Word: clark
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...civilization in all history has made the improvements in criminal justice that this country has made in the last 15 years," Tom C. Clark, retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, said in the Law School Forum last night...
...Clark repeatedly implored the audience of 300 to help convince the public of the validity of the Court's controversial decisions. "The Court can't enforce morals or mores," he said. "It will take soul-searching and crusading by good people like you." He praised youth's idealism, zeal, and dedication, and said, "With this new generation, we've really improved upon ourselves...
...Clark, who retired from the Court in 1967 when his son became Attorney General, said the popular conception of the Court reaching out to correct wrongs it sees in the society is incorrect. "Often a case triggers a rash of others, making the public think the Court is obsessed with an issue," he said...
...Donald Siegel's ("Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Madigan") finest films, its pleasantly mechanical script completely transcended by the honesty and directness of Siegel's style and a moral concern for the fate of his characters. Clint East-wood is fabulous, and the Siegel stock company (Susan Clark, Don Stroud) again proves a group of Hollywood's most capable new actors. Marred only by an unfortunately pedestrian last 60 seconds. At the ORPHEUM, Washington...
Finian's Rainbow--A heavyhanded, poorly acted film version of the musical, with nothing but the splendid score and the magnificent Fred Astaire to recommend it. The director, Francis Fred Coppola, has a bad habit of chopping people's hands and feet off; stars Petula Clark and Tommy Steele ought to act their age. At the SAXON, Tremont and Stuart...