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...another reversal for the press last week, a federal appeals panel in St. Louis overturned a judge's decision and reinstated a $10 million libel suit by South Dakota Governor William Janklow against Newsweek magazine. In a February 1983 article, Newsweek--which is owned by the Washington Post Co.--recounted Indian Activist Dennis Banks' charge that Janklow had raped a 15-year-old girl, and reported that federal authorities had found insufficient evidence to prosecute. Janklow argued that the article then falsely implied he had prosecuted Banks on riot and assault charges in reprisal for the rape accusation. A federal...
...increased number of libel cases, many involving enormous some of money, being brought against the media by high officials in government. Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) has sued the McClatchy Newspaper California for an article linking him to a scandal involving a Nevada casino, white South Dakota Gov. William Janklow has sued Viking Press and one of its authors over recent references to him in a book...
...where you have good tax laws and where industry is moving in.' " Kind of stilted talk for bar chatter, perhaps, but apt. Sioux Falls (pop. 81,000) and the rest of South Dakota are in the midst of a self-made, state-wide economic renaissance. Says Governor William Janklow, 43, a rawhide Republican: "I showed 'em we can do business out here...
...what it does not have: pollution, congestion, crime (third-lowest rate in the U.S.), personal or corporate income taxes or, especially, restrictive banking laws. In 1980 the state became one of the first to abolish the usury limit on interest rates that banks may charge. In addition, Janklow, who then had been Governor barely a year, rammed a second bill through the legislature that included a specific invitation to an eager Citibank to relocate its credit-card computers. Financial institutions in Michigan and neighboring Nebraska have asked if they can transfer their credit-card operations too. Last spring Janklow persuaded...
...exMarine, Janklow, 5 ft. 10 in. and 225 Ibs., calls himself "the world's best fat-man water skier." He has padded around the Governor's mansion in bunny pajamas. He drives a Corvette and a pick-up truck and, while Governor, has been ticketed for speeding on his Yamaha 1100 motorcycle. He presides over an annual birthday "sock hop" in a greaser's T shirt. But most of Janklow's constituents look beyond the quirks. Admits Frankenfeld: "He's given South Dakotans a sense of pride in their state they haven't felt...