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...gave an official opinion about the much-disputed case of Aikichi Kuboyama, radioman of the Japanese fishing boat Fortunate Dragon, who died last year of hepatitis (with jaundice symptoms) six months after his craft was hit by fallout ashes from the first U.S. experimental H-bomb blast at Bikini. Japanese doctors insisted that the hepatitis had been caused by radiation damage, and Kuboyama became a propaganda hero to the Communists. But, said Assistant U.S. Defense Secretary Frank B. Berry last week, endorsing the opinion of U.S. doctors who had investigated the case, "the man most certainly died of ordinary jaundice...
Naturalistic Miracles. Pastor Crist (rhymes with mist), an aviation radioman in World War II, and the father of three children, got into trouble after the synod heard reports of "doctrinal deviations" by him and two other synod pastors who were his former schoolmates at Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. After examining a series of sermons by Pastor Crist, a fiveman investigating committee ordered him to trial on 14 counts of deviation, centering in his "use and interpretation of the Scriptures, and in his teaching concerning the person and work of Christ...
...Radioman M. was different. He had committed aggravated assault, under the influence of so much alcohol that he could not remember his offense, and therefore could not feel guilty about it. Explained Psychologist Grant's assistant, Virginia Ives: "The alcoholism was only a symptom. M. had an idealistic, religious mother and an alcoholic, atheistic father. In a typical I-4 conflict, M. saw himself wavering between wanting to be like his mother and like his father. In a group therapy session he saw others struggling with similar problems of ideals and behavior. He gained considerable insight into...
...Japanese authorities haggled over the apportionment of blame and indemnity, the people of Japan anxiously watched the progress of their newly famed invalids. Most of the Dragon's crew responded to blood transfusion and antibiotics, but Radioman Kuboyama, who reportedly had a medical history of liver trouble, was not so lucky. Early last month, after seemingly recovering only to relapse again, he fell into a coma. Three weeks ago he revived slightly, but last week, as two doctors and his devoted family kept vigil, Aikichi Kuboyama died...
...start in business at Harvard, in the Navy's wartime V12 officer-training program. In his spare time, he ran a one-man tax consultant service and drummed up ads for the Harvard Lampoon. Shipped to the Pacific before finishing Harvard, he came out of the war a radioman third class and crapshooter first class. He graduated from Boston University, then used $1,400 of Navy dice winnings to start an ad-sales office...