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...Perry Mason is, of course, defeated by the memory of Raymond Burr--by his forceful presentation, by his impressive physical presence, the slightly aloof wit he could direct toward Burger and Tragg, the consistency of his presentation. Monte Markham tries to badger witnesses in the Mason style. He tries to intimidate Hamilton Burger. But when a witness cracks, or when Burger allows Mason a point, Mason seems to have won only by edict of the script. Monte Markham doesn't win his cases; they're granted him by CBS decree...
...lawyers will come before the bar on CBS. Monte Markham will try to erase the solid image of Raymond Burr in the title role of The New Perry Mason. Jimmy Stewart will display wits that are as quick as his drawl is slow as the country lawyer Hawkins, a sort of skinny Sam Ervin...
Lowell House has about 12 students--mainly returning from leaves--still without rooms; most of the dozen have been told that they might not find housing until registration, according to Ken H. Levison, Allston Burr Senior Tutor. Lowell waited until August to assign rooms, Levison said, and the delay helped the House head off a more serious crunch...
John J. Sirica's 23-page decision that the President must surrender his tapes relied heavily on legal and political precedents-on the theory of the Constitution, the trial of Aaron Burr and President Truman's unsuccessful attempt to take over the steel industry. In threading his way through this maze, Sirica carefully took up and rejected virtually all the arguments that the White House lawyers had presented. His verdict, though phrased with the density of legal language, is a historic document. Excerpts...
There was even less agreement on whether a presidential immunity from prosecution applies to a Vice President. Although three previous Vice Presidents (Aaron Burr, John C. Calhoun and Schuyler Colfax) were threatened with criminal charges, none was either brought to trial or impeached, so there are no clear precedents. Kurland believes that since only the President is indispensable, only he enjoys the privilege of immunity. According to the Constitution, the Vice President's sole duty is to preside over the Senate-and to be ready to succeed the President if necessary. But Bickel argues that immunity also applies...