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...District Court judge yesterday warned the Baltimore federal grand jury investigating Vice President Agnew to disregard news stories involving the inquiry because they are unreliable...
...both possession of limited quantities and "casual distribution of small amounts not for profit." The lawyers' vote showed concern that police and courts have been busy with pot cases at the expense of more serious crime. The A.B.A. was also distressed over the dangerous legal precedent of open disregard for marijuana laws. Concluded Frank Fioramonti, legislative counsel to NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws): "When the A.B.A. delegates get around to advocating a progressive step, you know it's an idea whose time has come...
...anything, because we are returning to the old society. There must be self-criticism and candor among officials. The same old politicians are coming back and asking for favors and you hear the same old inclinations toward corruption. You note the weaknesses of officialdom, the discourtesies, the disregard and lack of respect for the people. The moment officials start showing their weaknesses the people are going to follow. Undoubtedly then the whole thing will disintegrate and end up with violence. Then the fear of the military taking over will be valid...
...misdeeds of Richard M. Nixon make his the sorriest record of any President in American history. His is not a Presidency of incompetent, unwitting error--Nixon is too smart for that. His is a Presidency of total disregard for law and order and human rights--and Watergate is only a tiny part of the dismal story...
...strangest ellipsis is his disregard of the Viet Nam War, which is mentioned only in reference to the Xeroxing of the Pentagon papers. The war, after all, was a product of America's military-industrial momentum and the missionary spirit - at least its anti-Communist version - as well as the Go-Getter mystique that the author so ad mires. Boorstin may dislike "important events," but that is one that no historian can ignore. · Mayo Mahs