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...between the Allies and Bonn prohibits the retrial in Germany of a war criminal if he has 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...
...Opera's annual $6,400,000 budget, Gentele never had to bother with such problems as fund raising and the kind of bitter union bargaining that last year forced the Met to cancel half its season. If the Met has its way, the fund-raising load may be lighter in the future: last week the company announced that it was actively seeking Government support for the first time in its history...
...scoring went in streaks as the Redmen dominated the lighter weight classes and the Crimson took middle weight classes. UMass had Harvard at an early 14-point disadvantage after four matches, a fate that has often hampered the Crimson this season...
...what does she stand for? What has she done to be taken seriously or worthy of our time? Do you mean to suggest that she is a representative of the Washington wives? God bless this country and Washington! Do you suggest that she provides the badly needed lighter vein for the whole nation? If so, you should ask the editor of Mad to handle...
Putting together a string of seven straight victories last night after again falling behind in the lighter weight classes. Harvard's varsity wrestling team overpowered Brown, 23-13, in Providence...