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Some news events command immediate attention. Others require months or even years to take shape. The changing application of the Constitution's due-process clause is such an evolving story, and this week's Law section examines the trend in depth. The story was written by Contributing Editor Jose M. Ferrer III, who has been our principal Law writer since 1968. "One of the Law section's goals," says Ferrer, "is to show how people's day-to-day lives may be affected by even subtle changes in legal practice. In the case of due process...
...meticulous planning for room assignments did not last any longer than the hospital diets. The men hopped from room to room, switching beds, or roommates, until they were satisfied with the arrangements. At 3 a.m., the command center received a call from the doctors that the civilian prisoners were wide awake and wanted to talk, so debriefers were sent over to get on with the processing. Meantime, the first next-of-kin calls were being put through to the U.S. "Say, Honey, it's me," one prisoner stammered. "I hope you haven't burned all your brassi...
...also becoming obvious that the prisoners in the North had maintained a fairly rigid internal system of discipline and command. Communications among the prisoners appear to have been excellent. They exercised vigorously, kept their minds active by teaching one another foreign languages and other subjects. It probably was no accident that the men's statements as they arrived back in the U.S. had a certain uniformity. As for the antiwar statements that the North Vietnamese elicited from some of the prisoners, including himself, Robbie Risner said at a press conference at Clark: "I think we should consider the source...
...yakuza branched out from gambling into other rackets, the gangs grew in number and power. Today the largest, Yamaguchi-gumi,* is a veritable army of 10,000 men. Under the command of Japan's top mobster, Kazuo Taoka, 60, police say that Yamaguchi-gumi has become a criminal conglomerate that controls more than 50 corporations, ranging from restaurants and bars to trucking companies and talent agencies. The gang's take from gambling alone is estimated to be as high as $100 million a year...
...Several million TV viewers watched CBS's 60 Minutes cast doubt on Lieut. Colonel Anthony Herbert's charge that the Army had stripped him of his command in Viet Nam because he reported U.S. atrocities to his superior officers (TIME, Feb. 12). But precious few newspaper readers saw any mention of the CBS investigative coup the next day. Neither the Associated Press nor United Press International carried the story-a strange omission, considering the wide coverage given to Herbert's antimilitary statements. The A.P. says that the story did not justify the space a full background explanation...