Supreme Court bans state aid for parochial schools
The Supreme Court ruled against state tuition subsidies and nonteaching funding for parochial schools, upholding church-state neutrality. Decisions struck down New York and Pennsylvania programs, with New Jersey and Ohio cases also found unconstitutional. Majority opinions, 6-3 and 8-1, cited Establishment Clause neutrality. dissent by Burger.
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Fower Court
New Jersey
Ohio
Warren E. Burger
Byron R. White
John H. Rehnquist
New York
White
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Congress
Pennsylvania
Local parochial school aid ruled unconstitutional
Local schools expect little effect from the Supreme Court ruling that state aid through tax credits and tuition reimbursements to parents of parochial school students is unconstitutional. Catholic, Episcopal leaders say funds previously relied on will be replaced by existing budgets and parental responsibility remains.
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Msgr
Joseph McCarthy
Orange Couty
Joseph Matthews
Grace Episcopal Church
Middletown
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Episcopal Church
Matthews
Msgr. McCarthy
McCarthy
Firemen win honors at Hudson Valley parade upstate
Fire companies from Orange Ulster and Sullivan counties led by Cronomer Valley’s Walter E Lesser and Liberty’s Robert H Sherwood seized trophies at the 84th Hudson Valley Firemen's Parade in Lake George. Fourteen Orange Ulster Sullivan teams joined more than 10 000 firefighters in a three hour event. The association elected Lesser president Sherwood first vice president and Thomas Walsh of Fuller Road Fire Co Albany as second vice president. Next year’s parade and convention will be in Mahopack with Monticello hosting the 1975 event which will mark Monticello’s 100th anniversary.
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Jeft
Liberty
Walter £. Lesser
Center
Cronomer Valley
Thomas Walsh
Fuller Road
Albany
Hudson Valley Firemen’s Association
Lake George
Charlie Crist
Quassaick Engine Co
New Windsor
Highland Engine Co
Cornwail
Orange County
Hudson Valley
Orange
Ulster
Sullivan Counties
Walter E. Lesser
Fuller Road Fire Co
Mahopack
Monticello
Orange County waits on noise rules for nine months to a year
The public hearing on the county noise law showed that regulations drawing, consultant studies, and legislative approval steps will unfold over about nine to twelve months. County Executive Mills was absent ill, and the plan includes hiring a consultant to draft enforceable rules with potential costs around 20000 dollars. Enforcement may span county and local levels, with possible new agency needs.
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Judith Cartwright Goshen
Louis V. Mills
Mills
Peter G. Striphas
Planning Department
Jack Evans
Strip
U.S. Supreme Court
Stewart
Gary Lobo
Supreme Court
Burbank
Orange County
Los Angeles
Orange
Wallkill flood control funding approved by House panel
The House Appropriations Committee earmarked 30000 for a Wallkill River flood control project in Orange County as part of the 1974 appropriations bill. The plan may include dam and channel improvements to reduce flood damage, with earlier estimates of flood losses reaching millions in the Black Dirt area.
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Rosendale
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Wallkill
Senate Appropriations Committee
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