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Protected Criminals. The man who commanded the division, SS Brigade-führer Heinrich (Heinz) Lammerding, became a successful building contractor in Düsseldorf after the war, even though a French military court in Bordeaux condemned him to death in absentia in J951 for the Tulle hangings. Lammerding is one of about 1,000 war criminals who were convicted in absentia by French courts after World War II but are still free in Germany...
...already been convicted in a French, British or U.S. court. That provision was designed to prevent lenient German judges from retrying war criminals after Allied courts had convicted them, and giving them lighter sentences. Ironically, the provision has served to protect those who were tried in absentia in Allied courts but then surfaced after 1955, when West Germany regained its sovereignty. As a result of the Lammerding affair and other war-criminal cases, however, France and West Germany are now on the verge of concluding a bilateral agreement that would allow the retrial of French cases in German courts...
Kentucky Governor Louie Nunn presented the Vice President, the President (in absentia) and Mamie Eisenhower with samples of a "limited" edition of china bourbon decanters, shaped like elephants, from the Jim Beam people. The edition was so limited that only 197 other decanters were awarded to "lucky letter" holders in the audience. As the evening closed, Martha Mitchell seemed especially reluctant to relinquish the stage. For 40 minutes, as impatient waiters flicked the ballroom lights on and off and collected the centerpieces from the tables, Mrs. Mitchell stood on the podium signing autographs, repeating over and over, "I love...
Ruling Authority. Politically, the government has profited from a wave of Khmer nationalism that swept Cambodia after the overthrow of Sihanouk, who was put on trial in absentia last week on charges of "endangering the security of the Cambodian nation." But Lon Nol, whose regime came to power with the support of the urban middle class and intellectuals, has yet to win widespread loyalty in the countryside. Already the peasants in some contested areas reportedly have given food to the Communist guerrillas. Critics in the National Assembly charge that the government has been too slow in re-establishing its presence...
Kilbreth-who needed a majority vote of the Faculty to return to Harvard-is now serving a nine-moth prison term in the State House of Correction for assault and battery on Dean Watson during the seizure of University Hall. He will receive his degree in absentia at Thursday's Commencement...