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...news conference, the Essex family painted a different picture, one of disillusionment, bitterness and finally hatred. "It all started in the Navy," Jimmy's mother declared. "He was all right when he left here." Confronted with prejudice and discrimination, Jimmy finally went AWOL. He testified at his court-martial: "I had begun to hate all white people. I was tired of going to white people and telling them my problems and not getting anything done about it." He was given a general discharge for "unsuitability" based on character and "behavior disorder." The bitterness left over from his Navy experience...
Heck's decision could well place the Air Force in a difficult position. It may have to court-martial him, not something it relishes doing to a highly decorated pilot. Or it may accept his resignation or place him on conscientious objector status. But either course might encourage other pilots to follow suit. Heck's case may also prove a puzzle to President Nixon. In addition to two presidential unit citations, Heck also holds a diploma from Nixon's own alma mater, Whittier College. Last week Heck told TIME's Peter Simms: "This is the first...
Last month President Ferdinand Marcos lifted his martial law restrictions on freedom of speech and the press to permit a grace period of open debate on a new constitution for his troubled country. Last week he suddenly banned further free discussion and indefinitely postponed the plebiscite, which had originally been scheduled for Jan. 15. Instead, the Philippine President said, people would only be able to express their views on the new constitution at a series of government-organized citizens' assemblies...
Marcos announced the tough new action in a report on the first 100 days of martial law. Unscrupulous politicians, he said, had abused the removal of restrictions on free speech "to resume influence peddling" and foment rumor, anxiety and disorder. He declared that rumormongering would henceforth be considered a subversive crime...
SUNDAY: The Caine Mutiny. Despite the teapot typhoons. Edward Dmytryk's 1954 sea drama is a powerful film with a devastating court martial climax. Humphrey, CH. 7. Noon. Color. 2 hrs. The Day the Earth Steed Still. Michael Rennie descends from an allen space rover to demand that Earth abandon nuclear testing in one of the early Sci.Fi greats. CH. 56. Noon...