FBI spied on ACLU 1920 43 dossiers on leaders
Chicago Daily News reports the FBI infiltrated the ACLU from 1920 to 1943 and kept files on Clarence Darrow Helen Keller Felix Frankfurter and others. Hoover supervised the undercover inquiry approving a fictitious membership and surveillance of the New York office.
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ACLU
Chicago
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Clarence Darrow
Helen Keller
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Chicago Daily News
U.S. District Court
Washington, D.C
Hoover
New York
Roger N. Baldwin
Baldwin
Carter urges tax fairness and welfare reform for families
In a Fathers Day interview President Carter advocates equal tax benefits for married and cohabiting working couples and urges ending welfare incentives that encourage family breakups. He notes reforms to child care, after school programs, and education to keep families intact and support working mothers.
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Latin America
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U.S. Monitored Korean Bribery of American Officials
U.S. intelligence tracked Korean attempts to bribe U.S. congressmen and influence policy. Reports on the bribery, created in 1975 and given to the Justice Department, energized a federal inquiry into Seoul's covert activity and pressure on U.S. policy and opinion.
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United States Intelligence Agency
South Korea
Farrah Fawcett Majors Denies Shoplifting Allegations
Television star Farrah Fawcett Majors said she was stunned by reports she had been accused of shoplifting seven years ago. She claimed she took two dresses and coats in 1970 from California shops after merchants refused exchanges.
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California
Space shuttle Enterprise Airborne Flap Tests At Edwards
Two astronauts tested flaps and the speed brake on the piggyback Space Shuttle Enterprise during the first manned airborne test flight. Johnson Space Center reported the 54 minute mission as the test results looked good. Flight commander Fred Haise and Air Force Lt. Col. Gordon Fullerton piloted the 150000 pound shuttle atop a modified Boeing 747 reaching 15000 feet over the desert.
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Johnson Space Center
Houston
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Okie Doke
Fred W. Haise Jr
Haise
Air Force
Gordon Fullerton
Soviet Parapsychology Study Sparks Espionage Theories
An emigre Soviet physicist claims the Soviet Union pursued secret parapsychology with military and police aims. Paris based August Stern, son of imprisoned endocrinologist Mikhail Stern, says psi energy research in Siberia and an expanded Moscow lab drew KGB interest amid a 25 page note to a LA Times reporter.
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Paris
Soviet Union
Jacanes Bergier
August Stern
Mikhail Stern
Siberian
Robert C. Toth
Los Angeles Times
Moscow
KGB
Naransvcholoev
U.S
Stern
Sibera
U.S. Navy
Standard Research Institute
Weather outlook for today to Monday
Partly sunny and cooler today with a high in the mid 80s. Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 60. Monday remains partly sunny in the 80s with a chance of showers and thundershowers.
Father’s Day tale from Murphysboro teen’s fatherhood experience
Harry Summers of Murphysboro shares what it feels like to be a teenage father on Father’s Day in 1977. The Old Days recalls SIU Carbondale’s past international programs and hints SIUC still excels in some studies. A new book highlights Southern Illinois caves and regional geology for students.
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Murphysboro
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
SIUC
I Ilinois
Thompson Wins Budget Battle With Illinois Democrats
Despite setbacks, Gov. James Thompson appears to have secured a budget victory as the Democratic majority in the Illinois Legislature trims millions from proposed spending, signaling a political win for the administration.
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James Thompson
Illinois
Mil ler victory could affect UMW contract talks
The margin by which Arnold Miller was reelected UMW president may complicate upcoming bargaining with mine owners, analysis notes. A separate report covers Mozambique accusing Rhodesia of sending troops, ERA debate at Illinois conference, energy conservation ideas, and local theater box office previews.
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Arnold Miller
UMW
Editorial Omission on State Aid Formula Trim Claim
Gov James Thompson was praised for cutting 54 million from the state school aid formula an editorial notes the claim is misleading the piece questions the described savings and context.
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James Thompson
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