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...just sort of standing around bird-watching with Wildlife Commissioner Earl Wallace and a couple of refuge employees. Then suddenly a crippled goose lurched across the horizon, and Happy, with nothing but euthanasian motives, blazed away. He and his companions were promptly collared for hunting afterhours by Game Warden Kendall Thomas, who had heard some after-hours goose and duck calls and was watching through binoculars...
Admiral Roscoe F. Good, in charge of Navy forces in Japan, had another view of discipline. After reading the report on conditions at the Sasebo brig, he ordered general courts-martial for Barbuti and a second brig warden, special courts-martial for the other 14 guards...
...accused marines hired a civilian lawyer, protested they had only been doing their duty and that soft Navy standards were the cause of the ruckus. Said tough Sergeant Robert J. Barbuti, 23, a brig warden charged with 82 counts of maltreatment: "Those guys were in the brig for beating up Japanese women, taking dope, larceny and that kind of thing. They were undisciplined, and we were only enforcing discipline." Then he added defensively: "I only did what I was trained by the Corps to do. If I am guilty then the whole Corps is guilty...
...with Perón's brother-in-law into a personal fortune close to $215 million. After Perón's downfall in 1955, Antonio and his five friends were packed off to a remote jail 170 miles from the continent's mainland tip. A special warden was assigned to foil escape attempts-at a salary of $86 a month. Jorge took care of that. One night last March the special warden unlocked the prison gates and discreetly disappeared; Jorge and friends got into a waiting yellow Ford station wagon, drove into Chile...
Chilean authorities promptly arrested Warden Salvador Mejias, a friendly fellow who was surprised a few months ago sharing a convivial meal with his Peronista prisoners. Watches were set on all roads and airfields, but Argentine officials were not hopeful. Said one gloomily: "Jorge's money can buy anything...