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Wendell Anderson, 41, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Governor of Minnesota, has frozen property taxes for the elderly, initiated stringent environmental measures and given his state a tough campaign-financing law. Son of a St. Paul meat packer, he worked his way through college and law school, played on the U.S. Olympic hockey team in 1956 and won a seat in the state legislature -all by the time he was 25. Anderson won the governorship in 1970 even though he endorsed a sizable increase in personal income taxes. His detractors now call him "Spendy Wendy," but the increase has paid...
...grand jury hearing is not an adversary proceeding with the stringent rules of evidence and the right of cross-examination that exist in a trial. Prosecutors present material that may produce an indictment, but a suspect puts up no organized defense. Says Columbia Law Professor Benno Schmidt: "What you get if the press prints a story about a grand jury proceeding is by definition a one-sided story. The press has always, typically, published that kind of story without built-in qualifications." Many journalists are also uneasy. Howard Simons, managing editor of the Post, admits that violating grand jury secrecy...
ATHLETICS. On the playing field and in the locker room (TIME, March 11), already the scenes of impassioned brouhahas, the new rules are not so stringent. Though a coed school "may not provide varsity sports opportunities exclusively for male students," it is "not required to provide women access to men's teams." It can simply abide by the old, if not honored, separate-but-equal doctrine. Parity does not have to mean equal expenditures either...
...voted unanimously to allow the rest of the hearings, which are expected to last about six weeks, to be televised. In addition, the committee granted Lawyer St. Clair the right to question and call witnesses. Mindful of his reputation as a brilliant courtroom tactician, the committee also granted Rodino stringent powers to shut off St. Clair if necessary to stop him from obstructing the proceedings or filibustering...
Last week's Senate bill, co-sponsored by Democrats Frank Moss of Utah and Warren Magnuson of Washington, requires states to meet specific no-fault standards within four years or else adopt an even more stringent federal plan. To meet the minimum requirements, insurance companies must pay all medical and rehabilitation expenses of their injured customers, compensate victims for lost wages up to a maximum that ranges from $17,000 to $35,000 a year (depending on the state's income levels), and pay funeral expenses for a driver killed in a crash. The companies must also foot...