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...right to counsel by ruling that it begins when police start grilling a prime suspect. Suspects are now entitled to the physical presence of a lawyer as soon as "the process shifts from investigatory to accusatory-when its focus is on the accused and its purpose is to elicit a confession." And predictably, state courts have already found themselves grappling with Escobedo's scope and retroactivity. Items: > In Providence, Escobedo has just reached down as far as traffic offenses in the case of Jose Gonsalves, 33, a Portuguese alien, whose car was involved in a collision at a Providence...
...situation soon changed. At a National Conference of Youth Service Abroad, called to elicit student opinion on the idea of a Peace Corps, Phillips' name and Council office appeared on the letter head of the Committe for an Effective Peace Corps, a Phillips-conceived organization which demanded that all potential peace corps personnel have no Communist leanings. He advocated that each applicant undergo an FBI security check, sign a loyalty oath swearing to support the Constitution, and receive an indoctrination in US government policy...
Constable noted, however, that this change would probably elicit "howis from RGA," since the purpose of making Wednesday an interhouse night was to increase the number of Harvard undergraduates eating at Radcliffe. He added that if Tuesday and Thursday nights become overcrowded, they may also have to be "Harvard-only" nights...
Heavenly, Beautiful. In such a hotbed of violinists, a touring virtuoso must display truly extraordinary gifts to elicit any kind of favorable response from the discerning Israeli critics and audiences. Last week just such an extraordinary talent came to Israel-Itzhak Perlman, 19, on his first visit to his native land since he left to study in the U.S. six years ago. Crisscrossing the country for eight concerts, Perlman drew rapturous reviews: "heavenly, beautiful," "already a master," "in the front row of the very few great violinists of our day." Said Michal Smoira, critic for Tel Aviv's Haaretz...
...South should focus on specific grievances that the Northern moderate can comprehend easily. If violence occurs, blame must lie clearly with the white Southerner. In the North, violence could prove fatal to the President's chances; the white is incapable of understanding why irrational treatment of the Negro should elicit an irrational response. In general, direct action in the North should be discouraged this summer...