Supreme Court upholds business must not favor religion in days off
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that employers need not abandon seniority systems or incur large costs to accommodate workers religious observances. Justice White said federal law does not require discrimination to satisfy others faiths. Dissenters Marshall and Brennan warned of harmful impact on welfare and religious diversity.
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OPL
Supreme Court
Byron White
Congress
White
Thurgood Marshall
William Brennan
Wallace Takes Over State Medicaid Plan
Governor Wallace moved to take control of Alabama's Medicaid program, reversing a Wednesday vote that would have cut intermediate nursing home care for 4,500 patients. He did not specify funding needs or possible further cuts and named Jack Worthington to run the program.
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Montgomery
Ala
COPD
George C. Wallace
Wallace
State Public Health Committee
Aclat
Soviet Secret Police Clear Toth To Leave Moscow
American Times reporter Robert Toth was told by the KGB that their investigation is finished and he may depart the Soviet Union. He had been detained for 13 hours of questioning after being accused of receiving secret information from a Soviet scientist, with the US embassy lodging a protest over his treatment.
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APL
KGB
Robert
Toth
Soviet Union
Los Angeles ‘Times
London
Toty
U.S
Prison Guard Fired Over Brushy Mountain Escape
A Tennessee guard, Floyd Hooks, was fired for negligence after an escape attempt at Brushy Mountain State Prison. He allegedly looked the other way as seven inmates, led by Ray, attempted to scale the wall, with six escaping and one stopped by gunfire. Authorities criticized his attention and questioned what he might have been reading.
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UPI
James Farlway
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Floyd Hooks
Hook
C. Murray Henderson
Hooks
Henderson
Hicks
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Larry Hacker
Tom
Sone
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