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RISING labor costs over the past two decades have virtually driven American shipping from the seas. Because American crews are the best paid in the world-$444 a month for the average able-bodied seaman, for instance -even the most efficient U.S. cargo ships cannot match the lower costs of foreign operators. To recapture a share of seagoing trade, the Government and the domestic shipping industry have placed a $400 million bet on a technological innovation: huge ships that carry fully loaded barges-known as lighters-across the oceans...
High-Priced Muscle. A onetime merchant seaman who was born in China to American parents, Crum began as a liquor distributor to PXs in Korea in 1950. By 1960, he had expanded into a major supplier of goods to military installations throughout the Far East. He was twice investigated by military authorities on suspicion of paying kickbacks and smuggling, but in both cases the investigations were dropped. Crum's secret of success was no secret at all. "Everyone has a price," he was said to have claimed, "whether he be a private or a four-star general." True...
...officer who will make the decision is a subordinate of General Jonathan O. Seaman, commander of the First Army, whom Font has accused of war crimes...
...found no evidence to support five of the seven specific allegations against Koster. There was "some evidence" to support the other two: that the commander failed to report the civilian casualties he knew about and that he did not "ensure a proper and thorough initial investigation." Lieut. General Jonathan Seaman, commanding general of the First Army at Fort Meade, Md., decided to drop the case. His reasons were that Koster had had a "long and honorable career," and that there was no evidence of any "intentional abrogation of responsibilities" on his part...
...Seaman ruled that Koster had apparently believed information provided by subordinates that only 20 civilians had died in "an unfortunate" combat incident. Actually, there was no resistance from the villagers, and up to 500 of them died in the shooting...