Amish win Supreme Court education exemption
The U S Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Amish families cannot be compelled by state law to send children beyond the eighth grade. Chief Justice Burger wrote the opinion upholding religious freedom claims, balancing education needs with free exercise of religion.
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Arthur Luebke
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William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
White
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackman
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Lewis F. Powell
Froehlich blasts governor's “dream team” on prisons
Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Harold Froehlich denounces a task force subcommittee proposal to abolish prisons as dangerous and ineffective. He calls it a threat to law enforcement while the governor promotes reform.
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Madison
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Assembly
Harold Froehlich
Wisconsin
South Viet forces retake Fire Base Bastogne near Hue
South Vietnamese infantry with artillery and U S air support recaptured Fire Base Bastogne 12 miles west of Hue after 36 hours of combat. The base had fallen to North Vietnam on April 28 as the army regroups near Quang Tri city before regrouping to defend Hue. North Vietnamese probes targeted Kontum defenses while routing on Highway 19 and the Saigon Phnom Penh corridor faced bombardment near An Loc.
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Hanoi
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Red River
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End of School Year Dates Announced by District
Parents are reminded of upcoming year end dates. The last day of school is June 2 per Superintendent Lee Olsen. June 3 is an in service day for teachers. Baccalaureate is May 28 and graduation is Thursday June 1 at 8 p.m. on the high school football field if weather allows.
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Leopold Named Principal at South School
Virgil Leopold, 28, of Monroe, will become the new principal of South School in August, succeeding Eunice Flanagan who will remain as a fourth grade teacher and assist Leopold. Leopold is a 1966 UW Platteville graduate with a 1971 Master’s degree, married to Carol Ann Jordan, with two children, Lynette and Richard. He has taught in Barneveld Neenah Lincoln School and currently fifth grade at South School and serves on the St. John’s United Church of Christ Christian Education Board.
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Monroe High School
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Protests Spark Arrests Across Universities
Twenty six people were arrested at Princeton University in a renewed protest at the Institute for Defense Analyses against U.S. Vietnam war moves. The campus arrests total 190 since nationwide demonstrations began last week. In New York City over 100 blocked Henry Hudson Parkway before dispersing. Organizers called for a five minute silent college vigil nationwide as protests wane after five days of widespread unrest. At Kent State the 1970 vigil gained nationwide acceptance. In California campuses and elsewhere plan to participate. About 250 marched from Northwestern to the Selective Service HQ in Evanston while Madison and Mountain Home held nonviolent marches with 200 and 250 participants respectively. Three nuns were removed from Hickam AFB for antiwar leaflets. At UNH cadets were forced to step over demonstrators during ROTC awards with no arrests. San Quentin marked Mothers Day with 95 visitors from distant states. the prison residents pinned corsages to elderly mothers.
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Monroe Area Safety Council Names Two New Executives
The Monroe Area Safety Council held its second meeting at Idle Hour Mansion with Lynn Packard announcing two appointees to the executive committee Walter Wilzewske and Harold Miller for one year. Richard Bullock discussed the National Occupational Health Act. Next meeting is June 14. contact Monroe Chamber of Commerce for details.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Fire kills 117 after workman drops cigarette at Osaka display
AP dispatch reports a workman accused of dropping a lit cigarette near a synthetic textiles display starting a fire that killed 117 people on a seventh floor cabaret. The incident prompted investigations and tributes as authorities review safety lapses.
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