Word: established
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...peaceable kingdom is threatened. Louis Celmer Jr., of nearby Belmar, was convicted of drunken driving in Ocean Grove in 1976. He appealed, claiming that his conviction was invalid because the state legislature had unconstitutionally authorized the Camp Meeting Association of the United Methodist Church to establish Ocean Grove's police force. The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed unanimously, ruling that the theopolis' legal system and ordinances did indeed violate the First Amendment separation of church and state. Said the court: "In effect, the legislature has decreed that in Ocean Grove the church shall be the state...
...House of Representatives is debating a bill, approved by a large margin in the Senate, to establish a separate Department of Education Although the bill is being delayed by numerous amendments, representatives expect by tomorrow a close vote that could go either...
...list of towns captured by the rebels were added the names of Masaya, Somotillo and Guasaule. In the south, a rebel column continued its pressure on Rivas (pop. 26,000), where the temporary government set up two weeks ago by the Sandinistas and their allies hopes to establish its capital. Said a dispirited national guard officer: "The rebels are like mosquitoes. We can never get rid of them...
...Environmental Protection Agency. But it does call for $646 million to be spent on research in fiscal 1980. The program would be funded in part by revenues from the windfall tax on oil company profits from price deregulation. Said Energy Secretary James Schlesinger: "The program is designed to establish a habit of mind that looks at solar as a possibility and not as a novelty." Added White House Domestic Affairs Adviser Stuart Eizenstat: "Solar is a here-and-now technology...
...tumor; in Miami. The Hungarian-born Polgar, who held doctorates in economics and psychology, said he discovered his telepathic powers upon recovering from amnesia and aphasia caused by World War I battle wounds. A good snowman who performed on the lecture circuit, he also conducted a lifelong campaign to establish hypnosis as a scientific discipline, especially useful as a substitute for anesthesia during childbirth and in curing the smoking habit...