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...drafted by an eleven-man panel headed by Robert A. Ainsworth Jr. of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the new code provides only one narrow loophole. Because several judges protested that the ban on nonjudicial activities was too sweeping, an exception was made for services in the public interest, such as teaching at law schools-provided that approval is obtained from the appropriate judicial council, that the services do not interfere with judicial duties, and that the pay is publicly announced...
Died. Edward Ainsworth, 66, author and regional journalist for the Los Angeles Times, whose gentle, low-key columns provided an antidote to the image of Southern California as a giant nut-burger stand; of a heart attack; in San Diego. As "the Boswell of the Boondocks," Ainsworth ambled through small-town California in search of such interesting minutiae as "the gargantuan battle over the bougainvillea, the rose and the iris," all candidates for small (pop. 25,000) La Puente's official flower. The hibiscus, a dark horse...
Perhaps the bitterest note of the current campaign was sounded by an advertisement placed in last Thursday's Cambridge Chronicle by one Marjorie Ainsworth. The ad featured a picture of the City Manager, the names of the Council majority, and a call for their repudiation. "What a Mess," the ad concluded. Mrs. Ainsworth said Friday, "I prefer not to discuss that, but I have my reasons...
Outside the Limits. Writing "On the Move" is not exactly a pensioner's job. Ainsworth often packs his wife into his well-worn white Chevrolet for weekend camping expeditions, spends so much time on the road that when a Times editor is asked where he can be reached, the usual answer is a shrugged "Who knows...
...incorrigible booster who plugs for the preservation of "our outdoor heritage intact and unspoiled," Ainsworth has only one continuing gripe. His official beat excludes Los Angeles, and the city is growing so fast (current pop. 2,600,000) that his own territory keeps shrinking. "I'm losing ground all the time," he says, "and one of these days I may be crowded up against the Colorado River...