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, " y. . .vyv: ; .'y.'.v."-v. ..y, : ■ ■. ■■ ■ ; " ; THE BATTALION I lirv C„l„„ f : n¥1 Pag'e 2 Colleg® Station, Texas Thursday, January 9, 1969 J UX V r -John Me Carroll Attacked By | Hell you what Pd do” I Sirhan Lawyer •s g By GENE handsaker mrnrc»mil'i;i|!lil|i;:iptinii:!.lll!:|[minillll!UIIIII!^ LOS ANGELES (A>) — Defend- History repeats itself, as any knowledg-eable person is ers of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan aware, and it is about to write a new pag-e in the book of attacked the c °™ nty s Jury seIec - barbering" ^ lon sys * em Wednesday as not To begin, I would like to make my position clear: I am representative of the community, not a member of the New Left Movement, IPJMMS an ? hls murder tr J, a got lts first the Old Left Movement, the Sideways Move- Wltness - an ex P ert on J uries ’ ment or the Arthur Murray Movement for The 24-year-old Jordanian ac- that matter, but a staunch Old Middle-of- cused of fatally shootin & Sen - the-Roader from way back. Robert F> Kennedy last June I have grown a moustache. watched attentively during the Scream “hippie,” “beatnik,” “slob” or second session of his trial, which “bum” as you pass me it makes no dif- lasted less than an hour and was ference. I grew it over the Christmas bread and am proud of devoted to motions and arguments it. It is not some form of rebellion, freaking out or atten- and ru m&s on them - tion-getting. I like the moustache, the long sideburns and Attorney Grant B. Cooper neatly trimmed beard. (However, I drew the line at the moved to set aside the hst of moustache for myself.) prospective jurors saying they do It is true that quite a few of the long-haired, not com P rise “a true cross section unkempt individuals are just what they look like— of the community.” The system, hermits from a civilization they feel owes them he said ’ excuses many groups more than they have been handed in their few sucb as l e & lslators > stenographers, years of suffering. professors, ministers, teachers, All one has to do, however, to discover the true merits doctors and mai1 earners, of facial hair is to look at pictures of American presidents JURY COMMISSIONER Wil- from Washington to Johnson. liam A -. Goodwin, testifying on George Washington had hair below his collar and side- ^ he motl °n, said any prospective burns below his ears but was otherwise clean-shaven in 1790. i ur or claiming an exemption From 1790 to about 1825 the styles didn’t change much. could be removed from final jury With the wars with the Indians all this changed, and from selectlon h «ts. Many, however, 1825 to 1861 presidents sprouted a little more hair. ^ aiv ® tbeir ri ^ ht to exemption, Abraham Lincoln, who really couldn’t make up his e a ed. mind about the beard, was the first to have a full bushy Then, at the request of Chief growth and the trend continued until 1913 when Woodrow De P- Dlst - Att y- Lynn D. Comp- Wilson took Over the Office. He was the first of a long ton ’ Goodwin read into the trial string of short-haired, clean-shaven presidents which has record part of jury selection law lasted to the present. Stipulating “no discrimination/ The trends which caused the leaders of the fairness and impartiality. U. S. to adopt the styles of the day were quite evi- Cooper said he would like more dent. During the 35-year period following Washing- time to think about the motion ton the clean face was brought from England and before the judge rules on it, and Europe where it was a sign of the landed nobility. Superior Court Judge Herbert V. The 46-year period from John Quincy Adams’ tenure to Walker said he would keep the Lincoln’s was marked by settlement of the West and Indian motion open, wars. The more-or-less clean face was a sign of “pure” an- WALKER LET Cooper put cestry with no red man’s blood flowing through their veins. Goodwin on the stand after deny- (Here some historians and wrestlers disagree as the beard j ng a defense motion for a 30-day was just another handle the angry savage could grab.) continuance so Cooper could con- The 48 years separating Lincoln from Wilson was a f e r with the commissioner. time when maturity was respected and everyone wanted to . , . , . , l~r>k n l,w The judge also denied a re- t j . -t . i xi* j- ii- u newed motion for separate juries In Wilson s time and right up to the present, youth has for the tria] itself " nd for a de . b^n the answer to everything and off went the long hair, cision on the The first sideburns, moustaches and beards. Buch motion was reje<:ted Tues . AH of this really proves nothing except that d an average of about 43 years has separated the whiskers to bald-face bit and now in 1969 we are Then the defense moved to set about five years overdue for a barbering change. aside Sirhan’s plea of innocent Already word is filtering down from Washington about in order to quash the indictment LBJ letting his hair get a little long and lamb chops creep charging him with murder, down his face. Walker set aside the motion, With the “new” Nixon about to take office we might saying it was unnecessary. Be- really get into the swing of things. Nixon, as his press cause of an amendment to Cali- people say, is not the same old Nixon. Whatever happened fornia law, he said, the defense to his five-o’clock shadow, so evident in President Eisen- can request quashing the charge hower’s terms ? without removing the plea. Yes, about the only way I’ll get rid of my moustache is — if some tragedy happens to me as happened to our movie Tf''R r T v V reviewer, Mike Plake. His holiday beard is gone now—he * Oil 1^4III vJn IYI3 1 A. says because the dandruff got too thick. 6:00 News, Weather and Sports ^ ^ 6:30 This Is Tom Jones Special message to the unknown person or persons who 7:30 Bewitched left the note in the Bulletin Board box here in the office—it 8; 00 Thursday Night Movie— is not a suggestion box, but an announcement receptical. “Kisses for My President” Men from the Physical Plant office are now drawing up 10:00 News, Weather and Sports plans for a box the size of a Volkswagen packing crate for io : 30 Journey to the Unknown such suggestions as yours We’ve taken your advice and 11:30 Alfre<i Hitchcock already four Batt staffers have dropped dead. THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion Mail subscriptions are $3.50 per semester; $6 per school x j. j ± 7 year ; $6.50 per full year. 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