Deserters’ Law Struck Down by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court invalidated a 5-4 law permitting denaturalization of Americans convicted by military trial for wartime desertion. Chief Justice Warren called the punishment cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment, with Justice Brennan concurring that the 1940 Neutrality Act provisions on expatriation exceed congressional power. Justices Frankfurter Burton Clark and Harlan dissented.
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Legg Remembered as Builder at Last Rites
Herbert C. Legg, 70, former Long Beach city manager and 12-year Los Angeles County supervisor, was eulogized at a Mottell's Mortuary service conducted by Downey Masonic Lodge. Dist. Atty. McKesson praised Legg as a builder who shaped a great Southern California, citing 3,000 homes in Lakewood and North Long Beach and his roles from WPA administrator to county supervisor. Burial was private. more than 300 officials attended.
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Atoms for Peace Exhibit Arrives in Japanese City
The atoms for peace exhibit from the United States, shown in Japan two years ago, is stalled in new permanent quarters in a city 50 miles north of Tokyo after a lengthy tour. The display features models of two reactors.
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Cathy Stuart Seeks Divorce Decree Legal Travel
Singer actress Cathy Stuart flew from Las Vegas to Los Angeles to ensure the divorce decree was legal. She accused husband Donald I. Hauger, an assistant stage manager in Las Vegas, of cruelty. After the decree, she returned to Las Vegas where she is in a nightclub show.
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