Supreme Court makes jury trial right binding on states
The Supreme Court ruled the right to a jury trial in criminal cases is binding on the states under the 14th Amendment. Justice White said the right is fundamental to justice, with Justices Harlan and Stewart dissenting. The Louisiana appeal involved Gary Duncan, convicted of simple battery, facing possible two years and a $300 fine. Thirty eight states meet or exceed federal jury trial rights. twelve fall short.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron R. White
White
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Harlan
Louisiana
Gary Duncan
Plaquemines Parish
Boothville
U.S
Supreme Court rules shopping centers public spaces for picketing
In a 6 to 3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that privately owned shopping centers are open to the public and cannot bar picketing to Union Local 590 outside Weis Markets in Logan Valley Mall. Justice Marshall delivered the opinion, noting centers are open to the public like town centers. Dissenters Black White and Harlan argued against converting private property to a public forum.
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Washington
Supreme Cour
Thurgood Marshall
Black
White
Pennsylvania
Amalgamated Food Employees Union
Afl-Cio
Weis Markets, Inc
Logan Valley Mall
New Shopping Center
Altoona
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Weis
Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590
Supreme Court
Stokely Carmichael Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court denied Stokely Carmichael and other Black Power protesters a appeal challenging Tennessee disorderly conduct and anti riot laws. The case stemmed from arrests during April violence in Nashville and was previously dismissed for lack of factual support. Justice Douglas dissented in the terse ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stokely Carmichael
Tennessee
Antiriot Assembly
Nashville
Carmichael
William C. Douglas
Travel Abroad Financing Holds Up Despite Tax Talk
A New York AP report finds Johnson’s travel tax proposals haven’t curbed travel demand. Airlines and agencies report ticket sales equal or better than last year with strong interest in overseas and Hawaii routes. Braniff sees 30 percent travel lift while Pan Am and TWA suspend France flights amid strikes.
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Josephine Arria
American International Travel Service
House
Senate Finance Committee
Airlines
Hawaii
California
Virgin Islands
Canada
South America
Braniff International Airways
Pan American
Trans World Airlines
France
Franklin Paper Firm Sued Over 29529 Contract Claim
A 79 year old Dayton woman Irene W. Steve sues the Miami Valley Coated Paper Company of Franklin for 25929 dollars alleging breach of contract. She says she agreed to be paid 300 dollars monthly as a consultant to discharge a 36632 dollar debt the firm owed. The contract was signed Nov 30 1955 and payments stopped after March 1958. Her life expectancy is listed as 7.2 years.
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Dayton
Miami Valley Coated Paper Company
Franklin
Irene W. Steve
Emerson Avenue
Stere
Theaters in Paris Hit by Strikes
Paris theaters including the Folies Bergeres were shut by strikes on Monday. A Folies Bergeres spokesman said ticket refunds were issued as staff were reduced due to the strike.
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Paris
Folies Bergeres
Planes Collide in Ohio Fatal crash kills three
In Piqua Ohio two small planes collided over farmland southeast of Tipp City killing three aboard. Victims Robert C Penney 63 and Harold Bursey 46 of Brantford Ontario were from the Brant Norfolk Aero Club and were returning from the Air Force Museum near Dayton. James Hawley 38 of Waukegan Illinois piloted the Beechcraft. Hawley’s plane belonged to Imperial Eastman Corp of Chicago.
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Piqua
Ohio
Miami County
Air Force Museum
Dayton
Robert C. Penny
Harold Bursey
Brantford
Ont
James Hawley
Waukegan
Ill
Tipp City
Chester Bigos
Phoneton
Hawley
Imperial Eastman Corp
Chicago
Supreme Court rules illegitimate children entitled to equal protection
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 ruling bars Louisiana from blocking damages suits by illegitimate children. Justice Douglas states illegitimate children are persons under the 14th Amendment and protection extends to anti illegitimacy laws. The decisions involved two Louisiana cases over deaths in medical and auto accident contexts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Louise Levy
New Orleans
Miss Levy
Minnie Brade Glona
Giddings
Tex
Billy Glona
Supreme Court to Decide Draft Board Punishment Case
The Supreme Court agreed to rule whether draft boards may speed induction of Vietnam era war protesters. James J. Oestereich, a divinity student, lost exemption after surrendering his draft card and was reclassified 1A. The ACLU argues forced induction infringes free dissent, while officials dispute ministerial student exemptions and board authority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Draft Board
James J. Oestereich
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Oestereich
Director of
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Erwin N. Griswold
Griswold
Advertising Pays Suitor Finds Out in Public Campaign
Dick Annotico an investment counselor and Carole Appel plan to marry after tests and a wedding license later this week. He says his newspaper ads and radio spots proved he should have courted openly. Appel praises the campaign and looks forward to a life together after two years of courtship.
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Los Angeles
Dick Annotico
Annotico
Carole Appel
Miss Appel
Annouico
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Trme
Castell Bldg
Stokely
New York
Johnson
Western Hemisphere
United States
Franklin Paper Firm
Savings and Loan Association
Main
William A. Harrison
William Harrison
Insurance
North Main Street
Aluminum
Trenton-Franklin RD
Poasttown
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