Court decorum in America and New York judge survey
Editorial argues dignity in trials is not tied to robes or ritual and cites a New York Bar Association survey. Of 4,400 trial judges, 1,600 responded reporting 99 instances of courtroom misconduct and 37 contempt citations, only six against lawyers for in court behavior. Judges must act swiftly when decorum slips, but issue is largely isolated.
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America
California
The
Association of the Bar For the City of
New York
New York Lawyers
Law on a roller coaster and tiny triumphs in law
A Duluth man in Virginia Minnesota paid eight dollars for a pill by mail but sent a 300 dollar check, receiving a 297 dollar refund. In Arkansas City Kansas patrolman Dan Fagan issued a personal parking citation after leaving his car. In Guelph Ontario two meter maids were fired for being too young and pretty, prompting jokes about Long Beach.
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Law and Order
Virginia
Minn
Duluth
Arkansas City
Kan
Dan Fagan
Guelph
Ontario
Marseille court upholds harsh restaurant criticism
A French appeals court ruled critics may attack restaurants as openly as theater critics, tossing out a restaurant’s libel suit. Le Provencal notes Marseille’s cuisine limits and mocks local establishments while defending free speech in dining reviews.
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Marseille
Questionable Influence of Private Research on Pentagon Papers
Editors ask how much private firms shape national policy through outsourced research. They cite Rand Corp and Ellsberg ties, noting security lapses and staff activism. They wonder if government gets objective findings or biased input from contracted researchers and call for scrutiny before settling the Pentagon papers issue.
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Rand Corp
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
Ellsberg
Letters to the Editor Propose Congress as Electors for Presidency
A Long Beach reader urges a referendum based election of Congress members to serve as presidential electors. The letter argues Congress elected by referendum would reduce executive legislative conflict, favor a one term seven year presidency, and grant ex-presidents a nonvoting Senate role after service.
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Congress
Senate
Depicted Tax Frustration Over Welfare and Oil Cleanup
A letter from R. W. Botwright of GOD Get Oil Out, Inc. challenges welfare aid to out of state and foreign recipients citing the Aug. 4 Independent piece. He condemns Standard Oil and Union Oil PR efforts after spills, calling corporate cleanup praise hypocritical.
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the Independent
Standard Oil
San Francisco
Reagan
Standard
Santa Barbara
Union Oil
R. W. Botwright
GOD Get Oil Out, Inc
Iceland Struggles Over NATO Ties and Base Future
In Reykjavik Icelanders debate maintaining NATO protections while seeking more neutrality. The left leaning coalition aims to renegotiate the U S base by 1975 and possibly remove troops, yet analysts warn the world situation requires alliance backing. Iceland’s strategic position and Soviet submarine threat complicate calls for total neutrality.
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NATO
United States Defense Force
Iceland
Johannesson
Sweden
United States
Murmansk
Atlantic Sealanes
Ieeland
Teeland
Peking Sees Japan Military Rise Through Film and Policy
Officials in Peking view Japan's renewed militarism as evident in a domestic film about a naval cadet and in the growth of Japan's defense budget. They contrast this with U S views in Tokyo, noting Japan’s economic expansion, planned budget doubling by 1976, and reliance on the Nixon doctrine while fearing increased foreign influence in Asia and China’s loss of leverage.
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Peking
Japan
United States
Washington
China
Taiwan
Korea
East Asia
U. S
Meyer
Asia
New Peking
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