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...then Deputy Attorney General Byron White enlisted Katzenbach as a Justice Department lawyer in Washington, and when White went to the Supreme Court, Katzenbach succeeded him. Attorney General Kennedy used Katzenbach most notably as a troubleshooter. He headed the federal forces who fought a pitched battle trying to get Negro James Meredith admitted into the University of Mississippi. It was also Katzenbach who confronted Alabama's Governor George Wallace at the door of a University of Alabama building and, in a memorable scene, demanded that Wallace step aside to permit two Negro students to register. Wallace stepped aside...
...fair-let the jury decide. Jackson nonetheless appealed to the Supreme Court, which last June handed down a landmark decision (Jackson v. Denno) voiding the New York procedure as unconstitutional. "The New York jury returns only a general verdict upon the ultimate question of guilt or innocence," said Justice Byron White, speaking for a narrow 5-to-4 majority. "It is impossible to discover whether the jury found the confession voluntary and relied upon it, or involuntary and supposedly ignored...
JOAN BAEZ 5 (Vanguard). Baez is still soaring high. She sings Villa-Lobos alongside Phil Ochs, a poem by Lord Byron, verses by Bob Dylan, old English ballads and the new Birmingham Sunday...
...case, the mere fact that white and Negro defendants received equal punishments was enough to convince the Supreme Court that Alabama had not violated the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment. But today's desegregation decisions have "swept away" Pace's idea of "equality," said Justice Byron White, speaking for the present court. They have made all racial classification by state laws "constitutionally suspect." To stand, the classification must now be totally reasonable. Race cannot be a relevant factor unless it is necessary to "the accomplishment of a permissible state policy." A state does have almost unlimited...
Chanel & Shower Curtains. Chicago society has been dressing up for years, but New and Old Guard alike have welcomed the new sanction with delight. Mrs. Edward Byron Smith, whose family is among Chicago's oldest, still shops in small, exclusive local stores, is so socially secure that she found it "quite amusing" to encounter another woman wearing the identical gown at a recent ball. Mrs. Michael Butler, 31, third wife to her second husband, a millionaire sportsman (Manhattan's Robin Butler was his second) keeps busy with two daughters (by No. 1) and a ten-month...