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...faith." Harvey pointed out that Shacter was strongly influenced by his early training in Judaism, and indeed had used such religious words as sacred and holy entity. Thus, said the judge, the ruling was consistent with the opinion in the 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case of U.S. v. Seeger. In that decision, Justice Tom Clark broadly interpreted the test of religious belief. To qualify as a C.O., wrote Clark, a man's convictions must be "sincere and meaningful" and "occupy a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by the orthodox belief in God." Seeger...
...same place. The pro-Cuba demonstrators were supporters of Castro and thus considered Communist. When the two demonstrations came close to each other the police intervened with clubs and guns on the pretext of stopping a riot. Thirty-six prisoners were taken (one of them was Pete Seeger's daughter...
...times are changing. Many of those present at Newport were too young to have grown up with an appreciation, understanding and respect for Pete Seeger; and some who once had these have forgotten...
NEWPORT JAZZ AND FOLK FESTIVALS, Newport, R.I. Dionne Warwick, Wes Montgomery and Hugh Masekela, among others, will be on hand July 4-7. Janis Ian, Tim Buckley, Taj Mahal, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and Arlo Guthrie will do the honors in the folk-and country-music department, July...
...President's own record, however, simply does not square with these lofty ideals. Most students do not remember his refusal to allow non-Christian services in Memorial Church, or even his quickly reversed decision to outlaw a student council sponsored Pete Seeger concert. But more recent actions do stick in the minds of many students. The University scoffed at suggestions that morality should enter into its financial planning when student civil-rights advocates suggested it divest itself of Mississippi Power and Light Co. stock. The University failed to stand up against the Massachusetts teachers' loyalty oath, and fired Samuel Bowles...