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...Died. Sanford Bates, 88, reform-minded penologist who presided over the massive expansion of the federal prison system during the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations; in Trenton, N.J. A lawyer, Bates was named head of Massachusetts' correctional institutions in 1919, and introduced such innovations as a merit pay system and partial self-government for inmates. When Congress set up the U.S. Bureau of Prisons in 1930, Bates was appointed its first director. He later created model, much-imitated parole systems for New York and New Jersey...
...manner in which the press handled the legal aspects of disclosure it is apparent that the Papers became more important to journalists as an issue over which prior restraint and First Amendment guarantees of the press could be tested than as documents which might end the war. Certainly Sanford J. Unger '67 focused on that issue in an article which he wrote for Esquire magazine and then lengthened into The Papers and The Papers...
When McGovern's speech was over, Humphrey and Muskie, Chisholm, Sanford and Jackson all clasped hands in a tableau of party unity; only Jackson looked, at first, dyspeptically suspicious. As McGovern knew, that array of unity could not conceal the deep fissures that divide the party. Actually, there are two Democratic parties now. One was in the convention hall, relishing its ascension to power. The other, beaten and bitter, was on the sidelines. It was not just Richard Daley, but included scores of Democratic Governors, Senators, Congressmen, state party chairmen, local officeholders?all the regulars unhorsed by the McGovern reforms...
...small, unmistakable sign: his blue eyes were brighter than usual. Before the vote-changing started, the total for McGovern was 1,728.35. When it was over, the tally for McGovern was 1,864.95; Jackson, a surprising second, had 485.65; Wallace had 377.50; Chisholm, North Carolina's Terry Sanford, Humphrey, Muskie, Wilbur Mills and Eugene McCarthy trailed behind...
...Communist." Since she became a politician, she says, "I'm watching every news program on TV, reading the papers every day." One problem after her election, Sally notes, is that "you get a lot of junk mail. You know, like, Peabody for Vice President, and from the Sanford people, and, uh, is there a Mills running? Yes, from somebody named Mills...