Editorial: secret justice harms the public’s right to know
A Los Angeles Times editorial revisits California Supreme Court openness in a San Leandro murder case. It argues open trials safeguard fairness, counters the notion that pretrial disclosures threaten juror impartiality, and cites defense arguments urging public access to court proceedings.
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California Supreme Court
San Leandro
Los Angeles Times
Vincent Allegrezza
Edwin Heafey
Times
East Bay Press Club
The
Daily Review
Argus
Tri-Valley Herald
Oakland Tribune
Court of Appeal
San Francisco
Edwin 4. Healey Jr
Criminal Courts of
California
Tore of Elkington
Chaos and democracy in decline across world politics
Jenkin Lloyd Jones argues democracy is a fragile experiment threatened by greed and turbulence. He cites Italian elections where Communists gained 33.4 percent, warns of potential cabinet seats, and recalls Italy's strikes, tax cheating, and demand for order. He notes a Kyoto report blaming democracies for becoming ungovernable and urges disciplined journalism and restraint in public policy.
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Vatican
Medicis
Bonaparte
Caesars
Italy
Kyoto
Japan
United States
Grup
America
The Equal Rights Amendment Section Two Enactment Debate
James Kilpatrick argues Section Two grants Congress power to enforce ERA. He notes potential nationwide laws on marriage, divorce, education, and university policies, wondering how a universal standard might reshape existing state practices and private colleges. He warns of a vast power shift if ratification proceeds.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Parents Without Partners
Aingle
Jawa
Back to the country movement gains momentum in US
Holmes Alexander argues that migration from cities to rural areas is rising, not a back to the farm shift but a country migration. He cites Senate hearings and Calvin Beale on rural life, urges federal incentives to make rural living attractive while warning against urban apathy and loss of democratic integrity.
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Washington
Abe Beame
New York City
U. S. Senate
Sanford Research Institute
America
Calvin Beale
Agriculture Department
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Indochina
Vietnam
Congress
Dick Clark
Talmadge
Senate
Stanford
Rockefeller drives southern outreach to secure 1976 GOP support
Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller pursues a targeted southern strategy to win conservative backing for both Rockefeller and Ford at the 1976 Republican National Convention. He tours Florida Louisiana and Georgia to mend fences with leaders, chairs a water quality session in Atlanta, and meets Georgia Republican executives and businessmen while Georgia officials weigh their stance amid GOP shifts.
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Clay F. Richards
Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ford Rockefeller
Rockefeller
South
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Floriia
Louisiana
Georgia
Atlanta
Republican Executive Committee
Ronald Reagan
Matt Mattingly
Reagan
Noisy rock music tensions at high society events
Paul Harvey notes White House hosted prom displayed difficulty securing a mod musician group for security clearance. discusses global rock culture from Mexico towns to Italy broadcasts, US industry clashes, and gender dynamics in loud, provocative performances. Mentions Bruce Meyer view on machismo and female fans.
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White House
Susan Ford
Mexico
Italy
Tallanomworks
San Remo Rock
Janis Joplin
Grace Slick
Maggie Bell
UPI
Bruce Meyer
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Paul Harvey
Las Vegas
Wayne Newton
Debbie Reynolds
Met
Trip
Weil
Fellows
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