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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Delaware's Republican Senator John J. Williams first saw the profusion of ads in the Democratic Party's glossy, 178-page paean to the 89th Congress entitled Toward an Age of Greatness, his own reaction was that the Republic was headed toward an age of "political blackmail." Rising on the Senate floor to protest the Democrats' $1,000,000 bonanza, Williams - nicknamed "Whispering Willie" because of his barely audible speaking voice - protested...
...Space was sold to major corporations, in particular to defense contractors, at $15,000 per page. This is not normal advertising but represents a shakedown of those industries which are doing or which hope to do business with the Government...
...cigarette or a drink, just turn it down: "People will respect you for it." Alas, the advice came too late for Britain's Lesley Langley, 37-24-37, the girl who beat Dianna for the Miss World title last fall. She had already posed for a six-page spread in Cavalier, sunbathing and sipping champagne without so much as her winner's banner on. No shots of her smoking, though, thank goodness...
...lucid, 45-page decision replete with psychiatric, legal and historical scholarship, Kaufman suggested that M'Naghten has really been out of date since its formulation in 1843, when Daniel M'Naghten tried to assassinate British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel and killed his secretary instead. M'Naghten was so clearly out of his mind, said Kaufman, that his judges found him not guilty on the enlightened theory that his delusion of persecution by Peel had caused the act. The law's attitude toward insanity seemed to have taken an impressive leap forward...
...ever there was a trial by newspaper," wrote Weinman in his decision, "this is a perfect example. And the most insidious violator was the Cleveland Press. For some reason, the paper took upon itself the role of accuser, judge and jury. The journalistic value of its front-page editorials, the screaming slanted headlines and the nonobjective reporting was nil, but they were calculated to inflame and prejudice the public. The Cleveland Press showed no respect for its responsibilities...