Muhammad Ali Wins Draft Case
The Supreme Court unanimously overturned Muhammad Ali's draft conviction, ruling his refusal to serve was based on religious belief as a conscientious objection. The decision nullifies a five year prison term and $10,000 fine, allowing Ali to resume boxing, with a fight against Jimmy Ellis planned next month.
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East Ohio Methodist Conference Calls for Grand Jury Probe
The East Ohio conference of the United Methodist Church urged Gov. Gilligan to convene a grand jury to investigate all state mental institutions and seek action against those depriving patients of civil and humane rights. The measure followed the conference annual meeting and ordinations.
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Twin engine plane crashes off Shelter Cove killing 16
A twin engined plane carrying 23 real estate salesmen from a northern California seacoast development clipped a sewage treatment plant on takeoff and struck a large rock in Pacific surf. Sixteen died, seven survived and were hospitalized. the craft departed from a private airstrip at the Shelter Cove recreational community and was bound for an inland destination.
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Agnew Eyes China Visit Amid Hostile Stance
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said he would like to visit Communist China despite the nation’s hostile attitude as he began a 10 nation world tour. He landed in Guam for an overnight stay before flying to Seoul for President Park Chung Hee’s inauguration on July 1 representing President Nixon.
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Motorcycle club rider killed in roadside shotgun accident
Randall Oditt, 24, of Middletown, a Fugujero Motorcycle Club member, died near a roadside park in Troy when a bedroll concealing a shotgun discharged as he removed it from a camper truck. He was in town for weekend cycle races.
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Four men died in fire aboard Roger Blough in drydock
In Lorain Ohio the four workers trapped in the hold of the ore carrier Roger Blough died quickly and without pain. George Steinbrenner III said they were asphyxiated by dense smoke in the engine room of the new vessel. The missing men were John D. Alexander Leonard C. Moore Jr Clyde R. Burdue and George E. Adams.
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George E. Adams
Mostly sunny and hot pattern with scattered chances
WEATHER shows mostly sunny and hot humid today and Tuesday with clear nights. Norwalk highs in mid to upper 90s, lows around 70s, precipitation 20 10 and 20 percent respectively. Marriage licenses list six couples from Wakeman Milan Norwalk Willard and more. Births and deaths noted for local residents.
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Heat Wave Keeps Norwalk Sunny at 97 Degrees
Norwalk baked in 90 plus degree heat Sunday with an official high of 97 matching no record. Farmers worry over only 1.2 inches of rain in the past month and a 20 percent moisture chance, while county extension agent John Wells warns a dry spell could threaten crops if no rain in a week to 10 days.
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Ellsberg Surrenders to Federal Authorities
Dr. Daniel Ellsberg turned himself in to U S Attorney Herbert Travers at the Boston federal building as the source for the New York Times Pentagon papers series. He stood with his wife and two lawyers and said he acted as an American citizen to reveal government classified Vietnam War documents.
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New York Times
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U.S
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Vietnam
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MIT
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Ellsbergs
Leonard B. Boudin
Los Angeles
Sidney Zion
Times
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
Supreme Court bars public funds for parochial schools
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that states may not earmark public funds for secular education in parochial schools in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island caseouts. The decision found excessive entanglement between government and religion and overturned related state plans including Ohio. A separate opinion allowed federal grants to church related colleges.
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UPI
Supreme Court
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Rhode Island
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Norwalk
Ohio
New Haven
Supreme Court Overrules Speck Death Sentence
The Supreme Court today overruled the death sentence for Richard Speck in the 1966 mass murder of eight Chicago nurses. The case is remanded to Illinois courts for reconsideration under prior high court rulings.
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UPS
Supreme Court
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Illinois
Groundbreaking for Huron County Retarded School
More than 100 people attended in 97 degree heat as 15 students broke ground for Huron County’s new school for the retarded. The project, funded by a $540,000 state county split and a $200,000 bond approved in 1969, includes classes for retarded children and a training center for retarded adults. State Rep. Ethel Swanbeck praised the project, noting budget support from Gov. Gilligan’s mental health plan.
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U.S, 20
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R-Huron
House Finance Committee
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Senate
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