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...friend of mine know where he could get the engraving made for $1.50, apparently the normal price for such a small job if you go to a printer who can run it on with some other material of his own. If having a friend is a crime I plead guilty. The 'Crimson Press charged me $6.00 for the printing job with no extra charge for 3-day service. What the complainant does not seem to realize is that once a block of a print is made, it is a routine job to print any number of copies. The remaining...
...Paris pavements were icy that day, and bulky, baggy-eyed Rene Mayer, on his way to the National Assembly to plead support for a new government of France, slipped and staggered. Said he: "In my place, an ancient Roman would take it as an ill omen and go home. But modern courtesy forbids it. I believe they are waiting for me in this House." They were, but there too the ground was slippery...
...Officer McDermott . . . was generous in listing my speed as 65, when both he and I knew I was going somewhat faster ... I will be unable to appear as my ship has . . . sailed away with me upon it. I ... fly a jet fighter airplane based on an aircraft carrier ... I plead guilty [but] I would caution you to submit any financial claims rapidly because jet flying . . . has turned out to be somewhat hazardous. The odds are roughly three to one that if I don't receive your assessment within the next six weeks you will receive an 'addressee deceased...
Unless he can secure this writ, which will cost about $1,000, French said he must be sentenced in Oregon. Although he must plead guilty, French thinks he will got a shorter and pleasanter sentence here, where two "liberally enlightened" Massachusetts judges have previously favored draft dodgers...
French plans, however, to waive the hearing. "In my case it's just a formality," he said. The case will then go to a Grand Jury for an indictment. If indicated, French then goes before a U.S. District Judge. Here, French says he will plead guilty, as required, if the case is to be tried outside of Oregon...