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Last week the court reaffirmed the constitutionality of movie precensorship. But it unanimously reversed Freedman's conviction and voided the Maryland law on the ground that it lacked procedural safeguards and judicial participation. The trouble with Maryland's setup was that it provided no time limit or court appeal while the censors made up their minds. Nor did the law provide any rapid relief in the courts even after the board...
Because of the setup of society, he observed, many Southern integrationists discriminate unconsciously. "Ideology and action are not one in the same. For example, the use of only de-segragated hotels and institutions should be practiced, even at the cost of losing powerful church supporters...
...both with the prestige of a former Davis Cup star, Vic Seixas, for vice president. Boston's clubs, all private, afford all manner of excellent courts, ranging from the green composition (at the Brookline Country Club) to cork (Longwood) to clay (Dedham Country and Polo Club). The best setup of all: the three composition courts, sheltered by a translucent, plastic Quonset hood, opened last fall at Harvard...
Under the new setup, which should pass Congress handily, candidates will henceforth be allowed to run for only one office at a time as a representative of only one party at a time. To limit the multiplying number of parties (13 at last count), no new party will be admitted to next year's national ballot unless it obtains signatures from 3% of the 18 million registered voters...
...Washington, meanwhile, workmen were speedily constructing the presidential box for the Jan. 20 inaugural parade. Mindful of the Kennedy assassination, the Secret Service specified that the President will sit behind a protective setup consisting of a ¼-in-thick steel shield topped with a 1½-in.-thick slab of bullet-resistant plate glass...