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...Fresno, Calif., a judge sentenced two editors and two reporters to serve indefinite terms in jail because they refused to reveal how their newspaper, the Fresno Bee, obtained and later printed sealed grand jury testimony. The testimony centered on a bribery and conspiracy indictment of a Fresno city councilman who was involved in city sewage- and garbage-collection contracts. The case became somewhat complicated when Superior Court Judge Denver C. Peckinpah (brother of "blood and guts" movie director Sam Peckinpah) discovered that one of the Bee newsmen had a passkey that gave him unlimited access to all offices...
Nixon had not the political power of a city councilman. He sat in the Oval Office, but he might as well have been in City Hall in Dayton...
Sheriff Eisenstadt joins a group of other possibles, including City Councilman Christopher Iannella, School Committeeman John Kerrigan and WHDH talkmaster Avi Nelson, who probably will not be important candidates in the September race. Eisenstadt and Kerrigan have limited political bases and are not in strong financial positions. Iannella suffers from money problems originating in an unsuccessful bid for state office. Although Nelson reportedly has the support of some influential Republicans in Boston, he too lacks a wide political base, appealing primarily to extreme antibusing forces...
Jackson's manner sometimes troubles blacks as well as whites. Says City Councilman James Bond, brother of State Senator Julian Bond: "It's not that he's made bad decisions; it's just that he's made them without consulting anybody." Many of Jackson's setbacks can be attributed to inexperience, and there are signs that he is learning on the job. He mediated adroitly between blacks and whites to win acceptance of an integrated housing project near downtown Atlanta. "He knew how to make himself a scapegoat for everybody," says Carl Basnett...
...first session featured gun control advocates such as Boston Police Commissioner Robert J. diGrazia, Middlesex County Sheriff John J. Buckley, Boston City Councilman Lawrence diCara '71, representatives from private organizations, and several clergymen...