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WASHINGTON—With his wife Cathy standing by his side, William 0. Douglas waves to
photographers as he arrives home after sending President Ford his letter of resignation
from the Supreme Court. (UPI)
Justice Douglas
resigns court
By JAMES A. KIDNEY
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Wil
liam Orville Douglas, his 77-
year-old body drained by
“incessant and demanding
pain” with little prospect for
recovery, has retired from the
Supreme Court, where he
served longer than any other
man in history.
Douglas’ illness accomplished
the longtime goal of many of
his enemies, who at one time
included President Ford, who
received Douglas’ retirement
letter Wednesday.
Although he had hoped to
carry on his work for a 37th
term after suffering a stroke
last New Year’s Eve, Douglas
wrote that he realized “it would
be inadvisable for me to carry
on the duties required of a
member of the court.”
In his letter he indicated he
had little hope of recovering.
“I have been bothered with
incessant and demanding pain
which depletes my energy to
the extent that I have been
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unable to shoulder my full
share of the burden,” he wrote.
“Therefore... I hereby retire
at the close of this day from
regular active service as an
Associate Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United
States.”
He noted he had been forced
“to leave the bench several
times” during recent court
arguments. He said, “I shall
continue to seek relief from this
unabated pain, but there is no
bright prospect in view.”
The President accepted the
retirement “with profound per
sonal sympathy for the sad
circumstances” which caused
Douglas to leave.
Ford said, “Your distin
guished years of service are
unequaled in all the history of
the court. Your contributions to
the law, both as scholar and
jurist, and your service ... as a
member and chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission constitute a lifetime of
dedicated public service
matched by few Americans.”
Douglas was appointed by
President Franklin D. Roose
velt after serving as the second
chairman of the SEC. He took
his seat April 17, 1939,
succeeding one of his legal
idols, Louis D. Brandeis. At 40,
he was one of the youngest men
to sit on the court.
The retirement leaves the
court dominated by conserva
tive thinkers appointed by
Richard M. Nixon.
A White House spokesman
said Ford had not decided
whom he would nominate to fill
Douglas* seat. As House minori
ty leader in 1969 Ford
attempted to impeach Douglas.
Many observers had thought
Douglas would keep his seat at
all costs until next fall, on the
chance Ford might be replaced.
Possible nominees could in
clude Attorney General Edward
H. Levi, 64, a respected legal
scholar with little courtroom
experience.
Ford declined Wednesday to
rule out a woman. Prominent
female jurists include Judge
Shirley M. Hufstedler, 50, of the
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
and District Judge Cornelia G.
Kennedy in Detroit.
Chief Justice Warren E.
Burger, who succeeded one of
Douglas’ closest friends, Earl
Warren, and frequently disa
greed with Douglas, said the
retirement “brings to a close a
career unique in the annals of
this court. His service spans
the tenure of five chief justices
and sets a record that may
never be equaled.”
Douglas’ wife Cathy, 32, said
she was sad his contribution to
the court is over but happy
“because I think this will give
him the freedom and leisure to
recuperate.”
Douglas was proud of his
stamina and was convinced he
could overcome his latest
setback. As a boy he conquered
polio. In 1949 a horse fell on
him, breaking 13 ribs. A
pacemaker was installed in his
chest in 1968 because his
heartbeat was irregular.
Douglas was still confident he
could overcome his latest
physical battle last April, when
he prematurely returned to the
court, and from a wheelchair
invited newsmen to accompany
him on a hike in a few months.
Instead, his absences from
the bench became more fre
quent in recent days.
Last Thursday he returned to
the Rusk Institute in New York,
where he spent the spring and
summer undergoing rehabilita
tion treatment hoping to im
prove the use of his paralyzed
left side which kept him
confined to a wheelchair until
the day he retired. The trip was
termed “routine.”
Douglas’ decision to retire
was made quickly, almost on
the spur of the moment,
according to court sources. He
arrived at the verdict only
hours before the White House
made it public.
A court spokesman quoted
Burger as saying no other
member of the court suggested
Douglas step down.
Machete man surrenders;
hostage released safely
INDIAN LAKES ESTATES,
Fla. (UPI) — A machete-armed
man, who had held a woman
hostage for 16 hours after
allegedly hacking another
woman to death and wounding
two men, surrendered early
today and released his hostage
safely.
The man, tentatively identi
fied by Polk County authorities
as Jasper Mines, had sipped a
container of orange juice spiked
with a tranquilizer shortly
before he gave up to some 50
law enforcement officers in an
office building.
Some observers said Mines
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appeared to be drowsy from the
drug, but Dan Taylor of the
Polk County sheriff’s depart
ment said the man was just
exhausted.
“He was very tired,” said
Taylor. “We don’t feel like he
got enough of the drug to really
have any effect on him.”
Mrs. Janie Nelson, 30, a
mother of three, came out of
the barricaded office ahead of
Mines about 1:45 a.m. EST. She
had slight cuts and bruises
inflicted by Mines during the
first hours of her captivity, but
was not seriously harmed,
officers said.
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Mines had shouted at officers
from behind the office door,
barricaded by a desk, and had
allowed police to pass food and
drink into him and Mrs. Nelson.
Taylor said vistrial, a tran
quilizer, was injected into a
quart container of orange juice
early this morning and passed
into Mines. The man, however,
took only a sip or two, Taylor
said.
It was at first thought that
Mrs. Nelson also had drunk
some of the juice but Taylor
said she later said she had not.
She walked out of the door but
was taken from the building in
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a stretcher.
Taylor said Mines had told
police around midnight that he
was going to surrender but
“had a few things he wanted to
think over in his mind first.”
He left the machete behind in
the room when he walked out
the door.
Taylor said Mines definitely
will be charged with murder in
the slaying of a young woman
found in his van. He was taken
to the Indian River County jail
at Vero Beach.
He had burst into the real
estate office where Mrs. Nelson
worked around 9:45 a.m.
Wednesday and held the ma
chete to her throat. He
barricaded himself and his
hostage in a lounge area and
refused to come out.
Calvin Scott, a counselor for
the Florida Turning Point
Ranch, a drug rehabilitation
center, spoke to Mines late
Wednesday and said he admit
ted killing Maria Lois Hartnoil,
20, of Satellite Beach, and
hacking two men earlier in the
day. Scott said Mines was
remorseful but claimed the
victims “had ripped him off.”