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...reasons given in support of Patty Hearst's pardon [Oct. 2] make sense, not only for her, but for thousands of others in jail who did not choose the backgrounds, events and circumstances that were a prelude to the crimes of which they were convicted and for which our legal system decided to hold them responsible. By all means, free Patty. But then free the others...
...Patty Hearst is in jail because she is the daughter of a wealthy...
Brown has appointed 27 Mexican' American judges and named MALDEF 's Martinez to the board of regents of the University of California (she replaced Mrs. William Randolph Hearst). A chicano, Mario Obledo, 46, is Brown's secretary of health and welfare, the highest ranking Mexican-American official in the state government. But while Hispanics make up 15.8% of California's population, they hold only 2% of the state's 20,000 elective posts, including only six seats of 120 in the California legislature. With less than 8% of the state's population, blacks boast...
...Schoenstein, his father was the New York version of Superman: "Not a mild-mannered reporter who put on a cape in a telephone booth, but a commanding editor who could use a telephone booth to get tickets to any sold-out Broadway show." Father Paul was city editor of Hearst's New York Journal-American, the U.S.'s biggest evening paper through the '40s and '50s. He had muscular clout as well; his arms were those of "a well-manicured ape." It was intoxicating to hear friends inquire: "Ralphie, whaddaya think would happen if your father...
...award was the result of a Hearst stunt. A young New York girl was dying of a fierce disease and had "seven hours to live" (this uncanny precision - seven hours, not six or eight - was quintessential Hearst journalism). Penicillin would save her, but the Army held the existing supply of the wonder drug. Paul phoned the Surgeon General, talked him into releasing the antibiotic, and had it rushed to the hospital in a Journal-American radio car. He beat death by three hours, and the Times by a good deal more...