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...Newfoundlander involved in a minor traffic accident at a U.S. base was ordered by an MP to report to the gatehouse. When he refused, the MP fired two warning shots; one ricocheted and hit the man in the leg. The Newfoundlander spent 23 days in the base hospital and was billed $49.50 for services; to date, he has collected no damages...
...checked food items for Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. in Washington, 32-year- old Frank Porterfield had a wonderful recurring daydream-he pictured himself leading his National Guard MP platoon in dashing feats of arms. Like his guardsmen, Lieut. Porterfield was tired of the dull routine of study and drill which filled their Tuesday evenings at the armory. He decided to put his dream...
...before pistols barked, Police Lieut. William Reed, in charge of the night force at the Capitol, charged across the grounds, swollen with professional indignation and crying loudly for information. An MP informed him proudly: "We've just taken the Hill." "Get the hell out of the way," he roared, and descended on Dreamer Porterfield...
...Goldstein managed well enough with one eye to put in 40 months of Army service as an MP in the Pacific. He got married, had two children. Doctors know that the tumor may be hereditary, but do not know the exact chances of a child's inheriting it. Struggling to get his own business going, Goldstein found decent housing; recently he moved his wife Anita, 24, and their two infants into a Brooklyn veterans' project...
...shows a dishevelled, drunken, and discouraged Negro MP sprawled on a pile of rubble wistfully playing his harmonica for an Italian urchin. He falls asleep, and the boy steals his shoes. Waking, the MP chases the child to its bombed-out home, where, confronted by the sight of utter poverty and despair, he can only turn and flee back to the city, leaving his shoes and his anger behind in the ruins...