Editorials Shooting from the hip
A private citizen judge may harbor casual opinions on politics yet still rule impartially on matters before him. Justice William Douglas faces a conflict when public remarks about oil and gas depend on government collusion, risking perceived bias in a case on natural gas rates. The dilemma prompts judges to avoid injudicious public statements.
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U.S. Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
Federal Power Commission
Poli
Douglas
Rhetoric in Nixon impeachment debate drew sharp rebuttals
Senate leader Byrd charged Nixon disrupts impeachment inquiry while White House aide Clawson accused Byrd of diverting attention from Senate leadership. Both sides escalated partisan rhetoric as public confidence waned amid Capitol Hill sniping and unanswered questions.
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Senate
Robert Byrd
West
Virginia
Nixon
S House of Representatives
White House
Ken Clawson
Byrd
Clawson
Congress
Capitol Hill
Letters to the editor from Long Beach and Santa Ana
A trio of letters discuss school board speech rights for aides and fairness in public channels, animal cruelty in movie productions amid outdated protection laws, and praise for a Postal Service gesture after a misdelivered Blue Cross payment. The editor also includes an orchid for energy crisis analysis citing Arctic oil and shale reserves.
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Long Beach
Lee Alvarez
Mike Finley
Orchids
Press-Telegram
Arctic
U.S
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Robert L
Sassone
Santa Ana
Blue Cross
U S Greek ties worsen as anti western junta rises
Washington reports confidential talks between Libya's Col Qadhafi ally Manousogiannakis and Greece's new military regime led by Ioannidis. The anti US stance strains NATO ties, halts carrier home port talks, and fuels fears of leftist revolt amid 50 percent inflation and political turmoil.
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Washington
Mun’Ammer Qadhafi
Libya
Greece
United States
Qaddafi
Col
Manousogiannakis
Athens
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S
Dmitrios Ioannidis
U.S. Navy
Papadopoulos
Congress
Nixon
Qadhafi
Col. Manousogiannakis
Junta
Spyridon Tetones
Tlenry Tasca
State Department
Tasca
Aminorus
Harry Truman
Deception and Perjury in Supreme Court Practice
A Harvard Law student notes that the Supreme Court says deliberate deception while telling the truth is not perjury if the testimony remains literally true. The piece discusses how perjury charges may deter witnesses, the defense of truth in testimony, and the potential consequences for prosecutorial strategy and civil liberties.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Dean
Howard Baker
Supreme Court
Impeach probe splits four ways over offenses and tapes
The House Judiciary Committee and the White House clash on four issues in possible Nixon impeachment proceedings. They debate what constitutes an impeachable offense, the 42 tapes, indexing aides’ files, and the right to cross examination, with party divisions shaping the debate.
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George J. Marder
United Press International Washington
UPI
House Judiciary Committee
Jeyil
Mr. Hyde
Nixon
White House
House
Senate
Committee
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
James St. Clair
St. Clair
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