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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1973
Page
13
Students at Fife High School near Tacoma visit a cemetery to study death as part of English class. The program, started by Mrs Thelda Bevens, has become the school’s most popular elective with about 150 of 700 pupils participating. Projects cover topics from highway fatalities to cremation.
About 500 Puyallup and other Indians cheered as Marlon Brando, at a riverbank gathering in Tacoma, lowered a gillnet and hauled two 10 pound steelhead before being arrested. Brando refused the best actor Oscar for 1972 citing industry blame for degrading Indians and referencing Wounded Knee.
The Illinois Senate sent a bill to the House to require court approval before returning a battered child to parents accused of abuse. Sponsor Sen. Philip J. Rock said the plan would have prevented the death of Johnny Lindquist, who died after being returned to his Chicago parents. The measure orders on site investigations within 24 hours by the Department of Children and Family Services, requires notice to foster parents of court proceedings, and expands mandatory reporters to include teachers day care workers social workers and police.
Judge Robert Taylor scheduled former Illinois Governor Otto Kerner to be sentenced April 12 in U S District Court Knoxville Tenn He will also rule the same day on motions for a new trial for Kerner and co defendant Theodore Isaacs The pair were convicted Feb 19 of conspiracy mail fraud bribery and income tax evasion and Kerner faces up to 83 years in prison Isaacs up to 73 years sentencing could hinge on trial errors and prosecutorial remarks
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