Truman Mock Trial Prods Ire Over War Crimes Verdict
In Independence Missouri two ninth grade juries acquitted Harry S Truman of war crimes for dropping atomic bombs on Japan after a three day mock trial inspired by a national educational packet. The project drew praise and sharp criticism from figures including Benedict Zobrist and state Senator Hardin Cox.
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Independence
Harry Truman
Japan
Janet Fielder
Truman
Truman Library
Benedict Zobrist
Zobrist
Robert Henley
Fielder
Henley
Hardin Cox
D-Rock Port
Cox
William G. Norton
Bridger
Norton
Bill Pelletier
Pelletier
Mary F. Wallace
Inflation Reduces Kansas School Property Taxes in Constant Dollars
A Kansas Legislative Research Department report shows school taxes dipped in constant dollars from 243.7 million in 1972-73 to about 230 million in the current year, reflecting a loss in purchasing power of the dollar from 79.8 to 51.2 cents. The study notes inflation-adjusted state aid would rise by 52.92 million and local taxes by 10 million, while nominal dollars increased from 305.4 million to 449.4 million.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Kansas Legislative Research Department
Richard Ryan
Legislative Research Department
U. S
Education Committee
Kansas House
Senate
Legislative Branch
Research Department
Former Iranian Minister On Trial
Former Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida faced a life trial before an Islamic revolutionary court in Tehran on charges including creating corruption on earth and entering into battle against God. About 200 spectators attended as indictments were read and the prosecutor sought the death penalty. The trial coincides with ongoing revolutionary actions and criticism from Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan regarding Khomeini’s leadership and secretive executions. Bazargan denounced trials behind closed doors and warned of erosion of religious and humane standards.
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Tehran
Iran
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Islamic Revolutionary Court
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Islamic Tribunal
Medhi Bazargan
Ayatoollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Bazargan
Kuzestan
Khomeini
Ayatollah
Oder
Revolutionary Committee
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Ottawa
Girl Scouts
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Maine
Women of Tomorrow
Dodson Aviation Inc
Saffron Glass
Walnus
Girl Scouts of the
JC Penney
S. Main
First National Bank
Treasury
C.D
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