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...indignant public statement they charged that many of the victims had no trials and had been shot without the consent of President Syngman Rhee or other civil officials. The clergymen appealed to the U.N. Commission in Korea to prevent any more "kangaroo court" executions...
Early this month, the Singapore Supreme Court ruled that Bertha, Dutch by nationality and Roman Catholic by baptism, should be returned to her parents. By British law, she was under the age of consent and therefore her marriage to Mansur was annulled. The girl bride wept over the verdict. "I am a Moslem," she wailed. "I don't want to go to Christian parents." She turned to Che Aminah. "Mother, what can I do?" The Malay woman fainted...
...been extraordinarily forgiving and forbearing with the Russians," said Douglas. "We have pretended that the attack of the North Koreans was an attack by North Koreans alone . . . We are pretending that the attack of the Chinese Communists is an isolated act whereas we know that it is with the consent and direction of Russia. We have turned the other cheek twice and I believe in a limited application of the Sermon on the Mount. But I also believe in the American slogan, three strikes...
...million RFC loan to help keep it solvent until it can sell its big backlog of cars, the terms were stiff. (K-F already owes RFC $43 million.) RFC ordered K-F to: 1) cut production from 800 to 600 cars a day; 2) raise no prices without RFC consent; 3) pay off the loan with 90% of the wholesale selling price of each car as it is taken out of storage...
...come under Social Security, an institution must get the consent of two-thirds of its employees. The Old Age and Survival portion of the act was extended last summer to cover employees of such non-profit organizations as universities and colleges...