Television bans due process in Estes trial ruling
The Supreme Court divided three to four ruling that televising criminal trials undermines due process. Justice Clark overturned Estes’s Tyler Texas swindling conviction, saying TV coverage injects an irrelevant factor and risks prejudice. Dissenters urged caution, while Chief Justice Warren warned of media power shaping public perception. The Tyler sentence was eight years.
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Washington
RPY
Supreme Court
Las
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Tom C. Clark
Estes
Tyler Tex
Puetter Stewart
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan
Byron R. White
Clark
Sion
Justice Stewart
Jie Tices Black
Brennan
White
Stewart
Tyler
Earl Warren
William C. Douglas
Arthur J. Goldberg
Warren
Frontier Justice
Tex
Insurance Men Enter Guilty Plea in Bank Forgery Case
Two insurance men Bert Pearson and Thomas Reardon pleaded guilty in U S District Court to transporting forged securities across the Kansas Missouri line. Sentencing was deferred for background checks. The forged invoices tied to loans at First State Bank of Kansas City Kansas caused about 680000 in losses. The Pearson agency had been placed in receivership after a Michigan firm suit alleging misappropriation of premiums. The bank expects tax refunds and bonding coverage to offset the deficit. A note adds a remark about a liver yielding vitamin rich oil.
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Kansas City
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U. S
Kansas-Missouri
Bert Pearson
Thomas Reardon
First State Bank
Cyrus W. Long
Long
E. H. Gandy
Pearson
Jackson County
Prison Term Caps Conflict Between Twin Heirs in Killing
Timothy Nicholson, 22, convicted of manslaughter in the Dec. 7 shooting death of his twin brother Todd Nicholson, heirs to Cudahy meats and Pullman fortunes. He faces 1 to 10 years, ineligible for probation but possible parole after about 18 months. sentencing set for July 9.
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Pasadena
Calif
Todd Nicholson
Timothy
Timothy Nicholson
Todd
Roberta Wicholson
Cudahy
Sun Development Co
Phoenix
Ariz
Jury verdict on man slaughter ambiguity
The jury did not specify if the man slaughter was voluntary or involuntary, leaving the same penalty in either case. President Johnson proposes to transform the polluted Potomac into a scenic and recreational model for the entire country, describing the historic river by Washington as contaminated by sewage industrial wastes sludge and silt.
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Johnson
Eountry
Arrival on Wasp Scoop Scored In Space Shot
AP writer Cynthia Lowry reports astronauts return to land as NBC airs first moving pictures from the carrier Wasp. CBS leads Nielsen ratings with 162, NBC 15.9, ABC 15.4. Top audience programs include Bonanza, Gomer Pyle, Bewitched, Peyton Place, Dick Van Dyke Show, and Gunsmoke.
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NEW York
Our World
NBC
Atlantic Ocean
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ABC
Gomer Pyle
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