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...Local cops have harassed more than they have helped, and the courts have offered little comfort. When nine whites were arrested and pleaded guilty or nolo contendere (no contest) in the bombing of Negro homes-a charge that carries a maximum penalty of death-County Judge W. H. Watkins freed them all with suspended sentences. As Watkins explained, they had been "unduly provoked" by civil rights workers, some of whom "are people of low morality and unhygienic." Besides, said Watkins to the defendants, "you are mostly young men" [five were 35 or older] who "deserve a second chance...
...into Mississippi is a question many are asking. After asking many of my friends and neighbors I have heard them say, "It's a miracle" or "at last our prayers are being answered." To us this one of the most wonderful things that has happened since we were actually freed from slavery. We know these people didn't have to give up their precious time and come here to help us and we know that they are here because of love. Love not only for us, but also because they love the United States. They know that before the United...
HELLO LOUIS! (Epic). Cornetist Bobby Hackett, freed from the treacly bondage of those Jackie Gleason albums of a few years back, pays tribute to Satchmo the composer. Louis Armstrong's compositions have always been overshadowed by his virtuoso performances of other people's work, though he has written several hundred pieces, among the better known being Gate Mouth Blues, Brother Bill and Hear Me Talkin' to Ya. Hackett proves to have a real feeling for the Armstrong style, and his cornet solos, backed by authentic-sounding tuba, saxophone, banjo, trombone, piano and drums, are incisive and bouncy...
Jenkins and Choka were booked. Since the police had a full set of prints from Jenkins' arrest in 1959, only a thumbprint was taken. At the central cell block in the basement, Jenkins paid a $50 bond and was freed. Forfeiture of the bond is, in effect, a waiver of the right to trial but not a confession of guilt...
...found definite rules -"absolutes," he called them-that forbade any such attitude. He particularly balked at Frankfurter's thesis that the Court must balance personal freedoms against Government needs and uphold any "reasonable" Government action. To Black, the "balancing test" was a turning away from the Constitution: it freed judges to pursue their own notions of reasonableness and veered "close to the English doctrine of legislative omnipotence." Where were the limits...