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...A.F.L. has no ballparks to compare with Cleveland's Municipal Stadium (77,096). Another 10 million fans watch American League football on television every weekend -precisely the same number who tune in to National League games. With each A.F.L. club receiving $900,000 a year in TV revenue (v. $1,000,000 for the N.F.L.), the young league is holding its own in the expensive battle for promising college stars. Last week the New York Jets signed up (for $200,000) Oklahoma's All-America Linebacker Carl McAdams, who was also the No. 1 draft choice...
...made Gideon retroactive; it later ex tended the ruling to all defendants who plead guilty rather than stand trial (up to 90% in some states). In addition, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled last January that Gideon applies to misdemeanors as well as felonies (Harvey v. Mississippi...
Pride & Problems. Widely praised as it is, though, Gideon has inevitably raised problems. It pointed the way for Escobedo v. Illinois (1964), which recognize an accused's right to see his lawyer during police interrogation and started the current U.S. confession controversy, and it has not been easy to apply in such judicial crises as last summer's Watts riot, which swamped Los Angeles courts with more than 4,000 indigent Negro defendants. The N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund charges that the arrested Negroes got almost no legal aid. But the California Supreme Court has refused to hear...
...year increase since the Korean War buildup. Even so, the November work week was the longest (41.4 hours) in more than two decades, and average overtime (3.8 hours) came close to a record. Naturally, pay has risen with demand: workers in manufacturing earned $2.64 an hour in November v. $2.55 a year ago. Reports the National Industrial Conference Board...
...worsening despite rising productivity and the board's leading role in applying automation techniques to mines. Like coal industries elsewhere, the board suffers from the increased efficiency of rival energy products: oil, natural gas and nuclear power; coal now supplies only 65% of Britain's fuel needs v. 90% in 1950. The N.C.B.'s operating costs have risen steadily, yet the government has forced the board to hold the price line. Its wages are pegged to an obsolete piece-rate system, its mines are worked out, and unemployment insurance has suspiciously increased absenteeism...