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...Calif., after he was arrested for passing $625 worth of bum checks, Marine Sergeant Richard K. Battershell, 27, requested and was granted 90 days, instead of the customary 30, when he explained that "if I serve 90 days, I'll receive a bad-conduct discharge without a court-martial...
...aftermaths. In Honduras the junta leader declared his task ended, announced that he was taking a long vacation. But in Haiti the junta had to call out troops to smash a storekeepers' strike inspired by Déjoie supporters, the next day put Port-au-Prince under martial law-a move which aroused fears that Haiti's junta might not yet be ready to turn over power to civilian authority...
Last week, in Second Air Force Headquarters at Barksdale AFB (Shreveport. La.), Captain French, career officer in the U.S. Air Force, went on trial before a general court martial. The charge against him: violation of Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice by attempting to communicate national-defense information to a foreign power. French pleaded not guilty, listened while a military lawyer pleaded that he had been a good Air Force officer, had no Communist affiliations or beliefs. But at the end of the four-day trial. Captain George French's biggest gamble went against...
When Thailand held its national election this year, General Phao's police force was highly active in its support of Pibul's government. Pibul declared martial law when it became apparent his majority was going to be less than he had hoped, and called out the army and air force to see that the election itself did not get out of hand. Afterwards Marshal Sarit let it be known that he was "the only good man left." He demanded, as a slap meant for Phao, a new government in which Cabinet ministers would not maintain private commercial connections...
Batista's answer was to slap Cuba under martial law, suspend all civil guarantees, impose an iron censorship. He ordered his troops to force open Santiago's stores and drive its buses. And his police made mass nationwide arrests...