Stevens dissents as Nixon bloc holds court on rights issues
Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens voices independent dissent in key rulings on abortion funding, pregnancy discrimination, and student rights. He challenges the Nixon bloc led by Chief Justice Burger while Blackmun and White align variably, signaling a more nuanced balance on civil liberties and government power.
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Washington
UPI
John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court
Nixon
Stevens
William Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
Gerald Ford
Warren Burger
Congress
Earl Warren
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
Burger
Harry Blackmun
Lewis Powell
William Rehnquist
Blackmun
Byron White
Kennedy
Nixon Bloc
Potter Stewart
Eisenhower
Ohio
Richard Nixon
White House
Senate vote seen for neutron bomb production funds
Senate factions clash over a $1.6 billion weapons allocation tucked in a $10.4 billion public works bill. Senate leaders expect John Stennis to secure votes for production under special conditions while anti-bomb lawmakers push to strip funding and halt progress.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Robert Byrd
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Ground Zero
Sen
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
John Heinz
R-Pa
White teenager drives car into Klan rally crowd
A white teenager in a small foreign-made car sped into a crowd around a speaker’s platform at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Plains Georgia injuring at least 39 people. One gunshot was heard during the incident and the driver was arrested by police.
UPI Briefs: IRA Leader Denied U.S. Visa in Buffalo
Sinn Fein President Rory O Brady criticizes U.S. visa denial that barred him from addressing a Buffalo meeting. He cites rights to travel and echoes Soviet Jewish concerns.
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U.S
United States
New York
Irish Northern Aid Society
John W. Ahlhauser
Indiana University
Bloomington
Wilber Garrett
National Geographic
NPPA
Sprague
Maxwell McCrohan
The
Chicago Tribune
ABC Sports
Sniper Kills Two in Fayetteville Grass Fire Incident
In Fayetteville Franklin county Pennsylvania a sniper shot and killed Fire Chief James Catchall 33 and an unidentified civilian at a grass fire on Black Gap Road The attack wounded another man Scott Reichenbach 18 and potentially six to eight others were reported shot as authorities search nearby woods by helicopter and by police from several departments.
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Chambersburg, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania
Fayetteville
Franklin County
James Catchall
Chambersburg Hospital
Scott Reichenbach
Chambersburg
Black Gap Road
Jury Skips Lunch in Nurse Poisoning Trial Deliberations
A federal jury in Detroit, hearing the case of two Filipino nurses Narciso and Perez accused of poisoning VA hospital patients, forwent lunch to speed toward a verdict. The 12 jurors, nine women and three men, deliberated 18 hours by noon Saturday of a three month trial, with no verdict yet.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
Filipina Narciso
Leonora Perez
Philip Pratt
July 4 Weekend Forecast For Morgantown
The weatherman calls for a fair sunny weekend with a mid 80s high. Tonight and tomorrow night will dip to the mid 50s with no rain through Wednesday. Yesterday’s highs reached 81 and lows 57 at Morgantown Lock and Dam. sunset is 8 51 p.m. and sunrise 5 57 a.m.
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Morgantown Lock and Dam
Carter enjoys quiet Fourth at Camp David with Georgia guests
President Carter spent the Fourth of July weekend at Camp David with family and Georgia holiday visitors from Americus including John and Betty Pope Billy and Irene Horne and their son David. An aide said the group had no special plans and a military chaplain would conduct a service on Sunday. In another note, a Pinto driven Wade Conley and a lumber truck collided on Stewart Street with no injuries and about 95 dollars in damage.
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Javits
Mideast
Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
U.S
Jacob Javits
Middle East
Carter
Begin
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Zumwalt
Hong Kong
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Huang Hua
Peking
New China
Huang
Zumwalts
China
Li Ta
Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Thurmont
Camp David
Washington
Washington Monument
Truman
White House
Monongalia County
Wade Conley
Rt 6
Stewart Street
William H. Merritt
Rt. 6
Hospitals Daily Discharges and Admissions by Division
Downtown Monongalia General lists admissions for Ocie Collins and others with multiple discharges including a baby girl for Terry Taggart. Grafton City notes admissions and discharges for several residents. Preston Memorial records admissions and discharges plus volunteers. Greene Memorial shows a wide roll of discharges across many patients.
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Monongalia
Joseph Gerard
Darline Layman
Joseph Croskey
Howard Rishel
Michael Grim
Cherryl Prickett
Gladys Albright
Elmer Shaffer
Elsie Spadfore
Dudley Monongalia
Terry Taggart
Waynesburg
Ocie Collins
High St
Dessie Selby
Rt. 8
Nancy McCabe
Karen Shawver
Alice Herod
Sandra Lutz
Judith Bryan
Preston Memorial
Jack Thomas
Kingwood
Edith Bucklew
Terra Alta
Cora Stemple
Rowlesburg
Bernard Shirley
Albright
Robert Lockley
Cindy Thorn
Foster Williams
John Loadman
Kenneth Helmick
Robert DeWitt
Lucy Baylor
James Elliot
Carl Jackson
Richard Poling
Dale Turner
Charles Liston
Opel Hawkins
Anna Hale
Martha Wilson
Lucy Shaffer
Burel Liller
Ann Johnson
Greene Memorial
Karen Phillips
Obituaries Sampler From Westover to Grafton Area
Obituaries include Ralph F. Spittler of Westover who died July 2 1977 age 61 and Anna Gursky of Bobtown age 89 who died July 2 1977. Sally Burger formerly of Bruceton Mills died July 2 1977 in Gainesville Florida. Zella Gail Thorn Shomo of Grafton 86 died July 2 1977. Delbert Debbie Bolyard 69 of Tunnelton Denver Community died July 2 1977. Survivors and family details listed for each.
Hondo mayor says ho bo letter was not joke
Mayor Woody Glasscock of Hondo Texas says his request to Carter for a list of 181 unemployed to boost the citys unemployment rate was a serious bid for federal funds. He complains the response treated the letter as a joke and notes 24 percent of Hon das 8000 residents earn below the national average.
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Hondo, Tex
UPI
South Texas
Carter
Woody Glasscock
Glasscock
Honda
Federal Economic Development Administration
Hondo
Glassock
Funeral notices honor locals with services and burials
Delbert Debbie Bolyard 69 of Tunnelton died July 2 1977 calling hours set then moved to Denver United Methodist Church for services with Rev Carl E Teets burial in Denver Cemetery. O Clay Bolyard 75 of Grafton died June 30 1977 burial Bluemont Cemetery Bartlett Funeral Home to host services. Sally Burger 78 formerly Bruceton Mills died July 2 1977 in Gainesville Florida services at Brandonville funeral home burial Teets Cemetery. Lawrence J Frame 70 of Rt 9 Box 91 dead on arrival July 1 1977 at WVU Hospital services at Chapel of Prayer. Anna Gursey 89 of Bobtown Pa died July 2 1977 wakes in Point Marion Pa and Mass of Christian Burial at St Ignatius Bobtown. Minnie J Knode 87 Akron Ohio died July 1 1977 calls and services at Fred L Jenkins Funeral Home Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens. Zella Gail Thorn Shomo 86 Grafton died July 2 1977 services July 6 Bartlet Funeral Home. Ralph F Spittler 61 Westover died July 2 1977 burial East Oak Grove Cemetery donations to WVUI Foundation cancer research.
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Zella Gail Thorn
Shomo
Zella Gail Thorn Shomo
Walnut St
Grafton
Grafton City Hospital
Belington
J. H
Judith Teeter Thorn
First Presbyterian Church
Paul D. Shomo
Crestline
Ohio
Mabel Shomo Lambert
Tunnelton
John Clinton
Cora Hershman Bolyard
Denver United Methodist Church
Wilson
Denver
Julia V. Wilson
Bolyard
Delbert
Debbie
Taylor Funeral Home
Denver United
Bobtown
Daniel Dixon
Evergreen Memorial Park
Point Marion
Knode
Minnie J
Pfeifer Ave
Akron
Fred L. Jenkins
Chapel of Prayer
Franklin Goff
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Spittler
Ralph F
Pierce St
Westover
Monongalia General Hospital
Williams Home
Paul Smith
East Oak Grove
Wvui Foundation Inc
Spruce St
Morgantown
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Bess
Independence
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Austin, Tex
UPA
Judicial Qualifications Commission
State Supreme Court
Donald B. Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Travis County Grand Jury
Northern Plains
Florida
Upper
Great Lakes
Carters
Flying Lumber
Ralph F. Spittler
Connellsville
John
Anna Spittler
Master Builders Supply
Teamsters Local 789
VFW
Anna Gursky
Dalzell Ave
Czechoslovakia
Andrew
Susan Fedock Blazek
St. Ignatius Church
Rosary and Altar Society
Jednota Lodge
Lackrone
Joseph
Pittsburgh
Stephen
Paul
Susan) Simonette
Brooklyn
N.Y
Andy
Mary) Smile
Babylon
William
Clare) Kovach
Charleston
Anna Fecsko
Sally Burger
Bruceton Mills
Gainesville
Fla
Hazelton
John R
Ida McKay Conaway
Bruceton
Robert
Beatrice) Mason
Middleway
Herbert
Marion) Eiermann
Orlando
Bartlet
James D. Lowe Jr
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