Editorials Justice not vengeance in psychiatric trials
The piece argues psychiatrists can misjudge mental state in court but are essential when correct. It discusses Muha rem Kurbegovic, accused in an LA airport bombing, where four psychiatrists found incompetence yet a jury ruled him competent. A judge ordered hospital evaluation with potential return to court after 18 months. The editor warns justice cannot be vengeance disguised as mercy.
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Muharem Kurbegovic
Los Angeles
Kurbegovic
Dinko Bozanich
Superior Court
William B. Keene
Atascadero State Hospital
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Prose and Pants Suits Reflect Shifts in Women's Writing
The piece notes how changes in women’s clothing, especially pants suits, coincide with a shift in prose styles from flowery clichés to sharper, austere language. It cites Baudelaire’s view on women writers and reflects on modern examples of vivid yet unconventional prose. It ends with a wary hope that past flamboyance fades.
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Alfred
Rick Rackers
Charles Baudelaire
Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
Baudelaire
Blackwell
Cheese It the Cops A Satirical Mouse Tale
A San Jose police narcotics case is described through a satirical mused editorial voice. The piece likens the seized items and a mouse linked to marijuana seeds to a broader commentary on drug fear, court scrutiny, and societal pressures on both humans and lab animals.
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San Jose
California
Chaucer
Rayburn's law and the rise of a large Democratic majority
The piece analyzes how an enlarged Democratic majority in Congress unsettles leadership dynamics in the Rayburn era. It outlines factions within the party, the shifts toward reform and open votes, the potential for a power struggle with O'Neill and Albert, and the long-term implications for governance and Ford's presidency.
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ITT
Ralph Nader
Congress
White House
Ford
Rayburn
Oval Office
Letters to the editor warn against resource waste and unchecked development
In a Long Beach letter, Kathryn Hanson critiques Burke's view on natural resources, warns about strip mining, clear-cut forests, and eroded watersheds, and questions growth tied to oil, shale, and airports. She argues Americans must protect farmland, curb waste, and consider long-term costs for future generations.
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Arthur E. Burke
Burke
Appalachia
Alaska
United States
Mr. Burke
America
Mr. Zinn
Lax
Long Beach
Signal Hill
Kathryn Hanson
congratulations to Judge Julius Leetham on new sentence
A letter from DAVID M. KNOX Artesia salutes Superior Court Judge Julius Leetham for sentencing Leonard James McSherry to one year to life after his third conviction for the same crime. The writer wishes the judge's elective position ends at term expiry so they can vote him out.
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Superior Court
Julius Leetham
Leonard James McSherry
Hike gas prices editorial clashes over rationing
An unsigned editorial argues against gas rationing or allocation, warning of broad harm to the West and small businesses. It cites past allocation failures, notes lines in metropolitan areas, and questions Sunday closings for workers while backing President Ford’s view that higher costs are acceptable.
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