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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1957

Page

6

Should Girard Be Convicted Here's What He Will Face

David Lancashire reports on Yokosuka Prison housing 33 U S servicemen jailed by Japanese courts for off duty offenses. Cells have radios and running water. meals are Western and plentiful. inmates work in shops and play baseball in yard. The article describes sentences averaging three to five years with possible reductions for good behavior and notes the presence of medical staff, chaplains, language lessons, and a 900 book library.

David Lancashire Yokosuka Japan William S. Girard U.S Girard Ministry of Justice U.S. Navy Kiyoshi Takahashi

Catlett Hardware Co Offers New Robot Lawn Mower

A sales notice touts the first of its kind robot lawn mower at Catlett Hardware Co on East Moulton Street. Customers can view the device for free and trade in their old mower for a better allowance.

Catlett Hardware CO East Moulton Street

Communists Declare Democracy Dead In Jakarta Indonesia

In Jakarta anti Communist leaders declare democracy dead in Indonesia though few will be quoted. They accuse a thinly veiled military dictatorship under President Sukarno and army chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Harris Nasution. The allied anti Communist bloc includes Socialist Sutan Sjahrir and Mohammed Hatta.

Jakarta Indonesia Socialist PSI Sutan Sjahrir Mohammed Hatta Nationalist Sukarno Djuandi Abdul Harris Nasution Nasution

U.N. Panel Finds Hungarian Uprising Strengthened by Soviet Suppression

A five nation U.N. committee concludes Hungary's will for freedom was strengthened by Soviet suppression in October and November. It cites mass arrests and deportations, heavy casualties, and brutal secret police methods. The report calls for urgent U.N. action on Soviet withdrawal and Hungarian neutrality guarantees.

William N. Oatis N.Y U.N Hungary General Assembly Janos Kadar Assembly Central Asia Egypt Danube Suez Canal Secret Police I Nation Assembly New York Geneva Rome Vienna London United States U.S Australia Ceylon Denmark Tunisia Uruguay K. C. O. Shann Kadar Radio Free Europe

Stop That Itch In Just 15 Minutes

An advertorial notes that itch relief medicine ITCH ME-NOT is available at Geidel Drug Co for ease of use day or night to treat eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itch.

Geidel Drug Co

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