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Rape, Murder & Life. Typical is the recent case of Marine Sergeant Charles Wilkerson. While on patrol, he disappeared into the bushes with a suspected V.C. prisoner. Two shots were heard; Wilkerson returned alone. Hours later, another Marine patrol came across the body of the prisoner, his hands still tied behind his back. Within two months, Wilkerson was before a general court-martial, charged with murder. He admitted the shooting, but claimed he had been ordered to do it. Testified Wilker son: "The lieutenant said: 'Pull out of the column and kill him.' " One other member of the patrol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Military Law: Two Sides of Atrocity | 7/14/1967 | See Source »

...WYOMING 38% of the vote GOVERNOR Hathaway (R) (winner) 18,000 Wilkerson (D) 15,000 U.S. SENATOR Hansen (R) (winning) Roncalio...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State-by-State Returns for 1966: Governors, Senators | 11/9/1966 | See Source »

Teen Challenge Centers have sprung up in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas and Toronto, and Wilkerson has a work farm for male addicts in Pennsylvania and a home for females in Rhinebeck, N.Y. His board of directors includes Tiffany Board Chairman Walter Hoving, Combined Insurance Co. of America President W. Clement Stone. Wilkerson has his critics, among them some of the most eminent narcotics specialists in the U.S. "Sure, he'll cure a few who are motivated by a religious fervor," says Dr. Robert Baird of New York's Haven Clinic. "But what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evangelism: Preaching the Monkey Off Their Backs | 8/14/1964 | See Source »

...third came when tackle Frank Wilkerson intercepted a pass by Bill Kierstead in the second quarter. The other three scores came on straight power plays with the Harvard secondary bowled over by precision downfield blocking. Bill Payberka kicked five out of six conversions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Succumb, 21-o, to Dartmouth; Army Jayvees Trample Crimson, 41-0 | 10/23/1950 | See Source »

...Picture Industry Council described it as "the first step toward totalitarianism." In the Los Angeles Mirror Columnist Florabel Muir asked: "I 'wonder how many U.S. Senators could pass a purity test?" In a column titled "Look Who's Talking!" the Hollywood Reporter's William R. ("Billy") Wilkerson pointed out that "Parnell Thomas is in jail for stealing Government funds . . . Andrew May is in jail for accepting bribes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Purity Test | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

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