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...Bouncing Platform. A miniature trampoline for youngsters from 1.5 months to seven years is being manufactured by Tekay Products of Milwaukee. Called the "Kangaroo Kid," it is made of lightweight aluminum, heavy-duty elastic cord, and a gaily colored, tear-resistant canvas mat measuring 38 in. by 24 in., has a safety handle bar on which toddlers can do their tricks. Price...
...bitter settlement of accounts after World War II, French justice gave short shrift to the men who had run the Vichy government for the Nazis. By the records, 8,348 collaborators were executed without benefit of trial and another 1,325 were sent to their death by kangaroo courts. In a trial that many Frenchmen would like to forget, the top collaborator of them all, Vichy Chief of Government Pierre Laval, drew his death sentence from a "High Court of Justice" that included resistance veterans who yelled curses at the defendant. When Laval swallowed poison just before his scheduled execution...
...Princetonian quoted Police Chief John H. Smith as saying, "We won't hesitate to go right out to Palmer Stadium and yank somebody off the field." In a front page editorial, the Prince said, "Justice should be done, but not in a kangaroo, court presided over by a bulldog...
Dean Smith has rightly said, "These things must go through channels." The police and University should withhold action until the facts have been established and a cooling-off period has passed. Justice should be done, but not in a kangaroo court presided over by a bulldog...
Land of Lags and Kangaroo...