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...more sensational courts-martial on record, Navy Chaplain Andrew Jensen, a Baptist minister, went on trial for conduct unbecoming an officer, accused of adultery by two women who claimed they had sexual relations with him (TIME, April 3). Last week he was acquitted at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. Prosecutor Ralph Levy had argued that the two Navy wives would never have risked the publicity if their charges were false. "This is too high a price to pay for anything but the truth," he told the court...
...Gudbranson claimed that she had found out last August that the chaplain was also having an affair with Mrs. Curran. "After agonizing over it for two days, I decided he'd have to be reported," she told the court-martial. Mrs. Gudbranson confessed to her husband, who informed the base executive officer. Naval authorities tried to persuade Jensen to resign his commission, but he refused, protesting his innocence...
...average Greek, such a change at the top will have little practical effect; after five years of dictatorship, life has become a tolerable mixture of good and bad. The harsh rule that followed the '67 coup has largely lifted; political arrests have declined, martial law has been eased, and military courts hear fewer cases. Price increases on staples have been held down by government fiat, and per capita income has almost tripled in the past twelve years as a result of heavy tax-revenue investments in industry, farming, shipping and tourism...
Under the agreement, martial law will end on Aug. 14, the 25th anniversary of Pakistan's independence. On that day, the National Assembly that was elected in December 1970-minus, of course, its 169 East Bengali members-will be convened in Islamabad to draft a permanent constitution. In the meantime, Wali Khan's pro-Soviet National Awami Party will form governments in Baluchistan and Northwest Frontier. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, which has a 96-seat majority in the 145-member Assembly, will run the other two provinces, Punjab and Sind, as well...
...constitution that the Assembly decides to adopt. Bhutto is believed to favor a strong presidential system, with himself as the powerful chief executive. Wali and other opposition leaders want a parliamentary system that will give them a larger voice. But for the moment, Bhutto's prudent retreat on martial law is an encouraging sign for Pakistan's future...