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...Preston Battle, criminal court judge in Tennessee's Shelby County, is determined to keep the trial of James Earl Ray from turning into a courtroom circus. To make sure, Battle has issued a code of procedure that, among other things, prohibits any prejudicial, out-of-court discussion of the case by the principals. Last week, with the trial of Martin Luther King's alleged assassin still more than a month away, Battle made it clear that he meant what he said. He not only found Ray's lawyer and private detective guilty of contempt, but he issued...
...court faces as much uncertainty as it has ever known in its 178-year history. Justice Abe Fortas will sit to the right of his colleagues, and not in the chair that he had hoped to occupy; the seat in the center is still filled by Chief Justice Earl Warren, who is anxious to end his Supreme Court career. Three other Justices besides Warren are old enough to be thinking about retirement: Hugo Black, 82, John Marshall Harlan, 69, and William O. Douglas, 69. Lawyers who are preparing their cases for the court as it is now constituted may find...
...Washburn, winner of the third game, has been named to pitch for the Cards Wednesday afternoon. Tiger Manager Mayo Smith has not decided between Joe Sparma and Earl Wilson, who pulled a hamstring muscle while losing Saturday's third game...
...history of desegregating schools is short and it is unpleasant. For each progressive step, there seem to be two steps back. In 1954, after 60 years of Supreme Court decisions allowing the dual school systems in the South, Earl Warren's court finally made the break. Warren's decision had two memorable bits of language: the first, now reverently recited by civil rights lawyers, is that "separate schools are inherently in equal." That was good. But the other phrase almost negated the decision's value...
...advice from ex-burglar Robert Earl Barnes [Sept. 6] in his illustrated booklet "How Safe Is Your Home from Burglars?" must be in preparation for a new rash of burglaries. If we followed his advice about changing the hinges so that doors opened out rather than in, it would be an open invitation for the burglar to simply remove the door rather than have to kick...