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Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, speaking off the bench, describes Hershey as "a law unto himself [who] responds only to his own conversation." The National Student Association-which has urged an end to on-campus harassment of recruiters-last week filed suit in Washington demanding an injunction against enforcement of the Hershey edict. And even though Hershey at week's end softened his threat by absolving "lawful protesters" from priority call-up, to many ordinary Americans it seemed peculiar that the man who describes military duty as a "privilege" should extend it to those he seeks to punish...
Died. Albert Warner, 84, second oldest of the four moviemaking Warner brothers and financial boss of the company until 1956; of cerebral hemorrhage; in Miami Beach, Fla. "Pictures," said Abe to his brothers one day, "ought to be a pretty good business to be in." So in New Castle, Pa., in 1906, the sons of a Polish immigrant butcher bought themselves a nickelodeon theater and by 1917 were cranking out their own silent films, soon moved to New York and then to Hollywood, where the saga went on until 1956, when they sold their controlling interests in Warner Bros...
Because he misunderstands the fluid nature of U.S. party politics, Buckley probably helped Lindsay win. He siphoned off many conservative Democratic votes that otherwise would have gone to Abe Beame; he scared many liberal Democrats into voting for Lindsay. In the campaign, however, he momentarily fascinated many liberals with some thoughtful proposals (a heavy inbound toll on Manhattan bridges and tunnels to reduce traffic into the city), some antic ones (building an overhead bikeway down Second Avenue so that New Yorkers could improve their muscle tone), and almost total political candor. Even that well-known liberal Groucho Marx said that...
JUSTICE FOR ALL? (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Edwin Newman searches for answers among the urban, migrant and rural poor, who have often been denied access to the law. Cameras focus on low-income people in Cleveland, Salinas, Calif., and rural Oklahoma. Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas and local administrators discuss the problems and possible remedies...
...Lion offense centers around captain Abe Lesnick, who scored three goals in leading his team past Wagner. 6-0, and center-forward Demetrios Lappas. But outside of the Wagner debacle, that offense has been slightly less than potent. managing only a goal apiece in tying Colgate and bowing to Princeton...