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TRENTON — The state of New Jersey will be returning
$286,000 in criminal fines imposed on The New York Times and
reporter Myron Farber in connection with the celebrated July
19/8 ‘‘Dr. X” murder trial.
The order was issued Tuesday by outgoing Gov. Brendan
Byrne in his last three hours in office.
“In the final analysis, and in retrospect, the criminal fines
represent a penalty for wrongdoing.” Byrne said. “Remitting those
fines is an acknowledgment on our part that both parties stood on
principle and that we recognize that principle.”
Byrne took the action a day after he pardoned the newspaper
and its reporter.
“Obviously, we’re pleased,” a Times spokesman said about the
return of the money by the state.
Farber and the Times had been held in criminal contempt for
refusing to produce notes and disclose the sources for a series of
articles on Dr. Mario Jascalevich.
The Bergen County osteopath had been charged with using the
exotic muscle relaxant, curare, to kill three patients at Riverdell
Hospital in Oradell between 1965 and 1966.
He was acquitted, but Farber was fined $ 1,000 and spent 40 days
in jail. The newspaper was fined $285,000.
In taking his action, Byrne said the criminal sanctions against
Farber and the Times would not have been imposed under the
same circumstances today.
Since 1978, several court cases have upheld reporters’ rights to
refuse to disclose sources. In addition, New Jersey’s shield law has
been revised and would now protect Farber from turning over the
files.
Byrne pardoned the newspaper and Farber because they were
attempting to uphold a principle they believed in. “They should
not be burdened by a record of criminal contempt convictions,” he
said.
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memories of British colonialism
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MAYMYO — A horse-drawn
coach pulls out of a long drive
way from a pillared mansion
fronted by a long sweeping lawn
and for a moment, the days of
the inemsahibs and uniformed
colonels taking tea during the
annual escape from the lowland
heat seem to have returned.
But a closer look shows that
the coach is rundown, the lawn
uncut and nary a British colonel
can be seen.
Burma is well rid of its one
time colonial masters, but in the
former hill station of Maymyo
the remnants of the more gra
cious aspects of their rule are
everywhere.
Maymyo is only 45 miles
north of Mandalay, but it sits on
a high, rolling plateau that one
ascends like a steep staircase
from the hot plain below. The
3,800-foot altitude makes the air
as crisp and cool as a Scottish
autumn.
During the 60-year British
rule of central Burma, Maymyo
became the favorite retreat from
the heat and humidity of Ran
goon. The governor established
a splendid summer mansion and
lesser officers, clerks and their
ladies followed him to Maymyo.
Today more than 200 of the
bungalows and mansions that
housed the colonial elite remain
in Maymyo. Most have been
taken over by officers from the
nearby Maymyo military
academy — the West Point of
Burma. Others have been taken
by the government for use as
guest houses, offices and hotels.
.The former governor’s man
sion is being extensively refur
bished and remodeled. It is
scheduled to open early this year
as Maymyo’s only first class
hotel.
More typical is the lovely ivy-
covered Maymyo Guest House.
The rambling colonial-style
house has sweeping lawns, fire
places in all the main rooms and
a view of the town stretching out
below its hilltop venue. But the
Burmese government has
allowed the place to fall into gen
tle decay.
It has not had a coat of paint
in years. The rooms smell of mil
dew. The small staff is over
worked. The food is tasteless.
There is no wood for the fire
places and during a recent visit
the water pump was broken, so
all water had to be hauled up
from a well by the staff.
But at $5 per day, the price is
right.
The town itself is also run
down, but that is the way of all
Burma. For 10 Kyats (about
$1.50) you can hire one of the
small enclosed coaches for a
pleasant drive around the town.
From the tall white clocktow-
er to the Sunrise Teashop or the
forestry school there are every
where the signs of the British
touch now altered by 30 years of
Burmese style socialism.
Getting to Maymyo can be
easy — you can take a train or
plane the 600 miles from Ran
goon to Mandalay and then hop
a local “jeep taxi” for the beauti
ful two-hour drive up the zig
zagging road out of the valley.
Or it can be difficult — train and
plane schedules are vague and
approximate and bookings can
only be made the day before de
parture.
Getting back can be even
trickier. Asked when the plane
would arrive a Burma Airways
official answered: “Sometime
today, probably. I can give you a
more definite answer only when
it arrives.”
If you go in a group, you can
plan your trip through the gov
ernment-operated Tourist Bur
ma. The guides are invariably
pleasant, but often even they can
only shrug their shoulders at the
vagueries of Burmese transpor
tation.
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