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...Western Eyes. Swearing in his new Cabinet last week at El Pardo Palace, General Franco, decked out in his martial best, black army boots sparkling, looked mighty pleased. The effect, though Franco remained in complete control, was also meant to be pleasing to Western eyes...
...Nicosia last week Flying Officer Kenyon went before a court-martial. Kenyon insisted he had just pushed the wrong button by mistake. He was upset and nervous, the cockpit was dark, he felt hurried because the briefing had run behind schedule, the flap and undercarriage buttons were close together. Said Kenyon: "I have no political or religious views; I gave that reason merely because I was dreadfully worried over my tragic mistake. It was far better, I thought, to say I had intentionally caused the Canberra damage rather than to say I had made a mistake and was incompetent...
After deliberating for an hour, the court-martial found Kenyon guilty of acting "willfully" to avoid carrying out "a warlike operation in the air when under orders." Sentence: dismissal from the service and one year in jail...
Leniency Undesirable. Thus fortified in their work, the new AVH men are methodically restoring the structure of the police state. Martial law applied to the factories has enabled them to curb strikes and send troublesome workers to the coal mines. Wildcat stoppages are being punished by fines, and January pay envelopes are lean. ("Anyone who was on strike in December, even for two days, will see the difference in his pay.") After a six-day "trial," Freedom Fighters Joszef Dudas, who led an attack on the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in October, and Janos Szabo, who led a stand against superior...
...uncovered the same facts about the case as he had collected for the defense, Berman replied that "facts lend themselves to different inferences." He said that his handling of the case was somewhat different than if it had been tried in a non-military court, because in the court-martial, the jury is a "tribunal of experts...