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Legal battle to keep GI from Japanese court
Army Specialist 3 C William S Girard seeks a writ of habeas corpus to block trial by a Japanese court arguing he was on duty and covered by a U S Japan agreement. Government says U S foreign relations would suffer untold damage if Japan prosecutes him. President Eisenhower backs handing Girard to Japanese courts amid domestic uproar.
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Girard
Ottawa
Ill
U. S
William Girard
X. W. Mitchell
Leroy Clemens
Ottawa Republican Times
Fred A. Girding
First National Bank
Washington
William S. Girard
Japan
Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Miami
Eisenhower
United States
Far East