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Johnny Harris [April 17], a black convicted of murdering a white guard, was sentenced to death. The Houston policemen, whites, convicted of the negligent homicide of a Mexican American, Joe Campos Torres, got suspended sentences in a state court. Who is kidding whom about human rights...
...ethics bill, Democrats David Obey of Wisconsin and Richardson Preyer of North Carolina, have been cold-shouldered by many colleagues because of the legislation. Some call Preyer "Chairman Mao," as if he were a dictator regulating their lives. According to Obey, the only time recently that he has got a smile from New York Democrat Mario Biaggi was when an untrue rumor circulated that Obey was retiring...
More than 100 amendments await the bill on the House floor. But what really got O'Neill worried was the fact that the House's code requires Congressmen to file financial disclosure statements with the House clerk by April 30. O'Neill was the first to issue a financial report, listing a net worth of $181,000 and describing himself as "a man of modest means." But other Representatives object to disclosing their personal finances, even though the need for a strong code was underscored last week by the sentencing of former Democratic Representative Richard Hanna...
Navy Secretary Claytor was horrified. He retorted to both Brown and Murray that this amounted to a "fundamental change in national strategy," and he resisted "the conclusion that a smaller and less capable Navy is somehow logical." Claytor got strong support from General George Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (whose term ends July 1), who denounced the tendency to make policy and strategy "secondary to programming and fiscal considerations...
...Only one out of 60 new sailors, according to a training officer at Great Lakes, gives "serving my country" as his reason for joining the Navy. More typical, adds Captain William Ratiff, another officer at Great Lakes, is the "17-year-old recruit who has dropped out of school, got his girlfriend pregnant, got over his head in debt with a new car and can't find...