Anthem considered illegal as official school prayer
New York education commissioner rules the Star Spangled Banner cannot be used as an official school prayer. He says singing or reciting it is permissible as the national anthem, and schools may set aside moments of silence for meditation. The Hicksville board’s use of the last stanza was ruled an official prayer and illegal.
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Albany, N.Y
James E. Allen Jr
Allen
State Education Department
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court
Hicksville Board of Education
Long Island
Flight Engineers Seek Bank Aid Amid Eastern Dispute
Ron Brown of the Flight Engineers International Association said the union received financial support from the Teamsters as it continues its campaign against Eastern Air Lines. He would not confirm loan specifics or amounts. The dispute centers on job preferences for pilots and engineers during jet crew reductions.
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Hampstead
N.H
Ron Brown
Flight Engineers International Association
Eastern Air Lines
Brown
Aashington
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Eastern
Flight Gineers
Doll Pattern 7314 for 15 Inch Outfit Transfer
Advertisement describes a 15-inch doll clothes pattern 7314 with two outfits and yarn curls, priced 35 cents plus 10 cents extra for first class mailing. It instructs sending name address zone and pattern number to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star New York mailing address. Includes 1963 needlecraft show and catalog promotion with over 200 designs and a free pattern, request 25 cents.
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Ace Brooks
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Tax Bite on Kansas City Man Because of His False Teeth
Dale Gasper faced an income tax bill after IRS scrutiny over his barter exchange for false teeth. He traded haircuts for a dentist made set of uppers valued at 251 dollars with additional dental work. Gasper argued the barber and shop costs, plus commissions, reflected a fair exchange and questioned tax rules on gifts and barter.
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Kansas City
Dale Gasper
Internal Revenue Service
Gasper
Tax Office
Commemorative Statue Arrives for Virginia Beach Tribute
A nine foot statue titled The Norwegian Lady arrives via the Norwegian training ship Haakon VII to Virginia Beach. It replaces the weathered wooden figurehead of the Dictator wrecked in 1891 and will be unveiled on the oceanfront after a September ceremony.
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Virginia Beach
Norfolk
25Th Street
Moss
Norway
Dictator
Ornulf Bast
J. M. Jorgensen
Jorgensen
X15 Stability Augmentation System Studied
Edwards Air Force Base report on X15 flights notes the Stabil ity Augmentation System tripped nonfunctional switches. Maj. Robert Rushworth described the problem after a heat test as the roll damper activating when yaw was intended for shutdown. The craft climbed to 97,000 feet at 3,443 mph with skin temperatures at 1,100 degrees F amid ongoing investigation.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Robert Rushworth
Rushworth
Plan Alligator Hunt Here’s How to Do It
Nor man L Green found two six foot alligators in a canal behind his home and called the State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. The commission advised using a heavy three pronged hook baited with raw meat a four foot steel leader a rope or chain to a post and shooting once the gator is hooked.
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Miami
Fla
Norman L. Green
State Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Commonweal Critiques America on Jewish anti-Semitism Warning
Lay edited Commonweal accuses America of odd approach in warning Jews about anti-Semitism tied to pressuring school prayer rulings. The piece argues Catholics must be warned against anti-Semitism, while noting Jewish groups and Reform groups dispute the threat claim.
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New York
Commonweal
America
American Jewish Congress
Israeli Soldier Killed in Border Gunfight
An Israeli soldier was killed during a two hour exchange of fire with Syrians on the northern border near Kfar Szold. The army spokesman said Syrians opened fire on an Israeli road repair party and Israeli forces returned fire.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Kfar Szold
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