no arrests were made. A later meeting with lawmakers was arranged and the group promised to return.
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Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Capitol
Senate
Martin Luther King Jr
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea
Duryea
Stanley Heingut
Sonny Carson
Redgrave and Smith top British critics for 1969 acting
Vanessa Redgrave of Isadora and Maggie Smith of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie named best movie actresses of 1969 by British film critics. John Schlesinger wins best director for Midnight Cowboy.
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London
Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora
Maggie Smith
Jean Brodie
John Schlesinger
Mrs O Hair Attacks Religion in Wittenberg Talk
Mrs Madalyn Murray O Hair spoke at Wittenberg University in Springfield Ohio railing against references to God in public doctrine and urging tax on church property She called astronaut Frank Borman religiously fanatic and seeks to bar religious activities in space and to tax church real estate through a Supreme Court suit
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Springfield
Ohio
Madalyn Murray O’hair
O’hair
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Three Day Jail Proposal For First Time Narcotics Offenders
Ohio state Rep. George Mastics of Cleveland announced plans to introduce an omnibus drug abuse bill. He favors a mandatory three day jail term for first time narcotics offenders to shock users into reality and opposes making first time marijuana use a felony, proposing it be charged as a misdemeanor.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Mastics
Cleveland
Campus Symphonic Band Rehearsal Schedule Announced
The Middletown Campus and Community Symphonic Band will hold its first rehearsal of the season Thursday from 7 30 to 9 30 p m in the music department at Middletown High School on Breiel Boulevard.
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Middletown
Middletown High School
Breiel Boulevard
Rap Brown Appeal Rejected By Court
The Supreme Court rejected H. Rap Brown’s appeal over trying him in a different Maryland county. Brown faces arson and riot charges in Dorchester County linked to 1967 Cambridge unrest. his lawyer warned of open doors to shifting trial venues for famed defendants.
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Washington
Supreme Court
H. Rap Brown
Maryland
Brown
Student National Coordinating Committee
Harford County
Cambridge
Dorchester County
William Kunstler
Dorchester
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