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Show I t I r' rttn rcbrrt chnit uwi'v f. r '.v. I ? 1 i - -- X' -- t X''T' y 1 rt7. i f u J utnh tall2 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH VOLUME 17, NUMBER 158 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1973 Narcotic Agents Will Be Fired For Raid Error WASHINGTON . (UPI) - Six narcotics agents have been fired, and their supervisor demoted, for two illegal drug raids in Collinsville, 111., last April which resulted in a federal grand jury investigation. John Bartels, acting ministrator of the Drug ad- En- forcement Administration (DEA) said, August 13, that under Civil Sendee Commission procedures, the ECONOMY SLOWDOWN. BUTNOTAILSPIN NEW YORK In financial circles the big question now is: Where does the national economy, go from here? Most analysts agree a leveling off in the overheated economic expansion is more likely than a recession or tailspia It is being said the economy is already slowing as reflected both in retail sales and industrial production; that it will slow g further as auto demand, housing and federal government declines. is It expected that strength in business capital spending, state and local municipal demand, consumer demand for nondurables, and inventory investment will help to rule out a recession. It is also being mentioned that should the slowdown come too fast the Federal Reserve will loosen the money supply ahead of to a soft landing. schedule and thus bring the business dip i SUPBEME COUBT OF agents will have an opportunity to pending any decision on whether present arguments against the removal proceedings would be proposed removal actions. initiated. Bartels announced previously on The agents mistakenly broke into July 10 that the six special agents, the home of Herbert Giglotto and William Dwyer, Leon Phillips, Donald Askew last April 23 without Kenneth Bloemker, Dennis Harker, search warrants. The agents failed Michael Hillebrand and Dennis to uncover any drugs in the raids, Moriarty, and their supervisor and federal officials confirmed that Edmund Irvin, were suspended the agents had made a mistake. from duty for 30 days without pay Bartels said that pending a final decision in the proposed removal actions, the agents will be in a nonTHE UNITED STATES to law enforcement status-una- ble Syllabus WHITE, SECRETARY OF STATE OF TEXAS, et al. v. REGESTER et al. pur-charin- THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS APPEAL FROM No. Banking opinion is that if the slowing in the overheated economy doesnt materialize fast enough the Federal Reserve may order direct quantitative controls on credit extension to both consumers and business. Moreover, if reports reveal that prices are spurting out of Phase 4 guidelines, the Phase 3 unused stick in the closet may drop like a ton of bricks on offending industries. tight-mone- As for the outlook for the remainder of 1973, the economy is expected to cool off. Reasons: tight credit supply and the tougher ' Phase 4. Also, slower sales volume and dower production. economist doubts the Washington political promises that food will surely be in increased supplies later in the not the year. Old Man Weather will be the prime determinant, ' old-tim- et political-minde- d economists. 2 Black Women Join plan, statewide, contained constitutionally impermissible deviations from population equality, and that the multimember districts provided for Bexar and Dallas Counties invidiously discriminated against cognizable racial or ethnic groups. Though the entire plan was declared invalid, the court permitted its use for the 1972 election except for its injunction order requiring those two county dismultimember districts to be reconstituted into tricts. Held: 1. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 TJ. S. C. 1253 to consider the appeal from the injunction brder applicable to the Bexar court County and Dallas County districting, since the three-judg- e had been properly convened, and this Court can review the declaratory part of the judgment below. Roe v. Wade, 410 U. S. 113. Pp. 4--6. 2. State reapportionment statutes are not subject to the stricter standards applicable to congressional reapportionment under Art. I, 2, and the District Court erred in concluding that this case, where the total maximum variation between House districts was but the average deviation from the ideal was 182, involved invidious discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Cf. Qafjiiey v. Cummings, ante, p. . Pp. 9. 3. The District Courts order requiring disestablishment of the multimember districts in Dallas and Bexar Counties was warranted in the light of the history of political discrimination against Negroes and Mexican-Americaresiding, respectively, in those counties and the residual effects of such discrimination upon those groups. MONTGOMERY, ALA. (UPI) -sterilization suit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of two black Alabama teen-ager- s was expanded, August 13, to include two black South Carolina women as plaintiffs. The suit seeks a preliminary in- junction forbidding sterilization-withou- t adequate constitutionally acceptable guidelines to protect minors, illiterates and others who cannot give informed consent to the operations. It had been filed on behalf of Minnie and Mary Alice Relf, two Montgomery sisters who were allegedly sterilized without their knowledgeable consent, and their 4. nan-supervis- Supreme Court Decisions 9.9, 6-- ' f(See details page 4J7 ns Pp. 343 9-1- 4. F. Supp. 704, affirmed in part and reversed in part. White, J., delivered die opinion of the Court, in . . Court Declines Parts I, III, and IV of which all Members joined, and in Part II of which Burger, C. J., and Stewart, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquut, JJ., joined. Brennan, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Douglas and Marshall, JJ., joined. To Enjoin U.S. Timber Cutting Indian Rights Unit Created Suit WASHINGTON A 18, 1973 single-memb- er Aa stated by.Federal Reserve Governor Andrew. Brimmer, y the board plans to keep its policy as a tool to control continuing inflation.' He made it unmistakably clear that the Fed willstick with its policy of monetary restraint as long as it is required to battle inflation. Brimmer again made it clear, as previously disclosed in this column, that the policy of monetary restraint probably will lead to even higher loan interest rates during the immediate future. An February 26, 1973 Decided June In this litigation challenging the Texas 1970 legislative reaportion-men- t District Court held that the House scheme, a three-judg- e , Bank commercial loan managers are predicting decompression pains as general business eases from its overheated peak. They expect profits to feel file squeeze. As one economist .. put it: It wont be an easy period. Expectations are that corporate profit increases will be on a slide in the third and fourth quarters of this year. This, it is said, may discourage industrial expansion. The leaner times ahead for business may keep investors from the stock market. Every important investment manager knows, as do securities analysts, corporate growing earnings are a major factor in attracting investors. Thats not likely for the final months of this year. Argued 72-1- 47. FOR carry weapons, make arrests or. conduct searches. ' The agents have been relieved of all duties until August 24 to prepare their replies to the charges. Bartels, noting that the Collinsville investigation is continuing, said that he had proposed to demote Irvin, the framer supervisor of the St; Louis district office, and remove him from a supervisory position. Under this proposal, Irvin will be transferred from the St. Louis area to another post, and given functions. Bartels said Irvin was not being forced out because he did not personally participate in the Collinsville raids. The agents were assigned to the office fra: Drug Abuse Law Enforcement in St. Louis, which has since been absorbed by the DEA. The agents were suspended May 1. older sister, Katie, who escaped the surgery by hiding in their housing project here. The amended complaint adds Dorothy Waters, an Aiken, S.C., mother of five, and Mrs. Virgil Walker of New Ellenton, S.C., as plaintiffs. The suit claims that an Aiken physician informed Mrs. Waters, 30, that he would not deliver her baby under Medicaid unless she agreed to be sterilized, and Mrs. Walker was told she would be taken off the welfare rolls if she did not have the operation. Mrs. Walker was sterilized April 16, 1972, according to the suit, and Mrs. Waters sterilization took place last July 26 low-inco- - The (UPI) Justice Department has announced the creation of a new office to deal with legal rights of American Indians. Asst. A tty. Gen. J. Stanley told a news conference the concept is an outgrowth of a special task force that has been studying Pot-ting- er Indian legal problems since last January. The task force was set up as the result of the lengthy confrontation at Wounded Knee, S.D., last winter between the federal government and militant Sioux Indians. Pottinger said the section would be under jurisdiction of the Justice Department's civil rights division and would focus on Indian citizens The office also (UPI)- -A federal has judge rejected a request tor an order to immediately stop an expanded timber cutting program in national forests. U.S. District Judge Joseph Wadcfy said, August 13, he would not issue an injunction against the Foresl Service from increasing sales goal this fiscal year by nearly 10 per cent The U.S. Forest Service increased its goal to 1.1 billion board feet fra the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 The Natural Resources Defens Council, the Wilderness Society anc the Sierra Club said excessive cutting of trees would harm fiu environment. Waddy said he. would hob arguments on the case within 6 WASHINGTON who by law are protected from violations of constitutional rights by their own tribal council. will have responsibility of conducting litigation and coordinating civil rights activities involving Indians. Carl Stoiber, a senior trial attorney in the civil rights division and head of the Indian rights task force, was named a director of the new office, Pottinger said. R. Dennis Ickles will serve as deputy director. Pottinger added that file new section will coordinate its activities with other federal agencies with responsibilities for the rights of Indians. He said he was hopeful the office eventually will have six attorneys plus support personnel. idays. j i |
