European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday court Riding is this the dismantling of death Row .a.1 _. My. it Kas fulfil Tri fun vim a 11 a by Ronald e Cohe York up William a a the reaction was mixed but there was general agreement those 485 Richard his sentence s the court specifically ruled in Texas ally. Gen. That All condemned men found Ford Martin said the ruling guilty by a jury from which of Fec favely does away the decision and screamed so loudly his Joy reverberated no Only in his tiny death Row eel the peal brought App i 1hTT " is being prepared. Usu a that Zou of 520 potential jurors examined were rejected because they Dis approved of capital punishment Merf 3fc Yew Jcj we a. Punishment. The decision meant for All practical Pur poses that most of the 485 prisoners awaiting execution Instate prisons will be spared. Nearly All were convicted by juries from which persons expressing scruples about the death penalty were excluded. To but when dist. Atty. Stanley Kirk of Wichita Falls tex., Goethe word he stormed i m so mad i m speechless. We Don t know what to s attorney general Jack Gremillion shouted ridiculous Russia Hopes ice path will rival Suez Moscow a with the Onset of warm weather a con Voy of soviet icebreakers will soon Start blowing open a North Ern sea route that the russians Hope will rival the Suez canal. The once controversial route now is considered passable for about 100 Days a year wit the Aid of powerful icebreakers and modern navigation equip ment. The blockage of the Suez canal by the Arab israeli War has Lent increased significance to this Short Cut across the top of the world. Shipping traffic from North Ern Europe to the far East since the War of a year ago has been rerouted to the South around the Cape of Good Hope adding considerable time and Cost to each trip. The pm i politically simple that Appeal. Witherspoon s Case will be re turned to the Illinois courts for re sentencing. His attorneys said the supreme court decision had left the door ajar for another Appeal this one to reverse the guilty verdict. Death not Only did the ruling open the door for Many appeals for a commutation of the death sentence it also meant per sons sentenced under those conditions might also Appeal their convictions. All but 13 of the 50 state shave the death penalty on their books As does the Federal government. Dist. Atty. Henry Wade Mcdallas agreed the Devista would have the effect of ab4ishing capital Martin added it looks lib Oil it Atli Rev in to us Goej Campaign a Jub on every word As sen. Eugene Mccarthy talks to a group in the Watts District of los Angeles. The boy climbed elbows Over the democratic. Fill s shoulders and got a Good View Hope uf1 name of game is names there Are 26 persons on fallow at the Huntsville Tex my son and eight others waiting Tobe transferred. Atty. Gen. Phil Hansen Dutah said the four condemned men in that state will be stays of execution by theft vision but added it will no necessarily mean they wies Cape execution. I in Montana atty. Gen Forrest h. Anderson said the ruling won t make much difference because we Haven t used tie death penalty for i Don t Kinhow Long. It s hard to get one a death sentence under an circumstances this Day Ani age.". San Francisco alone Almelvin Belli who defended i Jack Ruby convicted Slayer a presidential Assassin Lee vey Oswald said the a Means the end of capital Poi ashment in the United atty. Gen. Harvey Dickerson of Nevada said the decision at so ends the death penalty in to state. Washoe county Rei dist. Atty. William ,1president of the National District attorneys associate said the practical effect my be to abolish capital punish Ament for heinous crimes some-1 thing the people and their Legh natures have refused to do for Many Many similar comments were by top prosecutors in states which retain the Dri penalty Arkansas if ssh i Colorado Ohio Jwj Florida California South can Lina and Massachusetts. 1 Hui 1,1v a a we Vij which lies inside the Arctic poles were invited to try the route four years ago but heavy ice measuring 8 feet thick in some places forced them to turn Back. In this new Effort the polish vessels will follow a line of so Viet ships and the entire Convoy will be escorted by icebreakers. Their average Speed is expected to be about 10 knots. The soviet route was first opened to foreign shipping last year but got Little use As ship pers reportedly were weighing the pros and cons of the newest West link. Extra insurance assessment for such a voyage posed a main obstacle. A ,.but reinforced soviet ships have used the passage regularly since the Early 1960s, gradually presidential candidates seem Tobe playing the namesake and relic game with unusual Fervour this year. You score Points in the game hardly new in american politics by getting someone who was named for related to or associated with a popular political figure of the past to publicly endorse your candidate. A few Days ago Vic president Hubert h. Humphrey s Campaign scored two Clear namesake Points by enlisting Adlai Stevenson hand g. Mennen Williams or. An earlier relic Point went to Humphrey for signing Points when he enrolled the likes of Pierre Salinger Theo Dore Sorensen Arthur Schlesinger or. And Kenneth o Donnell in his s prize however was Lawrence o Brien who not Only is considered one of the More savvy political operative sin the country but like Gronouski is a genuine relic of both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Although in times past the republicans would Welcome a John Roosevelt into their Cam with fanfare the game is not played As eagerly in the gop. However Campaign manager summoned photographers to record the ceremonial pinning of a Richard m. Nixon Button on Mamie Eisenhower and Drumbeater for gov. Nelson a. Richard Nixon did--.--,Mccarthy s Campaign is making much of the Well known entertainers who have signed up such As Paul Newman Joanne Woodward and barbra Streisand. Kennedy has his John Glennin the space division and Sammy Davis or. In the entertainment department. Humphrey scored something Ofa Premium Point when he signed up not Only Frank Sinatra a 1960 Juk Backer but the crooner s daughter Nancy As Well. Rhode Isian and Wisconsin Hall legislated against capital a Between 1930 and 960 3persons were executed my United states by m we hear an appeals criminal vow the a is Ament. Keeping the route open from july 26, till nov. 1.tht soviet cargo ship novo Voronezh made a trip from Mur Mansk to Yokohama last August in 29 Days and was publicize Das the inaugural vessel for the first season open to foreign ships. Humphrey also rang up some impressive Points when he visited former president harrys. Truman who introduced the vice president to reporters As the next Humphrey of course is at disadvantage because sen. Robert f. Kennedy is a Semi Eisenhower . Eugene j. Mccarthy does not seem to be playing namesake and relic against Humphrey and Kennedy Al though he did score with John Kenneth Galbraith ambassador to India in the Juk years. Mccarthy is the Clear Leader european edition editor. I James w. Campbell Usa it. Col. F. S. Michael or meet Proctor Elmer d. Frank Henry s. Epstein us i of thus armed f pan unofficial newspaper of and.,? Pri of Lda in terms commander in chief . Up c0TTStripe., Apo 09 75. Or Germany. Military Addre. Tea Fri .darm.tadt, 0 Arm any. 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