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...latest development in the nationwide debate on the use of the insanity plea, the Joint Criminal Justice Committee yesterday heard testimony on eight bills that would radically change the way courts deal with defendants who say they were mentally ill when they committed a crime...
...bills, introduced by Rep. William G. Robinson (R-Melrose and two other republican lawmakers, abolish the plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and allows the defendant to plead guilty, not guilty, or guilty but insane...
...could have been carried off only by Harvard. Imagine a college clogging the airwaves for an hour to ask for $82.5 million. "Harvard College needs your support, your interest, and your continuing concern. And it needs liberal investments of your money," said then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28. The plea was camouflaged among affirmations of the need to support colleges in general: "Not just the quality of American education but the strength of the American people is going to be second-rate," warned Alexander M. White, chairman of the fundraising drive, which was dubbed "A Program for Harvard College...
...good at calling on its alumni in times of need. What is surprising is that radio networks were moved to assist it so enthusiastically. Harvard paid for the original March 28 broadcast on CBS, but the NBC rebroadcast on April 29 was "an unpaid-public service program." The fundraising plea, so flimsily masked as an argument for American colleges in general, fooled a national radio network. Why? The $82.5 million drive was something of a news event. It was unprecedented for a college or for any public institution, explains Communications Director of Harvard's current $350 million fundraising campaign Joseph...
...caller was Cecil Andrews, 37, an unemployed roofer and day laborer who had a history of instability. On the night he telephoned his threat or plea to WHMA, he was staggering drunk. Andrews was apparently near the Jacksonville square (actually, a green rectangle bordered by shops and the city's police and fire stations) when he phoned the TV newsroom three times within half an hour. He was there when Simmons and Harris arrived and set up their lights and camera, more than an hour after Andrews' original call. The police insist that they and volunteer firemen combed the area...