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For two months, in Louisiana's booming oil and chemical town of Lake Charles (pop. 41,202), a court has been pondering a question vital to the U.S. press: Is there a sharp limit to a newspaper's freedom to criticize public officials? Last week District Judge J...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Right & a Duty | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

Said Judge Cocke: "Any citizen or newspaper has the right to criticize the public acts of public officials. Without that right, we would have a dictatorial form of government, and the discussion of important public issues would be only such as might be permitted by those holding positions of authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Right & a Duty | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

A recent writer for the American Legion's monthly magazine fears that an article by National Commander Earl Cocke, Jr. was too subtle for Legion members. There was some question whether readers would recognize their commander's references to "pastel mink coats, Phi Beta Kappa keys, and deference to the...

Author: By William Burden, | Title: On the Shelf | 10/3/1951 | See Source »

Everybody in Dawson, Ga. (pop. 4,670) knew that 29-year-old Erle Cocke Jr. had come out of World War II a major with a chestful of medals, that he had been stabbed by a Gestapo agent, shot twice and captured by the Germans three times, and had finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VETERANS: Hoedown in Dawson | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

Ever since big, likable Erle Cocke Jr. was elected national commander of the American Legion, his home town had been making plans to throw Erle the biggest hoedown in history. Last week, enough brass bands were on hand to blast the hickory nuts off every scaly bark tree in Terrell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VETERANS: Hoedown in Dawson | 12/4/1950 | See Source »

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