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...court's decision has no effect on Girard, since Girard, a serviceman, has no right to trial by U.S. civil courts. Point at issue in his case: whether under the status-of-forces agreement he should be tried by a U.S. court-martial or a Japanese court for allegedly killing a Japanese woman on a U.S. Army rifle range...
...begin with, Huston picked players who were not only presold to the public but pre-studied in their parts as well. Deborah Kerr played a nun in Black Narcissus ; Robert Mitchum has done no fewer than four tours of duty as a cinema serviceman. Under Huston's sharp eye, they both give good standard performances. Actress Kerr, whose makeup man went a bit too far with the cloistral pallor, sometimes looks as if she had cut her veins as well as her hair; but Actor Mitchum, even though as usual he does nothing but slob around the screen...
BLACK MARKET in 1957 U.S. autos is thriving in Japan with help of U.S. servicemen. Japan limits foreign auto imports to fewer than 1,000 a year, but permits a serviceman to import one U.S. car yearly, duty-free. Japanese dealers openly advertise $1,000 fee for homebound U.S. serviceman who will order new U.S. car and apply for Japanese license plates (for which he must present his discharge papers), turn car over to dealer, who can then sell it at huge profit...
...commission's work spread to such influential British newspapers as the Daily Telegraph and the Manchester Guardian. In a House of Commons press conference a fortnight ago, two honorably discharged British soldiers, formerly wardens in a Nicosia detention camp, told of brutal beatings of prisoners. Said ex-Serviceman David Toon: "We felt it our duty to speak. We feel that people in this country, and government officials here, have no knowledge of the harsh treatment meted...
...private business, where many firms no longer try to maintain such equipment as trucks or electronic machines, but rent the equipment, let outsiders maintain it. And though private wages are higher than service pay, the difference is not so great, considering the cost of training and supporting a serviceman for several years...