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...court, two cops testified that Martinis seemed drunk when arrested. But three other cops said that Martinis appeared to be sober as a judge-or at least a judge's son. During the four-day hearing, the prosecution's case was badly weakened by the cops' conflicting testimony-so conflicting that a grand jury opened an investigation into the possibility of perjury. Once the evidence was in, the three judges deliberated only five minutes before they found Martinis innocent of all charges...
...only topic of conversation in Britain. A show of his portraits, including those of such celebrities as Sophia Loren, Prince Philip, Mandy, and Canada's ex-Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, was a near sellout, raised an astonishing $25,000 for Ward's defense. This week a sober-looking jury of eleven mostly middle-aged men and one woman will decide whether talented Stephen Ward is a pimp and a procurer or just a jolly bohemian...
...When sober, Arosemena pushed through a much-needed austerity program, reversed the drain on foreign exchange, and managed to increase Ecuador's low standard of living a bit. Under pressure from the military, he broke diplomatic relations with Castro's Cuba. His regime seemed to satisfy most people-except for the drinking. But as his drinking got worse, the Conservative opposition in Congress twice sought to have him impeached. Lacking the votes, it asked the military leaders to intervene. At first the army refused. Arosemena denounced his critics as "Creole Calvinists." He was a human being, he said...
...Communist Party, and pledged to go after bands of pro-Castro terrorists roaming the backhands. Next year's presidential election was canceled, but the military officers promised to call a convention to draft a new constitution "when opportune." The U.S. would probably recognize the junta. But whether sober soldiers, governing by martial law, would run the country better than a tipsy but amiable Arosemena was still to be proved...
...Your sober but positive evaluation of their work seems to be just the right kind of graduation present...