Opinion and Comment Judicial review urged for federal judges
The Utat piece urges regular outside review of federal judges. It highlights Willis W. Ritter of Salt Lake City noted for bizarre behavior including locking up postal workers over elevator noise and issuing a stay of execution seven hours before Gilmore’s firing. It cites a 58 percent civil reversal rate since 1949 and calls for impeachment or removal reforms to restore public confidence.
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Willis W. Ritter
U.S. District Court
Salt Lake City
Washington Post
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Denver
Ritter
Barry S. Truman
Justice Department
Johnson Left Wing Critique of Labor Party and Corporatism
Briton critic Paul Johnson, former editor of New Statesmen, quits collectivism and rails at Labor Party for surrender to unions and corporatism. He warns that alliance of government, big business, and big labor erodes individual rights, boosts state powers, and fuels violence, cronyism, and Marxist influence. The piece ties Johnsons views to American liberalism and urges vigilance against group dominance over individuals.
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Labor Party
Socialism
Paul Johnson
New Statesmen
Sunday Telegraph
London
Johnson
Labor
England
Washington news notes on crime, Taiwan, and Bakke ruling
Washington notes discuss death penalty versus no parole life, Carter’s stance, Arafat's position amid Soviet ties, Taiwan relations with Beijing, Midge Costanza’s White House role, Bakke Supreme Court chances, Sadat’s grip on Egypt, and a pension funds plan linking Social Security with federal retirement. Multiple named entities include Carter, Arafat, Peking, Bakke, Burger, Powell, White, Marshall, Brennan, Stevens, Sadat, Moscow, and Taiwan.
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Supreme Court
Bakke
Warren Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry Blackmun
William Rehnquist
Lewis Powell Jr
Stewart
Nixon
Eisenhower
Congress
Uncle Sam
Prison Work Programs Aimed To Battle Idle Time
A newspaper letters column endorses Sen McCormack's plan for a constitutional amendment allowing prisoners to work. It cites existing jobs for some inmates and argues active labor would reduce monotony, with supervised duties inside prisons, potential pay, and a healthier routine to deter Idleness and self-doubt.
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John T. McCormack
Euclid
Alcohol fuel plan gains ground in Congress and news
A bipartisan push grows in Congress for mandatory 10 percent alcohol fuel usage by 1985, with studies suggesting 10 percent blends require no engine changes. Proposals include tax credits, subsidies for plants, and farm-state backing to reduce oil imports and boost domestic alcohol production from coal and grain.
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Washington
Congress
Jacob Javits
Charles Percy
A-lil
David Emery
R-Me
United States
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Robert Date
Agriculture Department
Hal Bernton
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Energy Department
Dr Scheller
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Federal Energy Administration
Middle East settlement urged as four-decade conflict lingers
The piece argues a world backed settlement is needed after 30 years of Arab Israeli warfare. It criticizes the Soviet American communique and urges Geneva talks to reopen by year end with measurable progress. Begin resists land-for-promises but the U.S. and USSR may press for concessions. The piece notes Arab oil and finances heightening leverage.
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Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Moscow
Arafat
Geneva
Justice Department
Thaddeus Garrett
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Akron
Ohio Board of Education
Garrett
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Senate
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Capitol Hill
Abner Mikva
D-Il
Earth
Washington
Henry Jackson
Robert Dole
Mideast
George Meany
Jerusalem
Middle East
Sinai
U.S
Soviet Union
Menahem
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Begin
Israel
West Bank
Jordan
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Utat
Ture
Raxes
Charley Reese
Lile
America
Giant Corporation
Washington News
By Andrew Tully
Taiwan
China
Peking
Midge Costanza
White House
Jody Powell
Midge
Anwar Sadat
Sada
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
William Scheller
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Scheller
The
Chronicle-Telegram
AC Hudnutt
Elyria
Sun
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Arnold Miller
Faster
Charles J Hostetter
Jack Weaver
Mer Miller
Aria McCully
Loran County Printing
Eat
Ohio
Otto, le
Arthur 2 Modnutt
By Smith Hempstone
Dunagin
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