Nixon expands price controls to fresh farm goods
President Nixon signed an executive order applying Price Commission rules to fresh vegetables eggs and seafood at wholesale and retail levels after the first farm sale. The move targets margins and costs across the food chain affecting about 12 billion dollars in trades and 11 percent of the food CPI with limited impact on meat prices.
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Nixon
Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
White House
The
Commission
Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court held 5 to 4 that the death penalty as currently applied violates the Constitution and cannot be imposed. The ruling defines capital punishment as unconstitutional in its present form.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Sirhan Sirhan's mother hails ruling on death penalty ban
Mary Sirhan lauds the U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down capital punishment as unconstitutional. The ruling affects 600 inmates nationwide and allows legislatures to reinstate capital punishment in limited cases while focusing on Eighth Amendment protections.
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Sirhan Sirhan
Mary Sirhan
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
U.S. Supreme Court
California State Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thursgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Nixon Administration
Warren E. Burger
Harry A
Brennan
Marshall
Stewart
White
Burger
Blackmun
Supreme Court
Branch
Courts Rule on Tenure and Newsmen Grand Juries
The Supreme Court held colleges need not hold hearings before firing non-contract teachers. An Oshkosh State case granted unwritten tenure rights to a longtime professor, entitling a hearing. In Newsmen Must Comply With Juries, the court ruled newsmen have no exemption from grand jury duties or immunity for confidential-source material.
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Supreme Court
Robert Linderman
Texas
David Roth
Oshkosh State
Wisconsin
Linderman
Nixon Administration
Byron R. White
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Court allows grand jury to question Gravel aide over Pentagon Papers
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that a federal grand jury may question aides of Sen. Mike Gravel about arrangements for publishing the Pentagon Papers. Justice White wrote the opinion, held that legislators and aides are not immune when their legislative functions are not challenged. Gravel disclosed parts of the Vietnam war study last June at a Senate subcommittee meeting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Byron R. White
White
Gravel
Senate
Weekend Weather Outlook With Thunderstorm Chances
The forecast calls for tonight to be fair with lows in the low 60s. Friday should be mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s. From Saturday to Monday expect variable clouds and a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Senator Brewster Cleared for Prosecution on Bribery Charges
The Supreme Court ruled former Maryland Senator Daniel Brewster can be prosecuted for allegedly accepting a $24,500 bribe from Spiegel Inc. to influence mail legislation. Chief Justice Burger said the speech or debate clause does not require dismissal of the indictment as the bribery charges do not require inquiry into legislative acts or motivation.
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Supreme Court
Maryland
Daniel Brewster
District Court
Warren E. Burger
Brewster
Speigel, Inc
Chicago
East St. Louis Seizes City Hall Amid Unemployment Protests
About 200 demonstrators occupy East St. Louis City Hall demanding jobs as city work stoppage halts official business. Police report 70 staying overnight while Mayor Williams seeks $3 million in state and federal aid with federal officials working on a relief program.
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Carol Alexander Lindsay-Schaub
East St. Louis
Williams
Elmo J. Bush
Edward Harper
Ogilvie
Will McGaughy
City Hall
Illinois House approves funds for Chicago Circle campus additions
The House concurred in a Senate amendment to provide 23.9 million for Chicago Circle campus building additions after the appropriations committee had cut the funds. The overall university bills face complex amendment details and possible conference committee action to resolve nonacademic pay raise provisions and total funding levels.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Chicago Circle
Appropriations Committee
House
Charles Clabaugh
Rchampaign
U of I
Southern Illinois University
Board of Regents
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
SIU
Edwardsville
Board of Governors
Chicago State University
Governors State University
Western Illinois University
Illinois Junior College Board
Board of Higher Education
Illinois General Assembly Action Highlights
Spring field report notes Rep Clyde L Choate faces constitutional hurdles over guaranteed Democratic job promises. Emergency treatment program bill moves to the governor. Judicial nominations bill passes the Senate. Senate Republicans may amend a mass transit bill. Township consolidation clears the Senate. Scholarship Commission adds 200000 for language grants to teachers and non English speaking students. governor Ogilvie’s funding recommendations for five governing boards and the higher board show small pay-raise increases.
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Illinois General Assembly
Clyde L. Choate
Constitution
Senate
Higher Board
Richard B. Ogilvie
IVI declines to endorse governor candidates in Illinois race
The Independent Voters of Illinois board voted to rate both Gov. Ogilvie and challenger Daniel Walker as qualified. The split vote avoided a firm endorsement, allowing IVI members to campaign for either candidate in the 1972 race. Previous advisory votes had favored Walker.
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The
Independent Voters of
Ilinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Daniel Walker
IVI
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun- Times
Michael Shakman
Interviewing Committee
Political Action Committee
Walker
Ogilvie
Americans For Democratic Action
Samuel Shapiro
Cook County
Michael J. Howlett
Bernard Carey
Edward V. Hanrahan
Chicago
Atttorney
Ogilvie Praises General Assembly for Tax Relief Moves
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie said he is more than satisfied with the legislature’s spring session. He highlighted two bills to end the personal property tax for most individuals and farm property exemptions. He noted disappointment over missing real estate tax freezes and river strip mining controls.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
General Assembly
Ogilvie
Illinois
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