Supreme Court Rules Prayer in Public Schools Unconstitutional
The 6 1 decision bans state mandated prayer in schools, labeling the Regents Prayer establishment of religion. Reactions split among religious leaders with praise for separation of church and state and shock from Cardinal Spellman.
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Supreme Court closes term with business merger crackdown hints
The Supreme Court’s 1961 62 term ends as the government wins rulings on Sherman Act enforcement against corporations and a major shoe industry merger. Justice Warren writes 51 pages in the Kinney Bow shoe case, signaling a shift against concentration trends and outlining Clayton Act updates. The term also addresses price discrimination, obscenity, and school prayer rulings, with returns not expected until October.
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Northeast Ohio Weather Summary for the Week
Cloudy and not very warm today with a high near 74 to 79 degrees. Tonights forecast fair and cool with a low around the mid 50s. Wednesday should be sunny with a noticeable temperature change. Monday's temperatures ranged from 52 to 82 with humidity around 33 percent at 2 p.m. Sunrise was 5:35 a.m. and sunset 9:05 p.m. Moonrise Monday at 12:31 a.m., moonset at 1:30 p.m. EDT.
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Police hunt bank bandit in Cleveland robbery
Police search for a gunman who robbed a Cleveland Trust Co. branch Monday, fleeing with about 2100 dollars. The alarm sounded as the bandit ran off on foot, and authorities continued checking clues to identify the suspect.
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West German aid shifts to private investors study shows
Funds available in Bonn indicate West Germany provided 41.9 million dollars to underdeveloped nations in the past year. A study finds that since 1957 more than half of West German funds to underdeveloped areas came from private investors.
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Diefenbaker faces critique over late Parliament opening
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker linked a September opening for Parliament to his austerity plan, inviting Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson to respond. Social Credit, led by Roy Caouette, urged immediate session and even resignation, warning of widespread unemployment as Canada grapples with economic strain.
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Worker dies after 29 foot fall at Lorain plant
John C. McDermott, 41, of Lorain, American Bridge Co. worker, died 24 hours after falling 29 feet from a scaffold at National Tube Co. blast furnace four while installing permanent gas-line supports. He was hospitalized with a fractured skull. Price Burdette, 30, in critical condition after brain surgery. Scaffolding allegedly slipped on a rope. Burdette and McDermott are survived by McDermott's wife Stella and two children. Reidy-Scanlan is handling arrangements.
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Estes meeting dispute over what Estes said
US House investigators probe conflicting testimony from Texas lawyer Frank Cain and NY financier Maynard Wheeler about a Sunday breakfast meeting with Billie Sol Estes in Pecos Texas. Cain testified that Wheeler offered to set Estes up in Europe while discussing a Swiss bank depositor numbering system. Wheeler denied making or hearing such statements and claimed only light talk about Italy and a drug firm in Milan.
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Swansea education panel rejects Macbeth cinema invite
An education committee in Swansea Wales declined an invitation for schoolchildren to view a film version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. One member complained the play is "full of blood and thunder" and another quipped that Shakespeare "wrote it after a thick night."
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Rusk and British Leaders Agree on NATO Nuclear Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reached a broad agreement with British leaders that major NATO and allied nuclear policy decisions should wait for Britain’s Common Market negotiations. Informed sources say the European talks in Paris Bonn Berlin Rome and London advanced the policy review and progress on alliance issues. Rusk expected entry difficulties but remained hopeful. He will receive an honorary degree at Oxford before leaving for Lisbon, finalizing his five nation European tour. The issue of future Allied nuclear strategy will be revisited within NATO, which has a special nuclear committee established at the Athens council meeting.
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Amherst council stalls on dangerous animal ordinance
Safety Service Director Dan Wearch sought a draft ordinance to regulate dangerous pets, but the Amherst council failed to act. The issue followed a Lorain County sheriff’s complaint about a boa constrictor kept in Gene Edwards’s Park Avenue apartment. Health inspectors found no health code violation, and officials debated whether a nuisance rule could apply if the snake becomes a public or private nuisance.
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Stock rally sparks hope for market
New York reports a late rally but fails to erase early losses. The Dow fell to 536.27, a new four year low, as volume reached 7.09 million on the NYSE. Glamour stocks including IBM Xerox and Polaroid posted gains while utilities and steel shares declined.
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Narrow escape at Empire State Building scaffold slip
Two work men on the 18th floor narrowly avoided a fall when their scaffold slipped. Walter Palmer, 60, slid seven floors on a safety rope to the 11th floor before being pulled to safety. Michael Merren, 36, clung to the dangling scaffold and was rescued by office workers on the 18th floor.
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UPI
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Amherst parking ruling sparks merchant protest
A Amherst decision to restrict angle parking ignites furore among local merchants. The contentious move affects curb space and traffic flow, prompting criticism from business owners and calls for reconsideration at city meetings.
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