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Klopfer, 36, of nearby Duke University, who had joined several other professors in a Chapel Hill restaurant demonstration. Two of the professors were beaten; all were arrested for criminal trespass (possible rap: two years). When Klop fer got a hung jury, Judge Raymond Mallard declared a mistrial. Subsequent ly, the "trespass" Supreme cases in Court light of tossed the out 1964 similar Civil Rights Act, which desegregated public accommodations. But Klopfer remained in jeopardy: 18 months after the indic ment, Judge Mallard allowed Solicitor Cooper to make use of a "nolle prosequi with leave," meaning the power to re instate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Out of Legal Limbo | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...slump that mighty Volkswagen, fourth largest automaker in the world (after the U.S. Big Three), is learning to think small again. Off Volkswagen's assembly lines at Wolfsburg last week rolled the first of its new Model 1200 sedans, which VW executives call the Wirtschaftskrise Käfer-the "economic crisis beetle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Rethinking Small | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

...When in doubt," Director John Ford (Stagecoach) once dryly counseled an aspiring young moviemaker, "make a western." Since Hollywood has always been filled with doubt, the screen for half a century has been filled with skies that podnuhs reach fer, dust that another Indian bites, ranches that folks are meanwhile back at, and any number of 'ems that get cut off at the pass. In short, the West has produced almost as many clichés as cattle, and the quality of a western depends largely on how well the director handles the stock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Handling the Stock | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Playing chemin de fer, U.S. Businessman Cliff Robertson gets the inside straight from Maurice Evans, the chief steward of a casino royale in "The Game." Filling out the green baize table are Dina Merrill and Nehemiah Persoff. Repeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 1, 1966 | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

...embroiled in political maneuvering is less than the best ally. Moreover, fully 50% of the army's officers are Catholic, and already the Catholics are restive over Ky's concessions to the Buddhists. If, in their drive for elections, the Buddhists gain too much favor or show too much fer vor, the Catholics could well come out fighting into the streets on their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Politician from the Pagoda | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

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