Supreme Court overturns wiretap convictions in 5-4 ruling
The Supreme Court overturned the federal convictions of James Elkins and Raymond Clark on wiretapping charges in a 5-4 decision. The ruling extends the exclusionary rule to evidence obtained by state officers for use in federal trials, via the silver platter doctrine. The case originated from 1957 Senate rackets hearings and involved assertions of corruption and taped recordings.
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Washington
Supreme Court
James Butler
Big Jim) Elkins
Raymond Frederick Clark
Portland
Ore
Stewart
Supreme Cour
Justice Frankfurter
Clark
Harlan
Whittaker
U.S. District Court
Kins
Senate
Big “m
Teamsters
Duncan is Granted Hearing in Death Penalty Case
The California Supreme Court granted a hearing and stays through Monday June 1971 for Elizabeth Duncan and co‑defendants Luis Moya and Augustine Baldomando in a murder-for-hire case. Duncan allegedly hired two men to kill her son’s wife, with a $175 down payment. all three were sentenced to die in San Quentin’s gas chamber. The court will review petitions next fall as it considers reviews of the trials.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Elizabeth Duncan
California
Luis Moya
Augustine Baldomnndo
Ventura
Calif
Duncan
Moya
Baldonado
San Quentin
Douglas
High Court Dismisses Golf Case Appeal by Five Black Defendants
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of five Black gunrents? protesters? trespassers from a Greensboro golf course case, ruling no federal question. Justice Stewart announced the action while Chief Justice Warren would have sent the case back for correction to the North Carolina Supreme Court with dissent.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Greensboro
N.C
Stewart
High Tribunal
North Carolina Supreme Court
U.S
Warren
Black
Douglas
Brennan
North Carolina
Vote Upholds Dayton's Law
The Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 on Dayton Ohio housing inspection rules. The ordinance requires homeowners to admit inspectors without warrants and imposes fines or short jail terms for refusals. Justice Stewart disqualified himself from the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dayton
Ohio
Stewart
Goldfine's Appeal Bid Denied by Supreme Court
Bernard Goldfine a New England textile magnate and his secretary Mildred Paperman were denied a Supreme Court review of their contempt convictions in federal Boston court. They were accused of disobeying a court order to produce IRS records in December 1958 as part of a tax status inquiry into Goldfine's mills.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
New England
Supreme Court
Boston
High Tribunal
Goldfine
Mildred Paperman
Internal Revenue Service
To Bowdlerize and the Bowdler Edition Origin
The term to bowdlerize means removing passages deemed indecorous in literary works. It derives from Dr Thomas Bowdler and his family edition of Shakespeare published in 1818.
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Thomas Bowdler
Jobs Available For Reformed Alcoholic
Carson City Nevada AP The State Personnel Department began advertising for a reformed alcoholic to head the new alcoholism agency. The $25 000 agency starts July 1 and the director must be an arrested alcoholic who has maintained sobriety for two years and is an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous. Pay ranges from 589 to 869 dollars monthly.
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Carson City
Nev
State Personnel Department
Alcoholics Anonymous
Mayor Plumber Fixes Water Main Break in Flemington
In Flemington New Jersey Mayor John Bush a plumber by trade personally repaired a broken 6 inch water main during a townwide outage. He climbed in and out of the hole twice to complete the repair before Town Council began its meeting. The item notes a separate line about Japanese war scrap metal captured at Kure being shipped to California for fermentation and reuse.
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Flemington
John Bush
Kure
California
Suit accuses Flynn of leading Beverly into depraved life
Beverly Radland, guardian says Errol Flynn lured the girl to wild parties and sex orgies from 1957 when she was 15 until his death October 14. The five million dollar suit targets Flynn estate temp admins Patrice Wymore Flynn Justin Goldenhork and Louis Grossman.
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NEW York (Ap
Beverly
Radland
Guardian
Errol Flynn
Howard F. Trusse
New York
Flyins
Patrice Wymore Flynn
Justin M. Goldenhork
Louis Grossman
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King
Doerfer
Detroit College of Law
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Lynn
Suit
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Miss Radland
Stancia
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