Supreme Court Grants Immunity for Officials in Libel Rulings
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court shielded policymaking government officials from libel suits for statements to the press. A separate 6-3 ruling granted absolute immunity to military officers for reports to Congress. Chief Justice Warren led the majority. Justice Clark dissented.
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Supreme Court
Congress
William G. Barr
Office of Rent Stabilization
Barr
Adm
W. E. Howard Jr
Boston Naval Shipyard
Massachusetts
Bureau of Ships
Howard
Federal
Employes Veterans Assn
Harlan
Princi
Warren
Justice Clark
Justice Frankfurter
Harlan and Whittaker
Frankfurter
William L. Greene
Engineering and Research Corp
Riverdale
Imd
Navy
Greene
Smith Act Hearing Set For Autumn
The Supreme Court ordered a new hearing next fall on the Scales appeal challenging the Smith Act membership clause. Junius I Scales, a North Carolina figure and former Democratic Communist district chair, was twice convicted under the clause and sentenced to six years. The case will be reargued in the term starting next autumn with a date set for November 19.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Junius Irving Scales
North Carolina
North
South Carolina
Scales
Ike Gets Bill To Keep War Taxes
President Eisenhower faced a midnight deadline to sign a bill extending wartime tax rates for another year. The measure would preserve about three billion dollars in annual revenue and prevent drops in corporation income tax from 52 to 47 percent and excise taxes on autos parts cigars liquor beer. Congress sent the bill to the White House after a Senate vote 57-35, with Republicans and some Democrats backing it while 35 Democrats opposed hoping for further talks.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Police Chief urges thumbs down on clown drivers
San Francisco Police Chief Tom Cahill asks residents to show disapproval of reckless drivers during the Fourth of July weekend. The campaign titled thumbs down means don't clown encourages motorists to curb unsafe behavior.
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San Francisco
Tom Cahill
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Two Men Bound To Grand Jury In Shooting Cases
Two men Pedro Ayler and Vernon Dennis were bound to the Butler County Grand Jury under $2,500 bond each after pleading innocent to charges of shooting with intent to wound. Ayler shot Lafayette Allen with a .36-caliber revolver at the Red Bud Inn, while Dennis shot his estranged wife Louise Russell Dennis at the Dipsy Doodle Cafe. Allen and Mrs. Dennis were hospitalized with leg and side injuries, with Mrs. Dennis listed in critical condition earlier. Additional arrests and fines for intoxication, disorderly conduct, and traffic offenses were announced by Judge J. T. Lamb with terms suspending penalties if offenders stay out of Butler County.
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Grand Jury
J. T. Lamb
Pedro Ayler
Breezeway Trailer Court
Blue Ball
Vernon Dennis
Baltimore St
Ayler
Lafayette Allen
Hood Ave
Allen
Middletown
Red Bud Inn
Ohio 122
Dennis
Louise Russell Dennis
Park St
Det Ed Poling
Middletown Hospital
Robert Whisman
Andrew Sr
Iuy
N. Verity Parkway
Vernon Stewart
Julia
Cincinnati
LeSourdsville Lake
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King Features Syndicate
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Milford
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Chase Hotel
Gladys Jean Jones
Webster St
Eddie Atkins
Yankee Rd
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