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...Laborite M.P. Harold Lever sees it, British libel laws are a "playground for rogues." Even though the basic principles of libel in Britain are the same as in the U.S., Britain's ancient laws have so many loopholes that court verdicts are often weighted heavily against newspapers. Seven months ago Lawyer Lever set out to change the laws, got the full backing of the British press, which has been clamoring for a liberalization of the statutes for years. Last week, thanks largely to Lever's efforts, Britain's libel laws were getting their first real overhauling...
When World War I broke out, the U.S. Government took possession of the Common. A barbed wire fence encircled several barracks where the Naval Radio School held maneuvers. After a brief period when the plot became a playground, the second World War brought the Navy back again...
...Wally Shulan heard the plane. "I think it's going to hit," she cried to her husband. Skimming low, the airliner lost flying speed, smashed into the roof of the apartment house, skidded across, spilling gas from its broken tanks, and dropped into a children's playground. Within seconds the 50-family apartment house was in flames...
...board was still not out of trouble. After taking care of Insuranceman Becker, the jury accused Board Member J. Paul Elliott of misconduct for taking $4,400 in legal fees from the Landier interests. In the meantime, the parents of the child who was killed on a blacktopped playground brought suit against the board for $50,000. The parents of another child later killed the same way sued for $351,000. Finally, the grand jury made up its mind about the question of the telephone operators, declared that the board had "condoned" discrimination against "colored, Jewish, Oriental applicants, and applicants...
...fuselage of the plane was lying in the middle of Westminster Avenue--it had dug a deep rut in the road," Gertner added. "Parts of the motor and wings were lying all over a playground...