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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, April Montana to Ailow Cameras, Recorders in Courtrooms as - Montana HELENA, Mont. fUPIl r experiment Saturday begins a m letting reporters armed with tape recorders and camera; into courtrooms The state's chief jurist has predicted that lawyers will wonder later why the change took so long in coming two-yea- The State Supreme Court ordered a rare revision in its canons of judicial ethics in February based on the recommendation of a special committee that included lawyers and reporters that studied the ban on cameras and recorders. ing judge to permit recording and photography ina public could case unless he- is convinced the press acti it will substantially and ma eriallv interfere with the primary function of the court to resolve disputes fairly under - the law." The revised canon calls for a presid The Lockhoma The high court retaint'd the power to Carey Matovich, a former radio news director who served on the study committee, said the Supreme Court made its canon, which is among a dozen or so in the country, one of the strongest in terms of press freedom and public access to the courts Letters Stir Search Police Discover Body Of Battered Woman - Letters CLOLUMBUS, Ga. (API signed "chairman of the forces of evil" and threatening death to a woman unless police arrested the Columbus strangler set off a search that ended with discovery of her badly beaten body, police disclosed Friday. WELL, THATS IT FOR TO PAY. IT SHOULP SO MUCW FASTER NEXT WEEKSNP NOW THAT I HAVE THE HANS OF IT. Prosecutor Charges Judge Incompetent Four letters to Police Chief Curtis McClung in early March, all handwritten on plain stationery, said a Gail Jackson would be killed unless police arrested the person or persons responsible for strangling six elderly women The Bergen County HACKENSACK, N.J (UPI) prosecutor Friday accused the presiding judge in Dr. Mario Jascalevichs curare murder trial of incompetence and demanded he remove himself from the In a highly unusual action, Bergen County Prosecutor Roger Breslin told Judge William Arnold he was not competent to handle the case against Jascalevich, charged with the murders of five hospital patients more than a decade ago. In a silent and overflowing courtroom, Breslin rose to accuse the judge after Breslins assistant, trial prosecutor Sybil Moses, ran though a long list of the judge's alleged errors. "Apart from all of the specific grounds, the over the course of the last five bottom line is this weeks, its become more and more evident that your honor doesnt have the personality, temperament, the intellectual intensity and the stamina to cope with this case end to control the attorneys in this case, Breslin said. Recesses Court not comment on the charges, did who Arnold, recessed court until Monday, when he will hear legal arguments on the request to disqualify himself. The action followed a motion by Mrs. Moses to have the judge disqualify himself because, she said, he has been inattentive and has shown a bias toward defense aUumey Raymond Brown. Mrs. Moses was held in contempt of court Thursday for refusing to sit quietly after unsuccessfully asking for equal time to argue a motion to suppress evidence. Brown, however, objected to Breslins comments and attempt by the prosecutors office to change judges midway through the trial. llth Hour Move Brown charged the state was making the llth hour move because its case was "falling apart. When there comes a trial when the prosecution can pick the judge, then the glag at the right of you has no meaning, Brown said, as the audience broke out in loud applause. Arnold rarely looked at Mrs. Moses or Breslin. At one point. Mrs. Moses cited more than 50 instances during a five-da- y priod when the judge refused to rule on objections she made. In addition, she said the court appeared to be inattentive during parts of the trial and repeatedly asked for questions to be d. One day, Mrs. Moses said, the judge told attorneys, I want to compliment you for not giving me a hard time this morning. I may even be able to ake a nap during this case. BOOK f MORMON, facilitates and increases A medical examiner said she had been dead about five weeks. Police said she had not been strangled but had suffered massive head injuries. An investigation showed she had been missing since Feb. 28. She was dead before they ever wrote the letters," said Commander Herman Boone, who has been investigating the stranglings. McClung said he does not believe the letter writer and the strangler are connected. We feel its an entirely different matter, McClung said in a telephone interview. "But the letters to me mentioned the strangler. Weve been investigating since we received the first one. Because of our experiences of late, were not overlooking anything. to the Columbus Ledger newspaper, also signed "chairman of the forces of evil, threatened the life of another woman, identified only as Irene. The letter, which was dated March 24, said Irene is scheduled to die 1 June 1978 instead of Gail letter Jackson. 1 McClung said. The body of Ms. Jackson, also known as Gall Faison and Gail Bogen, was found Thursday in woods near the Ft. Benning military reservation near Columbus, he said A There was no immediate comment from McClung on the letter to the newspaper, but police said no one named Irene had been reported missing in the Columbus area Officers said the first letter sent to the police chief said Gad Jackson would be killed unless the strangler was caught by June 1. The second stated that possibly she would he killed April unless there were some action on the part of police. The fourth letter was received on Monday. . Ford Lectures In Michigan, Chides Carter SONGS FOR YOUR PEOPLE Journal Knight-RiddNewspapers DETROIT Former President Gerald Ford, sounding like a candidate again, said Friday in suburban Dearborn that the Carter administration has to allowed the nations deteriorate both at home and abroad At an appearance at the University of Michigan in Dearborn, Ford contrasted policies he followed as president and those of the Democrat who defeated him narrowly in 1976, Jimmy Carter Ford said Carter has set the country's economy on a dangerous course by allowing inflation to rise sharply. He also said Carters defense policy has placed the U.S. in a weakened position against the Soviet Union In one of his most biting comments about Carter since he took office in January 1976, Ford said Carter had given up the l bomber without getting any concession in disarmament I talks with the Russians, addingdont think that's very smart well-bein- ot interest in the Book of' Mormon. 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