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...become a party guru with his gospel of gee-whiz goodness, has no record to run on. His year and a half in Albany has been a litany of failure, and his obsession with the 21-year-old minimum drinking age as the family issue is too silly to warrant any serious discussion...
...person force to speed the entry of foreign visitors and check for weapons. To expedite the investigation of suspected terrorists, U.S. Attorney Robert Bonner has assembled a round-the-clock team of eight federal magistrates especially for the Olympics. These officials will be able to issue instant search warrants and authorize wiretaps. They will have tape recorders at home so that assistant U.S. attorneys who are busy at distant locations or stuck in traffic can call in and get the rarely used telephonic search warrant a temporary authorization that will hold up in court until the proper paperwork...
...demands can apparently be accommodated if the resulting compromises are couched in rhetoric that gives the civil rights leader a face-saving reason to accept them. His complaint that the party's presidential primary rules are unfair, sometimes awarding a candidate far fewer delegates than his electoral strength would warrant, is valid. Ironically, it was Mondale last week who complained that the rules were stacked against him in California, where his share of the delegates was far less than the percentage of votes his delegates received. A new party commission to reform the rules once again is necessary, although changes...
...year's events relating to the clubs. Fox remarks. "One thing that has become clear, become quite apparent, is that the College has little authority over the clubs as institutions." The College's only influence then, depends on turning "attention to the conduct of individuals where circumstances warrant it," he added. And with respect to opening the clubs to women. Fox echoed a fatalism shared by many students, remarking, "there are probably limits to how much can be accomplished...
...Drunk's Castle. Edward Welsh was already in bed when the police came pounding on his door in Madison, Wis. They had been alerted by a motorist who saw him driving erratically. The officers, who had no warrant, were admitted to Welsh's home by his stepdaughter. They went to his bedroom and arrested him for drunk driving. In Wisconsin, a first drunk-driving conviction is a civil offense that carries no jail sentence. Welsh appealed the legality of his arrest all the way to the Supreme Court. He was vindicated when the Justices ruled...