Supreme Court allows juveniles to be tried without juries
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that juveniles accused of crime may be tried without juries. Justice Blackmun wrote that most states already practice this and that juvenile protections differ from adult jury rights. The decision preserves state leeway while ensuring fundamental fairness.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry A. Blackmun
High Court
Justice Department
Marin Sweig
John McCormack
Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
William O. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
Thurgood Marshall
Clarke Inaugurates Free Kindergarten in Clarke County
Clarke County School Board starts two pilot kindergarten classes for economically disadvantaged children. One class at Boyce Elementary and one at Berryville Primary will run full day with about 20 pupils each. Applications accepted July 9 1 to 5 pm and July 10 9 am to noon at the two schools.
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Berryville
Clarke County School Board
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke
Boyce
Cooley and Boyce
Clarke County Girl Is 6th Traffic Fatality
Clarke County girl Wilma Lee Carroll 15 of Bluemont died last night after running into Rt. 50 while retrieving a ball. The Banks station wagon driver Theodore Banks of Millwood was eastbound near Buffalo Lick Run when the accident occurred. A passenger, Theodore Banks Jr. 10, was treated and released. Carroll was a Clarke County High School ninth grader and Mt. Carmel Methodist Church member. Funeral services are planned at Mt. Carmel with burial at the church yard.
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A.clarke County
Frederick County
Rt. 50
Wilma Lee Carroll
Rt. 2
Bluemont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winchester
S. L. Lee
Miss Carrall
Theodore Lewis Banks
Millwood
Mr. Banks
Miss Carroll
Howard Wilmer
Katherine Greenwalt Carroll
Clarke County
Clarke County High School
Mt. Carmel Methodist Church
Howard Wilmer Carroll, Jr
Rita Jane Carroll
Earl LaFollette
Paris
John Greenwalt
Berryville
Jesse E. Tate, Jr
Hagerstown
Magazines Say LBJ Sees Pentagon Study Misleading
Lyndon B. Johnson reportedly told Time and Newsweek the Pentagon study misrepresents his role in Vietnam. The magazines cite claims of bias and possible treason in the leak, with Johnson accusing the document of being largely contingency planning and not the full story.
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NEW York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pentagon
Time
Newsweek
Johnson
New York Times
Full Panel Awaited in Times Case
A government bid to bar the New York Times from publishing a secret Pentagon Vietnam study was postponed to before a full seven judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Times faces restraints while the Post case proceeds in Washington.
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North Vietnam
Johnson
Washington Post
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
New York Times
NEW York
Pentagon
2Nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Times
Washington
U.S. District Court
the Times
the Post
Court of Appeals
Henry J. Friendly
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Doolin
Murray Gurfein
U.S
Whitney North Seymour Jr
Appeals Court
The
Supreme Court
John M. Harlan
Muskie proposes independent board to declassify government documents
Senator Edmund S Muskie plans a seven member independent board with power to lift secrecy labels after two years and to route relevant documents to Congress. The proposal aims to curb secrecy and boost public confidence while protecting national security. Independent members would include a press representative and government and private sector appointees split between parties.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine Democrat
Sevenman
Pentagon
U.S
Garden City
N.Y
Muskie
New York Times
Washington Post
Congress
George McGovern
South Dakota
Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Johnson
North Vietnam Attacks Persist Amid B52 Bombing Campaign
North Vietnamese regulars mounted five attacks on South Vietnamese frontier defenses despite a week of heavy B52 raids. US and South Vietnamese forces reported multiple shellings, ambushes, and ground assaults near the DMZ and Da Nang area, with casualties on both sides including several Americans and dozens of North Vietnamese killed. The U.S. command intensified air strikes, logging 90 missions and 2,700 tons of bombs in the week, while battlefield reports cited attacks on Camp Fuller, Firebase Sarge, and other positions along the DMZ and A Shau valley.
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Saigon
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Sarge
Dmz
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
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Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Hyde County
N.C
John H. Enders
Rt. 7
Shenandoah River Bridge
David Johnston
Vienna
Welton Updike
Herndon
LBJ
Austin
Robert Kennedy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Kennedy
Daniel Ellsberg
Tonkin Gulf
Associated Press
London
Anatol Fedosseiev
Home Office
Britain
Soviet Union
Fedosseiev
Richmond
Virginia
Camp Fuller
A Shau
McKeown
Highview
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