Wife says divorce is death in Kidney patient case
Myra Ann Viernes argues a divorce from Army husband Roger Viernes would end her military dependency and cut off free use of a life sustaining kidney machine. The suit, filed by Pvt. Viernes at Ft. Carson, seeks dissolution after 90 days in area. Her attorney contests the law as unconstitutional.
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Counterfeiter Seen Targeting Democratic Nominating Ticket
Miami Beach United Press International reports a professional counterfeiter tied to the Democratic National Convention is under Secret Service surveillance. Convention manager Richard J. Murphy says intelligence indicates an in town counterfeiter intent on duplicating delegate tickets, prompting heightened security akin to currency protection.
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UPI
Richard J. Murphy
United Press International
Secret Service
Supreme Court shifts right in 1971 72 term with four Nixon picks
The 1971 72 term pushed the Supreme Court right as Chief Justice Burger led five votes among four Nixon appointees and Justice White. Notable exceptions included abolition of the death penalty, a requires warrant for domestic wiretaps, and guaranteed counsel for poor defendants facing jail. The term also sparked an unusual school desegregation split and limited district judge power to redraw lines.
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Supreme Court
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Warren Court
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William J. Brennan Jr
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Nixon
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Marshall
Daley Delegates Appealed To Supreme Court
Attorneys for rival claimants to 59 Chicago seats at the Democratic National Convention argued before Justice Rehnquist after the credentials committee unseated Mayor Daley and his 58 supporters. McGovern's backers were expected among the insurgents.
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UPI
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Supreme Court
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Mary Lee Leahy
Jerome Torschen
William H. Rehnquist
Nixon signs vets aid bill increasing veterans compensation
President Nixon signed a law giving an immediate 10 percent rise in monthly compensation for about 2 million veterans with service connected disabilities at a cost of 260 million dollars in the first full year. The act also ends the peacetime wartime classification gap starting July 1 and affects veterans who served in certain prewar periods.
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UPI
Nixon
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McGovern vows independent bid if nomination denied
Senator George McGovern warned in Life magazine he would run as an independent or back another independent candidate if he is denied the Democratic nomination by an illegitimate power play. He blasted the California delegates decision as a cynical steal and said he has earned the nomination.
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UPI
George McGovern
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Life Magazine
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California
Nixon signs six month extension for unemployment benefits
President Nixon signed a bill extending the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1971 for six months. The measure adds up to 13 extra weeks of unemployment pay for workers who have exhausted benefits in states with high unemployment.
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Washington
Nixon
McGovern to detail changes to income plan this week
Senator George McGovern plans to unveil major changes to his income redistribution plan this week. The revised program would switch from universal payments to tax credits and close loopholes while avoiding broad upper-income tax increases.
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UPI
George S. McGovern
Democratic Party
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