Bureaucratic studies mocked in playful critic
A Las Vegas AP piece mocks HEW and EPA proposals as costly, absurd bureaucratic studies. It notes a $23 000 bicycle safety study and odor measurement plans, then reports a city idea to donate unclaimed bicycles to orphans blocked by codes. Authorities joke about extending red tape to Christmas cheer.
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Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Environmental Protection Agency
Las Vegas
Nev
Hank Thornley
Italian Court Jails Modernized to Allow Provisional Liberty
Rome AP report says Italian Parliament approved a reform letting judges grant provisional liberty to suspects held in felony cases, ending up to four years of preventive detention without trial. The law, published this week, leaves judge discretion and follows U.S. and British systems in emphasizing bail-like release.
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Rome
Alps
Sicily
Italy seeks quick trial fixes amid Valpreda case
Italy faces a backlog of delays in its court system highlighted by the Valpreda case. The Valpreda law aims to speed trials for an anarchist dancer held since a Milan bombing that killed 16. Reports describe widespread prison delays, including cases of foreign nationals and notable figures. A Yugoslav immigrant Radison won provisional liberty after lengthy detentions on a minor charge. Life magazine folds and leaves planned child questionnaire results unused.
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Valpreda
Pietro Valpreda
Milan
William Berger
Carol
Pierre Clementi
Simic Radison
Radison
Rome
Palace of Justice
Erasmo Antetomaso
New York
Life Magazine
Life
Ralph Graves
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