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...solemn morning in Ravenna, Ohio, last week, a small group of onlookers and newsmen gathered behind the Portage County courthouse to watch Mrs. Lucy DeLeone, clerk of the courts, put the match to one of the most controversial documents in recent U.S. history. She burned an 18-page document released by a special Ohio grand jury last year that absolved the National Guard of any responsibility in the slaying of four Kent State students. The grand jury indicted 24 youths and one professor on state riot charges...
...knew just where to go. The Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center is only minutes from his home and has one of the best-equipped emergency rooms in the area. The experience was not totally satisfactory, however. Though the injury obviously made writing difficult, a clerk insisted that he fill out a form. Then he had to wait 90 minutes before the finger was stitched...
...vote began routinely, a few minutes before 7 p.m., and the public galleries were nearly empty. Few Senators were on the floor. Only a handful of reporters looked on. James Allen of Alabama voted no, as expected. The tally clerk droned on down the list. At one point, early on, there were six for passage, two against. A few names later the score was six to six-and then it began to slide. The name of Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, an aristocratic internationalist, was called. Crisply, he announced: "No." Now the count stood at twelve for, 18 against...
...Circuit Court clerk said yesterday that a decision can be expected in a week at the earliest. The grand jury investigation has been suspended since October 29 pending a ruling on the appeal motions...
...those who disagree with his conservative views concede his keen intelligence and professional skill. Born in Milwaukee in 1924, Rehnquist went to college and law school at Stanford, made Phi Beta Kappa, graduated first in his law class, and then won the honor of serving a year as legal clerk to the late Justice Robert H. Jackson...