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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1971
Page
8
In Williamsport Pennsylvania two youths chased a baseball that rolled away and became lodged in a conduit beneath a sidewalk. They attempted to retrieve it from both ends, tackling the problem with makeshift ingenuity.
The Supreme Court rules five to three that state legislatures need not carve out separate districts for blacks and other minorities. Justice White says minorities can be lumped with white voters in multi member districts unless evidence shows nonparticipation. The decision overturns a federal ruling in Indianapolis supporting majority minority districts.
The Supreme Court refused to hear 169 railroads challenge to a Circuit ruling allowing the United Transportation Union to call selective strikes. The decision upholds a March 31 ruling that a union may strike individual railroads while bargaining in good faith under the Railway Labor Act.
Police hunted six men linked to the beating and armed robbery of Ronald Chopp, 29, in Joliet. Richard Ferr o, 21, was arrested on armed robbery and assault charges and held on 20,000 dollars bond. The assailants bound Chopp with tape and threatened his wife Rita, 24, and their 3 month old daughter during the home invasion. Herrin report notes Kenneth Campbell, 22, was jailed four months in Vandalia for driving while intoxicated.
Union bridgetenders left 28 of New York City's 29 drawbridges in open position protesting the state legislature's refusal to approve a union negotiated pension plan for city workers. The move caused a massive traffic jam with trucks abandoned on roadways and gridlock extending into New Jersey, Long Island, and Westchester County. A union spokesman warned the campaign would escalate if the pension plan is not approved before the imminent adjournment.
Police say Perry Smart a fifth grader at Martin Van Lucas School was stabbed in the heart after refusing to lend a bicycle to a younger youth during an argument. East St Louis authorities held the 10 year old juvenile as an inquest was planned for the Saturday night death of a 12 year old.
South Vietnamese forces repelled three infiltration assaults along the northern frontier and fought a fourth near the demilitarized zone. Allied command counted about 298 enemy killed in air and ground operations Saturday and Sunday, with South Vietnamese forces seizing 27 heavy weapons and 44 rifles. Six South Vietnamese soldiers died and 53 wounded. Three rockets struck Da Nang area, killing three civilians and wounding 10. a number of missiles hit the air base but caused no further damage.
Three international law experts from the United States Britain and West Germany said no war crimes charges could be brought against the U S or presidents over Vietnam actions. The televised program America on Trial featured historians lawyers and a former Marine convicted in the killings.
The final White House Conference report criticizes commercial television for hindering child development. It urges creation of a National Children's Media Foundation by July 1, permanent public TV funding, at least 20 percent noncommercial cable allotment, and possible elimination of all ads on children's programs.
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