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Speaking for the court, Justice Byron R. White held that warrants are necessary not only because inspections may result in criminal charges but also because the Fourth Amendment is primarily aimed at securing privacy against "arbitrary invasions by government officials." On the other hand, White was mindful that rigid warrant rules might cripple inspections. He announced a compromise: inspectors need not specify "probable cause" that a particular violation has occurred before they make a search. Instead, warrants for "area inspections" may be issued simply because an area is due for inspection...
Last week the Supreme Court upheld the California decision. Speaking for a narrow, five-man majority, Justice Byron R. White declared that in its decision the California Supreme Court had not forbidden Californians either to repeal fair-housing laws or to enact laws making the state "neutral." All it did was to "reasonably" conclude that Section 26 affirmed discrimination as a state-guaranteed freedom. "We are dealing with a provision which does not just repeal an existing law forbidding racial discrimination," said White. "Section 26 was intended to authorize, and does authorize, racial discrimination in the housing market...
...Eugene Murphy Locke, 49, who since last June has been U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, will take over Bill Porter's role as meeter, greeter and all-purpose paper hanger in the Saigon embassy. A blond, burly classmate (Yale Law, '40) of such notables as Supreme Court Justices Byron White and Potter Stewart and Poverty Potentate Sargent Shriver, Locke was a Navy gunnery officer during World War II; his ship landed a Marine force in the Solomons led by Lieut. Colonel Victor ("Brute") Krulak-now Marine commander i.i the Pacific. During his nine-month stint in Rawalpindi, Locke skillfully...
...BYRON G. HIGHLAND Lancaster...
...They've been dating for four months now, but when a reporter innocently asked if he would be getting married, Caine blanched. "She's my girl friend," he sniffed. "Any talk of marriage is way out." Being one of Mississippi's better-known citizens, Byron De La Beckwith, 46, is thinking of taking a crack at state politics. After all, a lot of folks remember "Delay" right well from his two trials for the murder of Negro Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers in 1962. Both times his peers failed to reach a verdict. Now the gun collector...