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...Governors of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico were madder than wet hens, and all over a dry lake. The object of their ire was Interior Secretary Stuart Udall, whom they accused of stealing their hydroelectric water supply and using it to feed power plants in California and Udall's native Arizona...
Unable to raise it, Prathia Hall spent two weeks in jail awaiting a trial in which she could expect the absolute maximum: six months in jail, twelve months in the county work camp, and a $1,000 fine. Hipped on Race. To her amazement, and Pye's ire, Defendant Hall escaped. Armed with a writ of habeas corpus, U.S. marshals whisked her out of her cell and freed her on $1,000 bond. "The United States Government has taken said defendant away," roared Judge Pye. "The court is physically unable to proceed with the trial." The court also...
...amount of self-conscious effort that her citizens have invested in making a good image for their town. Consequently the grotesque events of this November in Dallas have a special meaning for Dallas's denizens. More than a sense of national tragedy, they have a sense of civic ire; for Dallas' carefully constructed image has been soiled...
...moved for reconsideration of the local travel restriction, stating that since "bail is limited to providing assurance that the accused will appear for trial . . . [the travel restriction] deprives them of liberty without due process of law." The prosecution argues (accurately enough) that the defendants hope to arouse public ire against the Cuban travel ban. "The court need not commit judicial suicide by allowing issues before it to be pretried publicly for the avowed purpose of stimulating appeal for the defendants cause." The court is scheduled to rule on the motion in the next week...
...what neither Republicans nor Democrats had reckoned on was the energetic ire of an ultraconservative, Birch-barking farmer from tiny Gilby (pop. 300), Republican John W. Scott. For Scott's money Andrews was entirely too liberal, and two weeks before the election Scott suddenly jumped into the race as an independent "to test conservative strength...