Vatican Protests As Italy Legalizes Divorce
The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved a divorce bill amid Vatican opposition. Cardinal Del'Acqua called the move a unilateral wound to the 1929 Concordat, while opponents vow a referendum. The law allows divorce after five years of legal separation and could keep cases in court for years with fees ranging from 640 to 2000 dollars.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Angelo Cardinal del’ Acqua
Paul
Vatican
Giuseppe Saragat
Senate
Holy See
Mussolini
Pius XI
Space Telescope Failure In Orbiting Under Study
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP reports the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO 3 failed to reach orbit. NASA blames a protective nose cone that did not jettison four minutes after launch on Monday night, risking the $98.5 million project. The spacecraft lies in ashes somewhere in Africa or the Indian Ocean.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Africa
Indian Ocean
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO 3
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Panel finds no grounds for impeachment of Douglas
A special House subcommittee investigating Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas has found no grounds for impeachment. Sources say the draft report to the House Judiciary Committee concludes charges by Gerald Ford and others are not supported enough for impeachment, though Republicans dispute the findings.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Douglas
Gerald Ford
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Ford
County payroll actions on sick leave criticized as political discrimination
Minutes from October 29 1969 show Horman moved to keep two ill employees on the payroll after leave exhausted, with one later re hired after illness. August 27 1970 action shows political affiliations undetermined and that three employees were involved in leave rule exceptions.
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Horman
Board of County Commissioners
Charles Collins
Hutton
Herman Vam Ne
Collins
Eee
Herman
Arson Case Nears Verdict in Baker Trial
Dor sey Lee Baker, 57, faces arson charges in Frederick County Circuit Court after two fires at his Shields Trailer Court trailer on July 5. State witness Barnes testified two fires occurred two hours apart with the second likely caused by a petroleum product. Baker, a truck driver and father of four, denied setting the fires, admitting heavy drinking prior to both incidents.
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Frederick County
Dorsey Lee Baker
Top E. Barnes Jr
Maryland
Robert Rothenhoefer
Barnes
Baker
Richard Zimmerman
Board enacted rules changing county personnel procedures in 1968
The present board enacted personnel rules replacing the clerk to the county commissioners as the supervisor of personnel procedures. Commissioner Collins says there has been no political discrimination and that the cases are different and must be considered separately.
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Collins
Rail Unions Call Strike For Dec 10 Nationwide
Four railroad unions announce a nationwide rail strike set for 12:01 a.m. December 10 if wage and working condition negotiations fail for nearly 500,000 workers. President Charles Luna of the United Transportation Union says they hope to settle without a strike but are prepared to act within hours. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and the Hotel and Restaurant Employes join the strike threat, affecting the earlier December 11 date for the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, which agrees to the new date.
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Washington
Charles Luna
United Transportation Union
Luna
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Clerks’ Union
Banned Beards and Taxes Spark Russian Polemic 1705
Peter the Great ordered beards cut, calling them an ageless embarrassment and imposed a tax to enforce compliance. The era’s beard policy sparked resistance as citizens faced penalties while Western influence grew. In the United States, there are about 4,150 drive‑in theaters reflecting a different cultural landscape.
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Peter the Great
Russia
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