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...male jury last week deliberated for 19 hours, finally returned a verdict of second-degree murder against Manhattan tin-can Manufacturer Mark Fein, 32, in the fatal shooting of his bookie (TIME, Nov. 20). The crime is punishable by 20 years to life. Second-degree murder is defined as killing in the heat of anger, without premeditation. The definition did not necessarily fit the circumstances of the Fein case, but the jury was not about to send a man to the chair on the say-so of the chief witness, Gloria Kendal, described by a defense attorney as "this procuress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: A Matter of Degree | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...Island, where they had been in readiness for a week, the paracommandos flew in 14 U.S.-piloted C-130s to Katanga's giant Ka-mina Military Base and thence toward their target. Below the gaping jump-hatches, the Congo wound broad and tawny through black-green bush; the tin and tile roofs of Stanleyville shone pink in the early light. "Stan," as it is known to both black and white, is the most African town of the Congo. The "Inner Station" of Conrad's Heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: The Congo Massacre | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...Dutch treat will be used to rebuild Indonesia's Dutch-equipped railway system and sugar and tin industries-crippled when the flow of replacement parts from The Netherlands was halted-and to expand and improve inadequate port and airport facilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Netherlands: Feathers from a Frog | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...first nine months of 1964, Indonesia exported $56 million worth of tin, oil, rubber and other resources to The Netherlands, compared with only $15 million worth during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Netherlands: Feathers from a Frog | 12/4/1964 | See Source »

...with alcohol. Last week Alpert was arrested for the possession of narcotics. When Norwalk police stopped his blue 1958 Volkswagen, they found 1½ oz. of marijuana hidden where the batteries should be in a 3-in. flashlight in the glove compartment. And in his pocket was a tin tobacco box containing several marijuana cigarettes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth: Darien's Dolce Vita | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

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