Word: guarded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...morning last October, 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco disrupted roll call by staging a sitdown demonstration. The inmates said they were protesting against the action of a guard, who had needlessly shotgunned a suicidal prisoner trying to escape. They also complained of the unsanitary conditions of the stockade. The Army charged the 27 men with mutiny, and at the first of a series of courts-martial, three of them received sentences of up to 16 years (TIME, Feb. 21). There was an immediate public outcry at the harsh sentences, which were subsequently reduced to two years...
...first public address since visiting American deserters in Sweden, Harvey G. Cox, professor of Divinity, spoke at the M.I.T. sanctuary and claimed that regiments of American soldiers were being sent handcuffed and under guard to Vietnam...
Independence has taken the news of Truman's honor calmly, though citizens here realize how much the degree means to "Our President," as they are fond of calling him. The only formal ceremony planned here is, however, an honor guard which will salute Truman as he boards the jet, and again when he returns from Boston, probably on Friday morning...
...honor guard will be composed of the nine surviving members of the Missouri National Guard company which Truman commanded in World...
...violence. The disturbances were touched off by the refusal of a white bowling alley to admit Negroes. This led to demonstrations by students at South Carolina State College and adjacent Claflin College, both predominantly Negro institutions. Three nights of rioting, arson and sniping followed, and the National Guard was called in. On the fourth night, the shooting occurred...