Miranda ruling sparks debate on police confessions
The U S Supreme Court ruling restricting interrogations draws praise and concern. Attorney General Ramsey Clark cites case studies showing confession rates similar to before Miranda. He notes two surveys of 2 000 cases with few suppression motions and says rights are protected without hampering enforcement.
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Supreme Court
United States
Ramsey Clark
Law Day
U.S.A
Clark
New York
Tiny Seattle girl saves mother in dawn fire call
Four year old Roberta Wittmeier calls 911 from a kitchen phone as flames erupt in Seattle. She cannot wake her mother but remains on the line, guiding firefighters and police while dispatchers trace the call and urge the child to wake her sleeping mom.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Earl R. Gordon
George Gamble
Gordon
Gamble
Roberta Lynn Wittmeier
Roberta
Abby
Gordon and
Whitmer
Whitmire
Whitmyer
Witmer
Wittmeier
Wittmer
Wittmeyer
Whittmier
Fire Department
Gordon Vickery
Seattle Fire Department
It Is Time for Dad to Shape Up and Guard Loyalties
A reader asks about a husband who spends holidays with his ex wife and children, urging better loyalty to his present family. Abby replies a father should focus on his current wife’s children, avoid wandering and upsetting the kids, and warns against mixed signals that erode family trust.
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Dad
Abby
Aching
Teacher’s lost money prompts plea for return
Paul D. Back, a Greenwich Intermediate School teacher, misplaced five $20 bills from a payment book while preparing Mother's Day gifts. He requests their return to avoid late house payments, noting the money's disappearance occurred after several stops.
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Greenwich Intermediate
Paul D. Back
Greenwich Intermediate School
Mr. Back
Back
North Fairfield
Hoyt
Casey's Dime Store
Casey's
Hoyt's
Greenwich
Quip Echoes Old Saying About Sleep
A pithy aphorism notes that as you observe today you will rest tonight. The line links present perception to future repose in a compact moral reflection.
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Tion
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Lear
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RSOCH
Byron
King Features Syndicate, Inc
U.S
Army
Vietnam
Richard Ichord
D-Mo
Ichord
Special House
Armed Services
Decor
Arby
Astol
Pafanuls
Desmond
MR. Richmond
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