Supreme Court ends term
by killing Ohio death penalty
ignited Press International
;HINGTON — The Su-
Court ended its 1977-78
ith a climactic ruling strik-
vn the capital punishment
3hio, where 101 prisoners
nder sentence of death,
f Justice Warren Burger,
; the leading opinion for a
red court, said the Ohio
Is to meet the Constitu-
requirement for “iodi
zed consideration in each
case.
iking for himself and three
justices, Burger said sen-
5 judges and juries must
•wed to consider “any as-
a defendant s character or
or circumstances of the
raised by the defense that
preclude imposition of the
penalty.
re was no majority for any
lint of view on the court,
ill the justices except
m Rehnquist, who dis-
l,land William Brennan,
id not participate, joined in
imate decision to overturn
>hio death sentences of
i Lockett and Willie Lee
whose appeals were at is-
Civil liberties lawyers say they
now expect all those on Ohio’s
Death Row — the second largest
in the nation, after Florida’s — to
get reduced sentences of life in
prison.
The same fate was expected for
those in Arizona, which has 24
awaiting execution under a
somewhat similar law. Together,
they account for more than one-
fifth of the total 487 persons in
America now awaiting execution.
In another ruling the National
Association of Broadcasters
called “a harsh blow to the free
dom of expression of every per
son in this country,” the justices
upheld 5-4 a ban against airing of
seven "dirty words” during hours
when children might be listen
ing.
Justice John Paul Stevens, in
upholding the ban, cited the
unique characteristics of broad
casting, society’s right to protect
children from “inappropriate
speech,” and the interests of
adults not to be assaulted with
offensive speech. Justices Potter
Stewart, William Brennan,
Byron White and Thurgood Mar
shall dissented.
The court also took these
major actions in a flurry of opin
ions and orders before recessing
until Oct. 2:
—Let stand orders by U.S.
District Judge Frank Johnson Jr.
spelling out minimum constitu
tional standards to be observed
by Alabama authorities operating
prisons, but ordered the state
and its Correction Board re
moved as defendants from an
inmates lawsuit based on prison
conditions, saying they were
immune from such federal court
action under the Constitution’s
11th Amendment.
—Followed up its ruling on
the Allan Bakke "reverse dis
crimination case by rejecting
challenges to a model affirmative
action program adopted by
AT&T, to make up for past dis
crimination against women,
blacks and other minorities.
—Denied a hearing to a Dallas
television reporter who wanted
permission to film Texas execu
tions.
—Let stand rulings requiring
police officials and the District of
Columbia government to pay
damages to 1,200 persons ar
rested during a 1971 anti-war
rally on the Capitol steps.
United Press International
UT. Lebanon — Renewed
md artillery fire Tuesday
d the fourth cease-fire in
tys between Syrian troops
itist Christian militiamen
ve frightened residents of
n East Beirut to under-
ihelters.
stricken drivers abandoned
•s with motors running and
underground garages and
nt warehouses, Ashrafieh
s reported.
check of Beirut hospitals
*d heavy casualties. One
! in East Beirut said, “The
started 30 minutes ago and
/e already received 10
d. It is maddening.”
Ambassador Richard Parker
d a July 4th luncheon for
ns at his residence less than
a mile from the Baabda presidential
palace. Several rockets hit within
some 30 yards of the palace
Monday.
The boom of the explosions could
be clearly heard as the Phalangist
radio announcer went on the air.
“We don’t know why they un
leashed all this fire again. It came as
a complete surprise. I was out at the
bakery shop across the street when
the first rocket shell landed 50 yards
from me, a Christian housewife
said.
A Phalangist official said the shel
ling was preceded by sniper fire on
the southeast Christian suburb of
Ain Rummaneh, the scene of some
of the worst clashes of the past three
days.
Earlier Tuesday, President Elias
Sarkis held urgent talks in a futile
effort to consolidate the latest
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Kodak ordered to ‘tell all’
in photo anti-trust decision
THE BATTALION Page 5
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978
tillery fire shatters fragile calm;
rian rockets hit Lebanese city
cease-fire and residents of the
Christian neighborhood emerged
warily from their basements and
stairwells to inspect the damage to
their homes.
Christian officials and press re
ports placed casualties for the three
days of fighting at least 80 dead,
mostly civilians. But hospital offi
cials Tuesday said although casual
ties were heavy, most were not fatal
and the death count was probably
lower than published estimates.
Mounting friction between the
Syrians and the* Christians had
erupted into fighting twice earlier in
the year. But the latest clashes were
the most serious and were seen as a
showdown between the Syrians and
militiamen who believe Damascus
has sided with their Palestinian civil
war adversaries.
United Press International
NEW YORK — Berkey Photo,
Inc., a relatively small New York
firm, has been awarded more than
$86 million by a U.S. District Court
judge as the result of its successful
anti-trust action against the giant
Eastman Kodak Company of
Rochester, N.Y.
The final judgement, signed
Monday, awarded Berkey $81 mil
lion in damages plus unspecified
costs and lawyers fees of $5.6 mil
lion.
The order will not be enforced
until there is a decision on Kodak’s
appeal of the jury judgment that the
firm it used its technological domi
nance to monopolize the amateur
photographic business.
The final order provided that
Kodak cease selling color photo
graphic paper with any mark iden
tifying Kodak as the maker or dis
tributor of the paper.
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