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Sen. Biden challenges UM law students By DENTON GIBBES Daily Journal Oxford Bureau
UNIVERSITY - With one eye fixed on the future and the other recanting the past, U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden told law students at Ole Miss Thursday they are about to enter the legal profession at one of the most exciting times in the nation 's history . Individual rights, guaranteed and unguaranteed, by the U.S. Constitution will face new, previously unpond e red challenges brought about Sen. Joseph Blden through developments in technology and society, Biden said. He challenged law students to be prepared to adapt to change without sacrificing values and liberties. A law school moot courtroom capacity crowd was present to hear the three-term senator's comments on unwritten individual rights, such as the right to privacy, and their place in the future. " As big brother's eyes get bigger and bigger, individual liberties may shrink," he said. "I don't fear the future . I welcome it with a sense of anticipation. I believe the United States is better prepared than any other nation to adapt to change without sacrificing our values and liberties. " Biden said the debate over unwritten liberties - unenumerated rights - is one that will intensify. The 46-year-old senator from Delaware, who serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and stewarded the hearings in the fall of
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1987 on then-President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, said the failure of Bork's nomination wasn't a battle of liberals vs. conservatives, but a que tion of unenumerated rights. "The fight over Bork was portrayed by President Reagan as a 'referendum on the Warren Court'. It was cast in the press as a battle of liberals vs. conservatives," he said. "But it is inappropriate to cast Bork as a conservative. His views are extremely liberal in some ca es, particularly regarding the First Amendment. ''The vote against Bork, especially by a member of the Senate who had never voted against a U.S. Supreme Court nominee - Sen. John C. Stennis (of Mississippi) stemmed from the question over whether there were unenumerated rights. Bork was defeated not because he was conservative or liberal." The nomination of Bork, which lacked the support. of the Bidenchaired committee, failed in the entire Senate under the strict scrutiny of the nominee's judicial philosophy.
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John Wikle1 3, pauses Thursday during a spring day walk with his classmates from the First Baptist Day School in Tupelo to smell the,,,flowers that recent rains and warm temperatures have brought forth in abundance. John is the son of Cathleen and Charles WikJe of Tupelo.
, The compromise calls for a minimum of 1 mill for support and l mill for construction and repair JACKSON - Legislators approved a compro- begining Oct. I, 1989. By a 60 percent vote, a mise bill requiring counties to levy a ·minimum junior college's board of trustees can request an property tax to support junior colleges. additional mill for either category in 1990. "There will be very little millage raised under The bill passed Thursday - - - - - this bill. The great majority of counties are above on a 70-42 vote in the h\ this," said Rep. Charlie Williams of Senatobia, House, two more than the • 60 percent majority needed. who handled the measure on the floor. The Senate, which approved · · All Northeast Mississippi counties, except the compromise with only Calhoun County, are levying more than 2 mills. two dissenting votes, must Calhoun County's effective levy on figures from Legislature vote again before the bill the State Board for Community and Junior Colcan be sent to Gov. Ray Mabus. leges is 1.38 mills. Deily Journal Jackaon Bureau
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Dr. George Moody, executive director of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, said the effective levy is derived from a formula that divides the amount the junior college received by the amount the county collected in taxes. The collections are pegged at 93 percent of ~hat the county's assessed valuation could bring
m. If junior college boards request a third mill, the supervisors in Alcorn, Chickasaw and Monroe counties would have to increase millage. The bill was one of the most debated in the
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Bill, Cross, a retired engineer who has worked with modern weapons systems most of his life, recently learned a new meaning for the word "minuteman." Cross, who worked as a launch conductor and adviser for the company TRW for the Minuteman and Peacekeeper strategic missile systems, recen~ y was as e o go back to California to aid in the 18th test launch of an MX "Peacekeeper'' missile.
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, WASHINGTON - The prosecution completed its case in the Oliver North coverup trial Thursday, leaving jurors with abundant evidence of what North did - but with nagging questions about whether former President Ronald Reagan instructed him to do it. Whether Reagan should answer those questions in court will be decided by federal Judge Gerhard A. Gesell today . And debate over what the former president could say dominated Thursday's court action. Reagan's lawyer, Theodore Olson, argued against forcing Reagan to be a witness for the de(ense, say-
ing: "We're not aware that there is any such evidence (of direct authorization) from the (former) president.'' But Barry Simon, one of North's lawyers, said Reagan could shed light on whether North was authorized to withhold information from Congress about secret aid to the Nicaraguan Contras, and ·from a Justice Department team assigned by Reagan in November 1986 to ferret out fact~ about U.S. arms shipments to Iran. Gesell, who promised to rule today before considering defense motions to dismiss some or all of the 12 felony charges against North, appeared interested in obtaining testi-
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VALDEZ , Alaska - The captain of the tanker that caused the worst oil spill in the nation's history was fired Thursday, Exxon Shipping Co. announced. Earlier, federal investigators said tests taken after the accident determined he was legally drunk. Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph The Alaska Oil Spill Hazelwood had a blood-alcohol KEY (As of Thursday, March 30) Veldez Alaska reading of .061 ~ Heavy concentrations or oll when measured 9 Medium to light concentrations nine hours after the ship rammed Blight Re ef, said William Woody, head of Naked !$landa four-man NTSB team in0 vestigating the spill . Under a federal law that prohibits operating a commercial vessel at sea while intoxicat0 Salmon ed, the limit set hatchery by the Coast In danger Guard is .04, Gwlfof Woody said. Alaska For automobile 15m,\et drivers in AlasAP ka and most oth- Soutr»: NOAA er states, a blood-alcohol reading of .10 is considered legally drunk. Hazelwood was not on the bridge when the tanker ran aground March 24. Third mate Gregory Cousins, who the Coast Guard says lacked proper certification, was giving the orders . Woody said a Coast Guard officer told investigators he smelled aJcohOl on Hazelwood's breath a few hours after the accident. But the Guardsman and a harbo r pilot agreed Hazelwood appeared competent, Woody said. Woody refused to answer questions concerning whether Hazelwood might have been drinking between the time of the accident, which occurred shortly after midnight Friday, and the time the Coast Guard arrived at the scene at between 2 and 2:30 a.m. Shortly after the NTSB announcement, Exxon Shipping Co. said it was firing Hazelwood, who has been convicted twice of drunken driving. "I do have permission to confirm that Capt. Hazelwood has been released from the company as of today,·' said Brian Dunphy, an Exxon spokesman . Coas Guard spokesman Todd Nelson said the agency is waiting for final findings from the NTSB before proceeding with any criminal charges. Such charges could lead to up to one year in prison and not more than $5,000 in fines, according to the Coast Guard and Marine Safety Office in Juneau. Penalties for operating a ship while intoxicated also include the loss of a seaman's license or up to a $1,000 in civil fines. Hazelwood has been arrested twice for drunken driving and had his license suspended three tin:ies. His mother told The Associated Press that her son had undergone rehabilitation and that Exxon was aware of his drinking problem.
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Biden , who compared the nomination of Bork to the dropping of a ideological gauntlet by the president, was a former Democratic presidental candidate during the 1988 race. He withdrew his candidacy after being accused of using speeches previously made by other political leaders. He has served continuously since he was elected U.S. senator from Delaware four years after his graduation from Syracuse University School of Law in 1968. His current term expires in 1990.
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, A headline In Thursday's edition of the Dally Journal reporting on the actions of the Northeast Mississippi Regional Water Supply District was Incorrect. The water district did agree to draw up plans for a water line to serve a new mall.
A Houston jury Thursday found a Louisiana man innocent c:,f aggravated assault in the shooting of a Bruce resident. Conviction in the case hinged on whether the defendant, T.J. Schneyer, 47, of Merryville, La., acted in self defense when he shot sale barn owner Jim Earl Aaron, 47, of Bruce during an early morning altercation on Oct. 23. The Jury deliberated for two hours before returning the innocent verdict in the two-day trial.
Nation Cheney may ask for closings ................. 2A Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Thursday he might ask Congress to close more military bases as a money-saving move In efforts "to try to create a leaner, more efficient" structure for America's armed forces.
The mayor's race next week in Levasy, Mo., will feature a man who wants the job but is not on the ballot, a candidate who is on the ballot but doesn't want the job and an incumbent who wants to keep his job. Mayor Jerry Friedrich filed for re-election as mayor of the eastern Jackson County town of 235 people. Former alderman Carl Burns filed against him because he didn't want Friedrich to run unopposed. When Burns learned that Aon Adkins was waging a write-In campaign, Burns decided to withdraw. But it was too late for him to remove his name from the ballot. He said that didn't matter because he would not win the electlon. " I don't have to worry about that because nobody likes me down here," he said. Finding candidates for the non-paying city positions Is not always easy, Burns said. ''They pretty near have to appoint somebody to take the job."
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