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Show WESTERN AMERICANA . UdJlA Sarlalu Drdar D,rtm,nt n Urdveraity of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah B$112 L' JUfy 30 Ay S?, VOLUME 15, NUMBER 125 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1971 Madsen Finds Life Policy Holder Varied Investor Supreme -Court- Decision TENURE IS 'HOT' ISSUE Capsule Tenure and federal grants were the main topics at the annual meet ing of the National Association of College and University Attorneys; held in Louisville, Kentucky, according to Assistant Attorney General Marie A. Madsen. Mr. Madsen observed that a large portion of the meeting related to tenure problems in public and private institutions. There was a review of related case law cited, although, according to Mr. Madsen, the existing law is far from cigar on the tenure issue. "Tenure is currently a "hot issue in both public and private institutions," said Mr. Madsen. He added, "there is an attempt being made by the universities, the courts, and others Involved to define tenure. It is not by any means a settled issue. Also discussed were problems as they relate to federal grants. Procedural problems, such as guidelines, quotas, etc. were discussed, said Mr. Madsen. Federal oficials stressed a conscientious effort by the universities to recruit minority students, as well as female employees, according to Mr. Madsen. 'HARMLESS SAWED-OF- F SHOTGUN' And a very provacative subject: MONEY." UTAH, Plaintiff v. WALLACE DUNNIVAN, Defendant & Appellant Trial court: Convicted of assault with deadly weapon. Supreme court: Affirmed. . . . "an assault not necessarily what defendant says . . . what the jury may reasonably believe from the evidence. i on NEW YORK (ACCN) Life insurance policyholders in America are the most versatile investors in the nation. Not all of the more than 140 million people who own such protection, reports the Institute of Life Insurance, realize that some of the dollars they pay to their insurance companies in the form of premiums, are channeled into such diversified investments as surgical supplies, transportation, food processing, and ecological improvements such as waste disposal facilities. This serves the policyholder in two ways. The earnings from these investments help to keep down the cost of his insurance and the investments themselves Plaintiff counsel: Vernon B. Romney, Lauren N. Beasley and Larry V. Lunt Defendant counsel: Lorin R. Blauer. 315 Kearns Bldg. These conclusions about the national state of mind have emerged from two 1971 public opinion polls conducted by researchers Albert H. Cantril and Charles W. Roll Jr. for a new book, "Hopes and Fears of the 'American people. Hie work was sponsored by Potomac Associates, a private research organization. Cantril and Roll, using population samples and interviewers of the Gallup organization to conduct polls in January and April. The measurement of citizen hopes and fears was based on a self anchoring scale" used for similar studies in 18 countries between 1958 and 1964. Interviewers asked their subjects to list the goals they were striving for and what worried them most They also were asked to rate their ladder five position on the years ago and their expectations for five years in the future. The same process and scale was Deed in asking subjects about the 10-st- ep By this method, Cantril and Roll found that Americans placed Calif. (ACCN) -FStates Attorney General Ramsey Clark Wednesday headed an impressive array of speakers arguing in favor of abolition of the death penalty before United a legislative committee here. Members of the Assembly Criminal Justice Committee approved legislation which would eliminate the death penalty for persons convicted of capital offenses in California. Clark told the committee that "if all persons presently sentenced to death are executed, California, which has led the nation in so many beneficial ways, will be the number 1 executioner." To date there have been 292 legal executions in California. This is the first time in eight years . that the committee has approved such a bill and sent it to the floor of the Assembly for a house vote. Another witness to address the committee on the measure was Stanford Law Professor Anthony G. Amsterdam who told the committee that in the light of recent decisions by the UJS. Supreme Court the rally hope for the 100 persons presently sitting on California's death row is in the hands of the Legislature. Amsterdam told the committee that "most who die (are executed) are black"; virtually all are poor and powerless, personally ugly and socially unacceptable." He said that the present system of criminal justice used to determine life and death in capital cases is arbitrary and has been infected by discrimination. assets. In April of 1969, the insurance Despite references in recent business pledged a second $1 billion decisions to "the cult of the dead in on the same terms as the loans marriage, Justice OCOnnor said, first billion. he did not propose to disregard, nor commitments to By mid-197can I enlarge, the guidelines under the program passed established by the Legislature. . . . housing $1 billion, and by the end of the year at as least That body has not, yet, ascribed incompatibility as suf- a total of nearly 100,000 housing units ficient grounds to sustain a had been financed. 0, judgment of separation. In his decision, Rabinowitz v. Justice OConnor Rabinowitz, of causes action two rejected to have husband of the refusal no.inal sexual relations and refusal for lack of proof in the of support first mentioned and because she left her husband without justifiable Creates Jobs Most recently, the emphasis under the Urban Investment Program has been on investments, with efforts concentrated on financbusinesses. ing minority-owneAbout 1 in 4 commitments in this area had been made to minority entrepreneurs. By the end of 1970, more than 55,000 new jobs had been created through this aspect of the job-creati- . d cause in the second. Justice OConnor then turned to the remaining cause which, he said, program. Among the service facilities which seeks to make out a protracted loans under the program received course of action of cruel and inhuman conduct" over five years hospitals have been the single and which, was alleged to have largest recipient. However, nursing medical clinics and daycare caused the wife to leave her homes, for inner-cit- y centers families have husband. under also come the program. After discounting testimony by the as wifes brother "chiefly hearsay, predicated upon inference, innuendo and insinuation," Justice O'Connor Report Urges recounted the wifes testimony which he said was "completely Ending Surgeon uncorroborated and vehemently General's Post denied by defendant." "At best, plaintiff has proven that WASHINGTON (UPI) Surgeon her marriage was marked by lack of General Jesse L. Steinfeld is urging and harmony, frequent quarrels occasional strife, all adding up to a 5,500 federal health officers tc him in a fight to save his job degree of incompatibility, but still support and theirs. falling far short of the statutory A blue ribbon panel has told the for judicial Nixon Administration requirements it should separation," Judge O'Connor said. d the century-olcorps of scrap Trend Reversed - - WASHINGTON (UPI) The Nixon administration should junk what is left of its program and try to stimulate the economy back to full employment, according to a research paper published by the Brookings Inanti-inflati- on stitution. The papers author, Robert J. A A A L commissioned officers in the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) and abolish the surgeon generals job by Tip-Lin- e Gordon, a University of Chicago economist, said the government cant buy permanent relief from inflation by a temporarily high unemployment rate. In the long run, permanently low Inflation can be obtained only with permanently high unemployment, Gordon wrote. L and pledge of $1 billion in loans to improve housing, to create jobs and to promote community services in the core areas of the nations cities. Each participating life insurance company pledged to commit a share of the $1 billion in proportion to its husband.after rejecting three causes of action, one of which was incompatibility. Economist Wants I cars rate level of earnings rate on investment funds was 5.30 per cent, the highest on record. A special Urban Investment Program was started in 1967 with a granted judgment to defendant g SACRAMENTO, ramer Imports Continue Climb themselves at 6.6 on the scale of 10 in WASHINGTON After (ACCN) 1971. They placed their personal a record-settinfirst quarter,' steel status at 5.8 five years ago and imports climbed again in April, expected to be at 7.9 by 1976. pushing their total for the year well The state of the nation showed up past the five million ton mark. Government data supplied clearly in what the researchers called the National Ladder American Iron and Steel Institute Ratings. The 1971 sampling rated reveals that 1,363,000 tons of foreign the United States at 5.4 on the scale steel entered the U.S. during the now as compared to 6.2 in 1966 and month. an expected 6.2 in 1976. Back in 1964, This was 109,000 more than the poll had shown the nation at 6.5, Marchs 1,254,000 ton mark, and a five-yea-r increase from 6.1 and an lifted total steel imports for the first four months of 1971 to 5,152,000 expectation of 7.7 for 1969. "The importance of the drop in the tons an increase of 56.2 percent (National) Ladder Rating from past over the comparable period of 1970. to present can scarcely be overstated," Cantril and Roll said. for economic stability without inPrevious polls, in the United flation, rising from 5 per cent seven States and elsewhere, had shown the ago to 18 per cent now. And same kind of drop only once in the years second among fears was "national Philippines in 1959," at a time when disunity; political instability," the country appeared to lack strong, which climbed steeply from 8 per dynamic leadership and seemed to cent in 1964 to 26 per cent in 1971 . many of its people to be standing Another sizable entry on the still," they said. National Fears" scale was "lack of The researchers found a striking law and order, which rose in the change in the list of national hopes seven-yea- r between surveys and fears in the new survey. Hope from 5 to 11 period cent. Communism" for peace and fear of war remained as a nationalperfear dropped from 29 at the top of the two lists, but even cent to 12 per cent and "racial per so, concern over war dropped 20 tensions fell from 9 to 7 per cent. percentage points between 1964 and and "pollution were on Drugs" 1971. for the first time, gaining 7 the scale ""Second among hopes this year was and 9 per cent of the responses. Argues Against Dealth Penalty nations A man NEW YORK (ACCN) whose wife of 35 years left him in the summer of 1969, returned briefly two months later and then filed a separation action three months after that has won dismissal of her suit in New York Supreme Court. Justice Frank D. OConnor Americans See Hope For Selves.Fear For Nation Steel freight automobiles; terminals, docks and public highways. In past years investments included rubber tires, and paper products and department stores; telephones and womens apparel, and financial institutions. Aids Small Business The investment of policyholders dollars has moved from one major channel to another over the years, as economic needs have changed. Thousands of small businesses are aided through life insurance loans, some by bond issues, even more by real estate mortgages. The latter :hannel is one of the most important and quickest means of securing capital for small businesses. With the portifolio changes made over the years, life insurance companies have been able to improve somewhat the earning power of policyholders funds. The 1970 net Judge Bars Separation for Incompatibility Justice J. Alan Crockett wrote decision. See decision in detail page 8 state of their country. the railroad economy with capital for its growth. The life insurance purchasers Poll Finds: By Arnold B. Sawislak WASHINGTON -A(UPI) mericans have rising expectations for themselves and their families, but deep concern about the fate of the nation. They believe the United States has lost ground in the last five years, and nearly half of them fear that current unrest and disunity could pull it down. fuel dollars go not only into the "tried and true" fields of previous years, but a long list of investments which were seldom considered by cautious life insurance executives of an earlier era. These include leased July WASP, BEE STINGS. A warning to be on guard against stinging insects such sis bees end wasps that are active in spring and summer comes from the- Allergy Foundation of America. Perfumes, hair tonics and other cosmetics attract these insects, and clothing in bright colors, - k Lk LL-- 1 J. 1 1, 1973. the panel, with one dissent, said surgeon general held a symbolic job without red responsibility for government health programs, and the corps was plagued by morale problems and largely manned by young men serving two years in lieu of military service. Che ' |