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Last week the Army proudly announced one extra dividend of such upgrading: effective March 2, it will close down its disciplinary barracks for military prisoners at New Cumberland, Pa. After that, owing to a sharp decline in courts-martial (to a monthly rate of 18.2 per 100,000 soldiers from 54.1 in 1956), only two prisons (Fort Leavenworth, Kans. and Lompoc, Calif.) will operate, where two years ago five were needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Gone with the Eightballs | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 5--Provisional President Manuel Urrutia arrived in Havana late today, raising the prospect that martial law in Havana province and a prospective curfew for the capital would be lifted quickly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New President Reaches Havana, May End Martial Law, Curfew; Larger Defense Budget Proposed | 1/6/1959 | See Source »

...proclamation of martial law was made by Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos, Castro's military chief for Havana province. He said it would remain in force until Urrutia was installed in the presidential palace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New President Reaches Havana, May End Martial Law, Curfew; Larger Defense Budget Proposed | 1/6/1959 | See Source »

Identical Words. The radio had come on the air, blaring martial music. Then at dawn the announcer read a communique signed by Lieut. General Ibrahim Abboud, chief of staff of the 10,000-man Sudanese army. He was taking over the 1,000,000 square miles of the Sudan, said Abboud, to end governmental corruption and chaos and to restore peace and order. Declaring martial law, Abboud shut down all newspapers, banned all political parties and public assemblies or demonstrations. Using almost the identical words of General Ne Win and General Ayub Khan when they seized power in Burma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SUDAN: Repeat Performance | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

...flaming air-sea action of Leyte Gulf 40 years later. Admiral Rozhestvensky. saved when his officers carried him wounded and semiconscious from a disabled turret before the Suvoroff sank, had no excuses and offered none. On his way back to St. Petersburg for court martial (he was acquitted) and retirement, he said: "No, there was no treason. We just weren't strong enough-and God gave us no luck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Long Voyage to Death | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

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