Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...closing argument, Garrison tried to wrap up with sheer demagoguery what he had been unable to deliver in fact: that the Warren Commission report was a "fraud" and that the whole apparatus of the Federal Government was being used to hide the truth. He mentioned the defendant by name only once, all but confirming Defense Attorney F. Irving Dymond's charge that Shaw "was brought in here for no other purpose than to create a forum to present this attack on the Warren Commission." Garrison's last gasp did not impress the jury. The twelve men deliberated just...
...PUBLICATION of the CAB Examiner's Report is the culmination of years of controversy. Complaints from other airlines had been vociferous in the past but short-lived; 24 of them, including all 11 domestic trunk lines, eventually dropped one of the two systems, and 14 tried to convince the Examiner to retain...
...fact unreasonable. Youth Fare was paying its own way and making a profit besides: full-fare passengers were not subsidizing students, as many of them believed. The fact that Youth Fare was profitable had another implication: the airlines would try to block acceptance of the Examiner's report designed to eliminate the service...
...inclination is not to throw my little plastic card away yet. For one thing, the fact that the CAB decided to review the Examiner's Report instead of routinely accepting it suggests that the Board's traditional pro-Youth Fare policy may not die easily. For another, there are many forces at work to encourage CAB leniency...
Whether or not such efforts can succeed remains unknown. Magnuson aides on the Commerce Committee aren't overly optimistic: even if the CAB rejects the Examiner's Report, further suits by the bus companies may ultimately result in the decision being overturned in court. The court has specifically stated that "social policy" is not one of the CAB's responsibilities. Enforcement of the existing statute...