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...light flared even brighter last week when in Washington a federal judge undertook to decide whether Girard should be tried by a U.S. or a Japanese court for the fatal shooting of a Japanese woman scrounging metal on an Army firing range (TIME. June 17). He was not attempting to pass on Girard's guilt or innocence, said District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy. Nor was he assessing the relative merits of U.S. and Japanese justice. But since the Army admits that Girard was on duty when he fired the shot, the U.S. was in error when it waived...
Speed Replaces Depth. Though often short on facts, the U.P. historically has compensated with brighter writing; its crisp, concise style has forced the A.P. in recent years to valiant efforts to refurbish its often stodgy copy. Style has become increasingly important as the technical speedup in communications sytems has all but eliminated the old-fashioned beat. At the same time, speed has increasingly displaced depth or even accuracy, as writing and checking time dwindle. The A.P., with more manpower, is widely accepted by editors as more accurate than the U.P. Day by day the A.P. also files more interpretive background...
After that awful inning last week, few cared that Bob Lemon came on to win for Cleveland, 2-1. It was more important that reports from the hospital grew steadily brighter. At week's end, doctors were hopeful that Fast Baller Score would be back in uniform before the 1957 season ends...
Sunlight TV Tube. Conventional TV pictures tend to fade out when the light in the room gets too bright. This is because the glowing substance (phosphor) on the face of the picture tube is a reflective powder. In sunlight or other strong light, the reflection gets brighter than the picture and washes the picture...
...this March than last had brought two Illinois plants back to nearly full employment after 90% layoffs last fall. Deere & Co. President William A. Hewitt told stockholders that they can expect 10%-20% more business. We estimate that farm income will be 3% to 5% higher in 1957." The brighter outlook came from a break m the drought that had dried up 14 Midwest and Southwest states, plus soil-bank payments, which will make participating farmers an average $1,000 richer in 1957 t came also from smarter marketing a curbing of production to meet demand. Hog shipments were down...