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...feel so much better about myself," declared Mary Elizabeth, 21, explaining her starry-eyed dissent, which is echoed by her twin brother Tim's adamant refusal to accept either a student deferment or the draft. Uppermost in prompting her decision to renounce martial ways is her intense Roman Catholic faith; her horror of war was reinforced by the sight of Marines in boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., and "the lost look in their eyes...
Still eschewing uniform, Mary Elizabeth last week marched into a summary court-martial at Arlington, Va., in a yellow turtleneck and beige culottes. She barely flinched when she was sentenced to 45 days' restriction to quarters, a $20 fine and reduction to private for disobeying orders. Nor did the prospect of this punishment induce Mary Elizabeth to resume soldierly ways or to put on her Marine uniform again. When her case is finally reviewed, the lady Leatherneck, who enlisted straight from school in Grand Junction, Colo., hopes to be reduced to the rank of civilian...
...throughout most of the country. In Rio de Janeiro, thousands of students boiled through downtown streets, chanting antigovernment slogans and taunting police. By midweek, the demonstrations had spread to nearly all of the country's 22 states. Schools and universities were closed down, and the army virtually imposed martial law. Troops waded into mobs with tear gas, clubs and bullets, killing four people. In Rio de Janeiro, machine guns were set up at major intersections. Tanks clattered up in front of the armed forces ministry, and air force planes circled the city...
Died. Walter Millis, 69, military journalist and historian; husband of Fashion Columnist Eugenia Sheppard; ot cancer; in Manhattan. During 30 years on the now defunct New York Herald Tribune, Millis established a reputation as one of the country's most lucid military commentators. His books ranged from The Martial Spirit (1931), which examined the origins of the Spanish-American War, to This Is Pearl! (1947), a study of U.S. unpreparedness against the Japanese attack. Recently, though, his articles turned more to politics than the conduct of arms, criticizing U.S. involvement in Viet Nam and voicing opposition to nuclear weapons...
...known that he had had his fill of Sweden. Complaining that "the Swedes have a natural prejudice against black people," he presented himself to the American embassy in Stockholm and asked for transportation back to his unit in West Germany, where he faced the possibility of a court-martial and up to five years in an Army stockade. "The biggest thing," he admitted on arrival in Frankfurt, "is I love America and I don't want to run away from its problems." Three other defectors, who apparently shared Jones's views, also turned themselves in to U.S. authorities...