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...York area until at 16 he ran away, lied about his age and joined the Marines. After 18 months in the Pacific, he was discharged, attended the University of Southern California for three years, then bought a one-way ticket to Europe with his $250 New York State serviceman's bonus. In Paris, he lived on his $75 G.I. Bill allowance, finally talked Variety into letting him do occasional reporting. Three months later, he went to the Paris Herald Tribune, and last year persuaded the paper to run his column in its New York home edition...
...Serviceman Bob Toth, flown back to Korea to face an Air Force court-martial for murder, was returned because...
...case poses a crucial point. If the Uniform Code is constitutional, it could conceivably mean that in the future no ex-serviceman will be wholly beyond the reach of military justice. On the other hand, if Toth wins his freedom from the Air Force, he will probably never stand trial, since the case is clearly outside the jurisdiction of any civil court. For Toth, a long series of courtroom struggles and appeals lies ahead, and the end could bring him anything from scot-freedom to death before a firing squad...
...Ambassador to Turkey: Avra M. Warren, 59, longtime (32 years) foreign serviceman, former Ambassador to Pakistan and the Dominican Republic, Minister to Finland...
...Veterans Administration hospital has an empty bed it must admit an ailing ex-serviceman even if his illness has nothing to do with his military duty. He simply swears that he has no means to pay for private care, and a 1935 law has been interpreted as forbidding the VA to check up on his story. Doctors and medical administrators have long protested this soft-headed provision, but to no avail. Last week Republican Congressman John Phillips of California told how it is being abused...