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...quite precise in this respect. The Federal Reserve is independent, and the new chairman, who will he sworn in here tomorrow, is one of the most independent men I know...
Though the political context in which the alleged crimes took place gives them political overtones, there may be no basis for charging that the U.S. Attorney's office in St. Louis acted irregularly. After all, Congress makes the laws and the Justice Department is sworn to carry them out. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth R. Heinemen's claim that "these cases are no more political than a case of bank robbery" is not entirely correct...
...most finely calibrated gauge of the South's resistance to integration has been the oratory of the region's politicians-the classic promises of segregation forever, of a last stand at the schoolhouse door. Six newly sworn Deep South Governors have been taking a startlingly calmer line since the new year began. Most striking example: the inauguration of Georgia's Jimmy Carter, who stepped in front of his predecessor, Lester Maddox, and an audience of 5,000 to declare: "I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over." Throughout the South, there...
When Reubin Askew was sworn in as Governor of Florida, there was a promise of fair government for both races in his inaugural address. Then Askew turned to problems of tax reform, education, the environment...
...regulars. The gossip and the political affairs of the county moved across the table with the domino tiles, yellowed now, like the players' hands, by age and use. But the courthouse game ended last week and with it an era. A new black sheriff and judge were sworn in, completing the takeover of political power by an 80% black majority in one of the nation's poorest counties. TIME Correspondent Joseph Kane attended Inauguration Day. His report...