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Politician’s promises
are OK, court says
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Voters
vides assistance! beware: the Supreme Court says
)inparties. when it comes to political prom-
t federal ageno ises, politicians can get away with
te regulating t!j just about anything,
try, “because il*f In striking down a Kentucky
.hould be the oik. law that sought to ban candi-
and not the got| dates from vowing to cut their
fllaries, the court ruled — in
kly pointed wiilf effect — politicians are free to
example of wUl [Jedge less taxes, more happi-
i the governraer 1 ness, or any of countless other
■gulating businec ampaign promises,
ince gasoline wl Writing for the unanimous
by Presidet: court, Justice William Brennan
arket now dictate said:
! “The free exchange of ideas
he price of gasu provides special vitality to the
climbed until process traditionally at the heart
S1.50 a gallon of American constitutional
to its lowest lev; democracy — the political cam-
9. paig 11 ”
id the countn b He noted, however, states can
ntdropinoilcot prohibit candidates from “cor-
ein crudeoilpnvfrupting agreements and solicita-
ubstantial dedintj *»o ns ” — suc h as offering pay-
- the lowestsinctBents in return for votes.
But he added, “A candidate’s
istic, but we can: promise to confer some ultimate
d concerningtlitl benefit on the voter or member
ation, Fiske said I of the general public, does not
vulnerable," (ijllie beyond the pale of First
a distant war Amendment protection.”
‘ring of pro®) The decision was a victory for
II have an impaci Republican Carl Brown, who
security.” challenged a state appeals court
ruling that had nullified an elec
tion in which he won a seat on
III CD Cadavers
Igrly give data
^ " on decay
- I \/ V United Press International
Cl V U KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dr.
J William Bass wishes devotees of
i is documentt; the bizarre and the gruesome
Frontierswomej would stick to horror movies
lerience.” whitt and quit hanging around his ex-
men cried an pehment.
te hardships.Bt The problem is, Bass’ experi-
d wonderfully ment is the most gruesome show
things were Bd in town. He’s got five human
vere crving, tlr bodies rotting in a fenced-in
‘There’S not out area behind University Hospit-
icth myself bao al, trying to come up with' a
timetable for decomposition,
ne women hate “We don’t want people
dversity, butil 'tramping around up there,” said
was an adver Bass, anthropology professor at
the University of'Tennessee and
“ the state’s forensic pathologist,
ere tnildl “First, it’s on private proper-
; ’ty, and second, it’s behind a
the WOmCl fence. When people get up there
tones M anc * wa *k over ' t ’ ^ey’re des
troying the experiment.”
'W hnglm Bass said the bodies are pro-
hiive a/lfl v >b> n g some of the first data on
. how long it takes for a cadaver to
forward to, decay.
72 women "The type of flies that are on
the body at the moment, and the
'pportum type of beetle or insect that you
See thilW ^ ave ‘ s probably the best indica-
tion,” Bass said.
fC 111 the III' Bass said he decided to seek
enda Rih information after a myste-
, rious corpse was found near
rrontlCI) Nashville in a shallow grave,
o Jowfl p Bass investigated the case and
determined the body had been
dead for less than a year.
^ But when he took the bones
I J back to his Knoxville laboratory
for analysis, the scientist learned
the body had been dead 112
years.
It was the body of Confeder
ate Col. William Shy, shot to
death in the Civil War Battle of
said theirhu! Nashville in 1864. It was in good
: turned bad 1 shape because it had been
r them." embalmed — a rarity for Civil
the trail of War victims — and buried in a
[tinned to m cast-iron coffin that did not leak.
rticularly u 11 '
e who wroif
saying, “I y
,ug parlor tef
lers of travel
Bass started his experiment
last April. In wood-frame, cof-
ftn-like structures covered with
Quarter-inch chicken
th
wire are
e bodies, in various stages of
estern wortie*
-trinity. The 1
would chanf
i had tob
. , „ P] | decomposition.
ie ey \ n'. The first body was placed out-
1 C t0 u UR r' mr s 'de last April. All that is left of it
‘ in th , e is the skeletal remains. The last
e ," nR |„J Body began the experiment last
’' 1 lin ^ 0 ' October. It decayed slowly dur
ing the cold months, but has be
gun to deteriorate rapidly with
the warmer weather.
“The bodies were all willed to
„ , us specifically for this purpose,”
>pta ps) jgjj Bass. “We don’t randomly
as they m pick up bodies^
The professor said his re-
myths ex- search team hopes to end up
=arch was thtj w >th a checklist so police officers
2ns were thtj ran estimate how long a body
“ v has been dead.
- oman traded |
aired them as
- of them as
Now
ng her who I
You Know
happe' iec,l "I
Hid bt 1111111 ? United Press Intern ational
ra yed- The Los Angeles area has
not si'PF'v approximately 6.32 million tele-
Kspnones.
the Jefferson County (Louisvil
le) Commission. Brown defe
ated Democrat Earl Hartlage in
1979.'
“I thank God for this victory,”
Brown said at a news conference
in Louisville. “We do have a vi
able First Amendment right and
I’m delighted.”
Brown currently is a candi
date for the Republican con
gressional nomination in the dis
trict that includes Louisville and
its suburbs.
The court battle started when
Hartlage sued after losing the
county commission race. He
claimed Brown illegally pledged
to serve for $3,000 less than
annual salary.
Brown made the statement
during a joint appearance with
another GOP candidate for the
commission, Dr. Bill Creech.
In response to Hartlage’s suit,
Brown stressed he and Creech
retracted their promise 78 days
before the election.
A key concern centered on a
narrow distinction the law drew
between what a candidate could
and could not pledge to voters.
Under the measure, a politician
could promise to give back his
salary to the public treasury if
elected, but could not promise to
refuse to accept it in the first
place.
Federal prosecutors set to ask
for John Hinckley trial date
United Press International
WASHINGTON — More
than a year after the attemp
ted assassination of President
Reagan, the way finally has
been cleared for the trial of his
accused assailant, John W.
Hinckley Jr.
Federal prosecutors Mon
day, after being defeated in
their third bid to use certain
evidence, announced they will
ask U.S. District Judge Bar
rington Parker to immediate
ly set a new trial date.
Three earlier court dates
were postponed while lawyers
fought over the admissibility
of papers seized from Hinc
kley’s cell without a warrant
and statements he made to in
terrogators after being denied
an attorney.
The 11-member U.S. Cir
cuit Court of Appeals refused
a Justice Department request
to review a ruling by a three-
judge panel of the court that
upheld Parker’s initial ruling
the evidence was inadmissible.
The Justice Department
could have sought a Supreme
Court appeal, but decided to
go to trial without the evi
dence. Justice Department
attorneys earlier said the evi
dence was crucial to combat
Hinckley’s planned plea of in
nocent by reason of insanity.
“Although we continue to
believe the case presents im
portant issues that have not
been correctly resolved, we
have concluded in the broad
er interest of justice there be
no further delay of the trial,”
the department said.
Hinckley, 26, is charged
with attempting to assassinate
Reagan and assaulting with
intent to kill White House
Press Secretary James Brady,
Secret Service Agent Timothy
McCarthy and city policeman
Thomas Delahanty.
The four were shot outside
the Washington Hilton on
March 30, 1981.
Hinckley, a college dropout
and the son of a wealthy Col
orado oilman, was arrested at
the scene. He arrived in town
the day before aboard a bus
and was staying at a nearby
hotel.
On the basis of an unmailed
letter found in Hinckley’s
room after the shooting, au
thorities suspect he shot
Reagan as part of a bizarre
attempt to impress teenage ac
tress Jodie Foster.
Hinckley has been held in
solitary confinement since his
arrest and is now at the Army
stockade at Fort Meade, Md.,
20 miles outside of
Washington.
T wice during the past year
he has tried to kill himself.
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