Girard Denies Army Pressure Over Trial Story
Camp Whittington Japan Army Specialist 3/C William S. Girard repudiated claims that American authorities pressured him to face trial in a Japanese court for slaying a Japanese woman. He spoke after meeting Brig. Gen. Charles L. Decker and Maj. Stanley F. Levin and said the issue was misinterpreted as pressure, citing only post restrictions on his movements.
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Camp Whittington
Japan
William S. Girard
Girard
Charles L. Decker
U. S. Army
Washington
Decker
Stanley F. Levin
Louis
Ottawa
Til
United Press
Dick Hornung
Army
Far East
Ill
William
Levin
Army probes GI sterility claims from WWII tank lights
Former Army major Marshall White demands investigation into reports that flood lights mounted on tanks during World War II blinded or harmed GIs. He cites cases in Germany and family miscarriages linked to light exposure, noting a 1945 Army report questioned infrared energy and urged further study.
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Washington
Army
Marshall White
Chicago
Wilber M. Brucker
White
Germany
Joseph Vanacore
Hamden, Conn
Phoenician Heads Civic Unity Council in Phoenix
Herbert Finn of Phoenix named president of the Arizona Council for Civic Unity. Finn previously led the Phoenix chapter and worked against racial and religious discrimination. Joseph Stocker of Phoenix is listed as former president.
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Phoenix
Herbert Finn
Arizona Council For Civic Unity
Finn
Joseph Stocker
Crabb Rumored Dead as Soviet Radio Claims Inglorious End
Moscow radio claimed Cmdr Lionel Crabb met an inglorious end in Portsmouth harbor after disappearing during a dive near the Ordzhonikidze ship. It alleged a headless body found 11 miles away 14 months later could be Crabb, while British officials gave no positive ID and noted conflicting reports about possible intelligence work.
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London
Moscow Radio
Cmdr
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Portsmouth
Crabb
Ordzhonikidze
Bulganin
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Britain
Moscow
U.S
Crabb's Shady End in Portsmouth Harbor
Crabb was involved in a dubious business and met an inglorious end at Portsmouth harbor, a terse note implying a risky scheme and its fatal consequence near the harbor.
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Crabb
Portsmouth Harbor
Father Saves Child But Falls To Death
Thomas Bennett, 45, saved his 3-year-old daughter Deborah from a railing fall on a second-floor porch in Pittsburgh yesterday. He pulled her to safety but lost balance and plunged to the ground. His 9-year-old daughter Marie tried to catch Deborah by grabbing her feet as the railing failed.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Bennett
Deborah
Bennett
Marie
Graham's Divisive Creed Cited
The Christian Century says Billy Graham leads a revival of the narrow and divisive fundamentalist creed. It lists core doctrines such as the virgin birth, biblical inerrancy, physical resurrection, atonement, and the imminent return of Christ, noting Graham's fundamentalist education and honorary degree.
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Chicago
Christian Century Magazine
Billy Graham
Jesus
Christ
Graham
Patrolman Webb Catches Boy Burglar in Lansing
An off duty officer near Lansing awoke to breaking glass and arrested a 14 year old boy who had broken into a grocery store. The youth had $172 taken in six earlier burglaries and was captured by Patrolman Jack Webb.
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Lansing
Mich
Jack Webb
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West Congress
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Creed
United States
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