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Pulling itself together, the four-officer court-martial amiably socked friendly Airman Wheeler with a $200 pay loss, a one-stripe demotion and four months in the stockade...
During the 30-hour court-martial, the prosecution prosecuted relentlessly. Declared Lieut. William Pridgen: "American soldiers did not challenge an order at Bataan or in France; they did not disobey orders at Pearl Harbor or Valley Forge . . ." Airman Wheeler was convicted. His civilian defense attorney, Manhattan Lawyer Murray Sprung, sprang to his feet, pleaded for leniency: "Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat/ Or hurl the cynic's ban?/ Let me live in my house by the side of the road/ And be a friend to man." Appealed Attorney Sprung, his voice hoarse with emotion...
...right to decide -as it did decide-to grant a Japanese request for jurisdiction over Girard under the status-of-forces agreements. Federal District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy had held that since Girard acted while on duty, he had a constitutional right to a U.S.'court-martial (TIME, July 1). The Supreme Court cut through the on-duty, off-duty argument, simply ruled that the Administration had discretionary authority to waive jurisdiction at will, because the agreement with Japan was legally drawn, and nothing in the Constitution or the public law infringes upon it. "The wisdom of the arrangement...
...court-martial board pondered just 40 minutes and handed down a wrist-tapping sentence of $100 a month less in pay for 15 months, suspension of rank for a year, i.e., no command job, but eligible for staff work, loss of privileges, and a reprimand. "The nation can relax and breathe easier now," said Counsel Jenkins. "We did all right," said Colonel Nickerson. "What have I got to appeal? I was guilty and was properly punished. If there had been no sentence at all, it would have undermined discipline in the Army...
Divorced. Barry Sullivan, 44, longtime actor of stage (The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Too Late the Phalarope), screen (The Bad and the Beautiful); by Marie Brown Sullivan, 45; after 20 years of marriage, two children; in Santa Monica, Calif...