Trials and the press: tempering pre trial publicity debate
The Memphis Commercial Appeal commentary argues that pre trial publicity has been overstated. It cites Warren Commission findings and remarks by Claude Sowle and Lee Hills, stressing that juries can be fair and that bar ethics, not censorship, should govern reporting.
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Free Press
Lee Oswald
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Warren Commission
Bar
American Newspaper Publishers Association
New York
Claude R. Sowle
University of Cincinnati
College of Law
Dean Sowle
Lee Hills
Detroit Free Press
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Mr. Hills
Sam Sheppard
Candy Messler
James Hoffa
Lee Hill
Dean Sovwle
Pepperdine rejects million dollar condition for honorary degree
The late D B Lewis left Pepperdine College a one million dollar bequest on condition the college confer an honorary degree on Dan Smoot. Pepperdine refused citing the principle that degrees are not for sale. The college praised for upholding academic integrity and stature.
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D. B. ‘Lewis
California
Pepperdine College
Pepperdine
Dan Smoot
Lewis
Los Angeles
Smoot
Tis
Students defend deferments against draft ranking plan
The Raleigh News and Observer notes calls to scrap deferment rules as students at the University of Chicago protest the plan to provide grade averages and class rankings to the Selective Service. It argues deferments should reward continued education and not protect the dull or lazy, urging the ablest students to serve or face removal of deferments.
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University of Chicago
Selective Service System
America
High Point Enterprise Readers Note Historical Shift
A fragmented OCR-style snippet from the High Point Enterprise mentions the publication’s heritage and governance roles. It references Pete Mota street name garbling and partial titles such as President and Secretary in a nonstandard layout, indicating archival or front matter text rather than a full news item.
Dodd Ethics Probe Clashes With House Coverup Drive
Senate Ethics Committee digs into Sen Tom Dodd amid House resistance to a formal ethics panel. The column highlights Rep Abraham Multer of New York as a target of scrutiny for banking ties, outside investments, and possible conflicts involving a Bahamas based bank and a lottery. It notes Multer’s ties to Milton Seymour and Gotham Bank, plus other investigations and political maneuvers.
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Sen
Tom, Dodd
D-Conn
John McCormack
House
Senate
House Ethics Committee
McCormack
Abraham Multer
Brooklyn
New York
Alaska
California
McMurray
Multer
Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
Florida
Banking and Currency Committee
Milton A. Seymour
Gotham Bank of New York
District of Columbia National Bank
Bahamas
Guarantee Trust Company
Switzerland
Gene San Soucie
Multer’s Bank
Congress
Washington
Roy Chalk
Transit
Hugh Auchincloss
R-N.j
Howe
Paths Diverge Yet Meet Again Amid Doomed Optimism
Kiwanis Bulletin notes a reflective poem on divergent life paths and shared fate. The column recounts a gala on a luxury liner turned gambling ship the S S Rotterdam with 650 New York socialites and leaders raising 150,000 for cancer. It cites Cancer Journal for Clincians on cures past and present and stresses education to combat unproven remedies and fatalism.
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S. S. Rotterdam
New York
Bernhard
Netherlands
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