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...Supreme Court majority said yes, householders can be prosecuted for rebuffing a common kind of warrantless search: routine checks by fire, health, housing or other administrative inspectors. Last week the 1959 majority became the minority as six Justices said no, inspectors must get search warrants when Americans balk at letting their homes or businesses be checked. In one case, San Francisco Bookstore Owner Roland Camara had admittedly violated the city housing code by living in the rear of his store. In 1963, Camara was arrested for refusing to let a housing inspector see the premises without a warrant; last week...
Speaking for the court, Justice Byron R. White held that warrants are necessary not only because inspections may result in criminal charges but also because the Fourth Amendment is primarily aimed at securing privacy against "arbitrary invasions by government officials." On the other hand, White was mindful that rigid warrant rules might cripple inspections. He announced a compromise: inspectors need not specify "probable cause" that a particular violation has occurred before they make a search. Instead, warrants for "area inspections" may be issued simply because an area is due for inspection...
Discounting any such disaster, Justice White pointed out that warrantless searches will still be permitted in emergencies, such as the control of fire or disease, and that red tape may be slight because "most citizens allow inspections of their property without a warrant." As White sees it, the effect will be far more constitutional than chaotic...
...Among the total combat dead were 6,878 enlisted men, 868 officers and 80 warrant officers, which corresponds closely to overall numbers by rank in the armed services...
...main pilot-training center, Fort Rucker, I am one of those Army chopper jockeys feeling the "pilot pinch" [April 14] -in the paycheck. The Army can afford up to $245-a-month hazardous-duty pay for commissioned officers, but the maximum it can muster for its growing corps of warrant-officer pilots is $165 a month. My present hazardous-duty pay as a chief warrant is a whopping $115, compared with the $180 a captain with equal time in service would draw flying the same aircraft on the same mission with equal responsibilities...