TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1966 THlE MICHIG~AN fDAILY 7'sC± c nrYrY2 * ' .. P'AGE THREE :. Supreme Sheppard Court Tried Declares Unjustly Retrial May Come Within S ixty Ida ys Justice Clark Says Jury Prejudiced by Newspaper Reporting WASHINGTON (P) - The Su- preme Court ruled yesterday that *prejudicial publicity and "bedlam" in the courthouse denied Dr. Sam- uel H. Sheppard a fair trial in the buldgeon slaying of his first wife. "The carnival atmosphere at the trial could easily have been avoid- ed," the court said in ordering the former Cleveland osteopath freed unless the state gives him a new trial "within a reasonable time." It was not immediately clear whether there will be a retrial. The trial judge, said Justice Tom C. Clark in the 8-1 decision, "should have adopted stricter rules governing the use of the courtroom by newsmen, as Shep- pard's counsel requested." But, Clark said, "the fact is that bedlam reigned at the court house during the trial and news- men took over practically the en- "k tire courtroom, hounding most of the participants in the trial, espe- cially Sheppard." Prejudicial Accounts Had trial Judge Edward Blythin, now dead, restricted "prejudicial news accounts" which seeped in- to the jury, Clark said, Sheppard could have been guaranteed a fair trial. "We do not, of course, pass on the guilt or innocence of Shep- pard, only whether he had a fair trial," said the silver-haired jus- tice. It was a detailed indictment of the news media's handling of the case and the "free rein" given them by Judge Blythin. "We believe," said Clark, "that the arrangements made by the judge with the news media caused Sheppard to be deprived of that judicial serenity and calm to which he was entitled." During the nine-week trial, Clark said, "the intense publicity contin- ued . . . As the trial progressed, the newspapers summarized and interpreted the evidence, devoting particular attention to the ma- terial that incriminated Sheppard, V and often drew unwarranted in- ferences from testimony. Bloodstained Pillow "At one point, a front-page pic- ture of Mrs. Sheppard's blood- stained pillow was published after being 'doctored' to show more clearly an alleged imprint of a surgical instrument." There is no doubt, Clark added, "that this deluge of publicity reached at least some of the jury." Then, ranging beyond the Shep- pard case alone, Clark said all courts must take steps "that will protect their processes from prej- udicial outside interferences." Sheppard got first word of the ruling from his son, Samuel Sheppard, Jr., 19, at their home in a suburb of Cleveland. "Thank God!" he said. "It was a great reassurance of the free- doms we have in this country and a resurgence of the faith that I had at one time lost." In Columbus, Gerald Donahue, an assistant to Ohio Atty. Gen. William B. Saxbe, said: "As far as the state is concerned the case is closed. If there is to be a re- trial it is up to Cuyahoga Coun- Y In Cleveland, the county prose- cutor, John T. Corrigan, said, "I cannot make any decision until I read the opinion." Other Rulings Overshadowed by the Sheppard decision were significant rulings I by the Supreme Court in the controversial area of contempt judgments. -Associated Press Gemini astronauts Cernan (left) and Stafford (right) are shown here on the deck of the carrier Wasp yesterday after their "splash-down." Flight Success as Astronauts Land Gemini Craft on Target Belgium To. Be New Site For NA TO Military Headquarters' To Leave France, Council Move Seen BRUSSELS (P)-France's part- ners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaped a major hur- dle yesterday and decided on Bel- gium as a new site for the alli- ance's military headquarters. But they ran into rough going on whether NATO's political council should also be moved from France. Foreign Minister Joseph Luns of The Netherlands told reporters after the opening meeting of the Council of Ministers that a special session was set for October to consider transfer of the poli- tical headquarters, which France apparently wants to keep in Paris. Luns said, however, that the 14 foreign ministers agreed that it was important that both the po- litical and military arms of the alliance should be close together because cooperation between them was imperative. This seemed to indicate that despite some reluctance by Can- ada and Italy to take the step, the political council also will move to Belgium. U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart strong- ly argued this course at the min- isters' two-hour meeting. Avoid Provocation Foreign Secretary Paul Martin of Canada declared that noth- ing should be done to provoke President Charles de Gaulle. Italy's Amintore Fanfani said it would be inviting trouble ahead of de Gaulle's mission to Moscow later this month. Belgium had been equally re- luctant to take the military head- quarters, reflecting public fears that such a move would make the little country a target in any fu- ture war. France has ordered military headquarters and all other NATO bases to quit France by next April 1, and is withdrawing its own military forces from NATO July 1. Luns also° confirmed that the NATO Defense College will be moved from Paris to Rome, and that the American-British-French standing group based in Wash- ington will be abolished. The standing group supervised strate- gic planning in NATO Several of the larger NATO na- tions, including the United States, Britain and to some extent West Germany, feel that de Gaulle can- not be permitted to keep the NATO Political Council, while ousting its military machinery. Decision in Principle They expressed hope for at least a decision in principle on the NATO Council move. They were supported by Belgium, The Neth- erlands and Iceland, conference sources said. Taking a contrary view, a Ca- nadian source said: "We believe that no hasty action should be taken now on the NATO Council. Perhaps if we leave the NATO Council in Paris it will ease the negotiations with France on fu- ture cooperation with the alli- ance. If the council leaves, the door may be shut." There was vrrually no hope, however, that de Gaulle would ever reverse his bitter opposition to NATO's integrated military structure. But he has indicated he would be willing to cooperate closely with his partners in time of war. Junta, again demanded that Pre- mier Nguyen Cao Ky resign, and braced for a long fight. Shortly after the government announced an increase of the 10- man military junta by an equal number of civilians, Buddhist crowds roared defiance to the go- vernment at a rally. It appeared the political truce between the regime and the Buddhists had collapsed. Unrest again stirred in Hue, the far north stronghold of Buddhist extremists who demand Ky step down and let a civilian regime take over. Buddhist leaflets scat- tered in the city described Presi- dent Johnson as a "colonialist." As the political truce appeared to be cracking wide open after days in which U.S. officials hope- fully saw a solution to the crisis, the ground war remained quies- cent. There were only scattered patrol fights. In the day's only air action reported, B52s from Guam raided a Viet Cong base 65 miles northwest of Saigon, plastering it with 750-pound bombs. American planes made one of the largest leaflet drops of the war over the Red River delta area east of Hanoi, the North Vietna- mese capital. They loosed 2.8 mil- lion leaflets telling soldiers to be sent south they would be treat- ed well if they surrender or are captured. A U.S. spokesman said this was to counter Communist propaganda that the soldiers would be killed if they gave them- selves up. Meanwhile, the Buddhists were badly split on the question of adding 10 civilians to the junta. Thich Tam Chau, head of the Buddhist Institute and leader of the moderates, negotiated the ag- reement last Wednesday. When the militants denounced the agreement, he tendered his resig- nation but the committee of the Unified Buddhist Church refused to accept it. The Buddhist rally in Saigon was held at the compound of the Buddhist Institute, the political arm of the militant Buddhists. Gray-robed monks finally calmed the 7,000 Buddhists by ordering them to prepare for "a long, long fight." None of the civilians added to the junta represented the Insti- tute. Two were Roman Catholics and eight were moderate Budd- hists and members of that reli- gion's splinter sects, the Cao Dai and Hao Hao. "This cannot solve anything but only increase the opposition from the people," the Institute. declared in a statement about the list. An Institute spokesman said SAIGON (oP) - Militant Budd- the Buddhists would not join the hists yesterday scorned an at- government, but gave no indica- tempt to attach some of their tion of whether he hoped the mo- moderate members to the ruling derates could be deterred from WANT KY OUSTED: Buddhists Forsee Long Fight serving. The Institute again de- manded the resignations of Ky and Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, chief of state. The military regime was ada- mant. The 45-member Armed Forces Council, party of the gov- ernment apparatus, voted firm confidence in Thieu and Ky. The vote was 42 for with three blank ballots. The decision of the generals meant that the clash between the government and the extremist Buddhist elements may continue with its emotion-laden crowd ap- peal and possibly more human sacrifices. Regression For all practical purposes, Viet Nam was, back to where it started five days ago when representa- tives of the Buddhist Institute met the government to arrange the precarious political truce that stopped weeks of violent street demonstrations. "The bridges between the gov- ernment and the Institute are burned," commented an Ameri- can diplomat. The ruling Junta, now 20 men strong, supervises the country's government. It is assisted by the Armed Forces Council, the whole forming a complicated political machine. It was to appease the Buddhist extremists that Ky and Thieu agreed to include civilians in their junta in arranging the political truce. But it seemed that the Budd- hist Institute and its power-be- hind-the scenes, Thich Tri Quang, had one idea in mind-get rid of Ky and Thieu. Neither Ky nor Thieu showed any desire to step down and, for the time being at least, are sure of the backing of their fellow generals - a considerable force in divided South Viet Nam. Continuing Opposition No one, however, was certain how to cope with the continuing opposition by the radical Budd- hists. At best, the Buddhists could try to boycott the election of a Con- stituent Assembly, set for Sept. 11. At worst, they again could throw mobs into the streets and monks and nuns could again give their lives in flaming suicides. In Hue, clandestine radio broad- casts declared troops were being sent to the city to attack Budd- hists in their pagodas. The popu- lation was told to move their reli- gious altars into the streets to show Hue is Buddhist. Monks helped people 'set up their makeshift altars, mostly tab- les draped with cloth and bearing religious statues. Some narrow streets became impassable because of congestion caused by the altars. world News Roundup CAPE KENNEDY WP) -- Riding a lucky east wind, the hot and happy Gemini 9 pilots breezed home yesterday with startling ac- curacy-the last and best rendez- vous of all-in three troubled days of space flying and a world rec- ord walk in the sky. With Cernan making calcula- tions on the' spacecraft computer and Stafford steering the tiny ship through the atmosphere, Gemini 9 plunked down in the Atlanticj just half a mile short of the landing point and only 3/2 miles from the main recovery ship. The flight accomplished a great deal. It rehearsed some vital ma- Student Job-S neuvers and emergency techniques pletely divorce himself from the that will be used when Ameri- life support and electrical system cans land on the moon in a small of his spacecraft. The AMU has its space cab, then fly back to an own systems. orbiting mothership for the trip But his helmet visor clouded home. And Cernan's walk gave over, and he had to abandon plans some notionl of the problems to to shove off into space with the be solved before man dares walk AMU. on the lunar surface. The fogging also taught a les- Fifty-one minutes after splash- son-apparently work in space is down the astronauts were on the harder than comparable work on deck of the ship, stepping brisk- the ground. ly from their scorched and bat- Cernan estimated that it was tered spacecraft with big smiles. four or five times harder to don They shook hands all around and the AMU in space than in practice with each other. sessions on earth. As a result he For several minutes Cernan be- breathed heavily, which was the came the first spaceman to com- probable cause of the fogging. The ®' - - excessive moisture load apparently was too much for the suit tem- ekers Cause wit.recontrol system to cpe ekersCausieh. By The Associated Press MIAMI, Fla.-The U.S. Weather Bureau here was informed by Honduras weather men yesterday that 30 inches of rain Sunday night virtually obliterated San Rafael, western Honduras, and 73 persons were reported dead. * * * WASHINGTON - The House passed 194-89 yesterday a meas- ure authorizing grants to univer- sitieshor groups for graduate re- search and training in interna- tional studies-and similar under-, graduate studies. The bill now goes to the Senate. PANAMA - Student disorders spread to this capital yesterday from the city of Colon where clashes between students and Na- tional Guard troops left two dead and public buildings in flames. A presidential p r e s s' office broadcast said the demonstrations earlier in the day in Colon, in- volving some 500 students, were led by "Communist elements" fol- lowing directives of a recent Com munist Tricontinental Conference in Havana.. Student agitation in Colon has been building up since last week * * * * * WASHINGTON - United Na- PITTSBURGH - Civil rights tions Ambassador Arthur J. Gold- pickets began a series of demon- strations yesterday against the U.S. Steel Corp., protesting what they contend are discriminatory employment practices against Ne- groes. Pickets paraded in front of the firm's skyscraper headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh and at its southern regional headquarters in the Birmingham, Ala., suburb of Fairfield. i berg was reported to have told a group of senators yesterday that there is little hope for U.N. super- vision of South Viet Nam's pro- posed elections this fall. He expressed strong backing for a suggestion by Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Mon- tana, who proposed the 1954 Ge- neva Conference be reconvened to take up the question of elec- tion observers. May Unemplo WASHINGTON (P)-A flood of student job-seekers hiked the na- tion's unemployment rate to 4 per cent in May. It was the big- gest monthly rise in two years and gave added evidence to what the government described yesterday as slackening rate of economic growth. "I would expect a resumption of economic growth and a decline of unemployment," later this year, said Commissioner Arthur M. Ross of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Actually, the increase of 260,- 000 teenage job-seekers listed as unemployed were still in school in May and not ready to take a job until June. But because the government counts as unemployed everybody actively seeking work, these youngsters helped swell the job- less statistics to an overall total of 2.9 million in May, And, Ross said, the govern- ment's own drive to provide at least one million summer jobs for youths is partly responsible for increase in the number of young job-seekers and thus boosting the unemployment figures. Women Contribute Women entering the labor force in May also contributed to the jobless rise. But the unemployment rate for breadwinning married men re- mained low at 1 8 per cent, and the rate for all men 25 and older stayed at a 13-year low of 2.1 per cent. "The demand for adult male workers continued very strong, and the rate of unemployment for Cernan's foggy visor was the last in a string of Gemini 9 mis- fortunes that stretched back to February when the prime pilots, workers covered by unemployment Elliott M. See, Jr. and Charles A. workrs cverd byuneployentBassett II, were killed in an air insurance reached a new low," the crash. Backup pilots Stafford and bureau said. -. bureausaid.Cernan stepped in to take their Ross said the one-month jump place, in the jobless rate was not enough They were scheduled to chase evidence to suggest a reversal of an Agena target satellite in the the long term down-trend in un- skies May 17, but it failed to or- employment. bit and the shot was postponed. "There is every reason to feel Then there were two other delays. the overall movement is still up- 'Finally when the astronauts ward and that the unemployment chased a make-shift substitute rate, conversely is likely to re- satellite into orbit last Friday, sume its decline later in the they found in crippled by its year," Ross said. shroud and looking like an "angry Total employment rose more alligator" - barring any link-up than 650,000, mainly in manufac- between the two craft. turing and other non-agricultural Finally on the space walk, Cer- work, while the total of unem- nan found his automatic maneuv- ployed rose by 140,000, the bureau ering unit difficult to get into, said. and his space helmet visor fogged Despite the rise in employment up, cutting the walk short by 30 to a total of 73.7 million the num- minutes. ber of jobless rose because the But the return to earth was so civilian labor force increased perfect it washed away all the about 800,000 to a total of 76.7 other frustrations. million. Summing up the Gemini 9 In speaking of the large num- flight, George Mueller, associate ber of high school and college stu- administrator for manned space dents listed as unemployed in flight, said: May, Ross said "this doesn't indi- "We did not ieet all the objec- cate failure" in the drive to pro- tives .But it was a test flight and vide summer jobs for youths. we had an ambitious set of ob- "It doesn't prove they are not jectives to meet. We won't al- going to get work," he said. ways succeed in meeting them all But, Ross added, the failure of on a test mission. the economy to keep pace with the "On the balance, it was an ex- number of new job-seekers in May tremely successful flight. We does add evidence to other fed- learned quite a lot, even about eral statistics indicating a slow- those things that we didn't man- ing rate of economic expansion. age to do." 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