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Summer Session Kansan
Friday. August 2, 1957
Slaying Is Reenacted For Girard's Lawyers
CAMP WEIR, Japan—(UP)—U. S. Army Specialist William S. Girard returned Thursday to the Camp Weir firing range and helped reenact his slaying of a Japanese woman—a death that touched off a major international incident.
The blond, 21-year-old Ottawa,
Ill., soldier directed six soldiers from the U. S. 1st Cavalry Division as they turned actors in a grim, drama for the benefit of the attorneys who will defend Girard at his Japanese trial on Aug. 26.
It was Girard's first trip to the bare, billy, Camp Weir firing range 80 miles north of Tokyo since he was indicted for accidental manslaughter. He was accompanied by his three Japanese lawyers and Maj. Stanley F. Levin, the Army legal officer who is his chief adviser.
Itsuo Hayashi, Girard's chief attorney, said he would base his defense on Girard's testimony that he had fired his gun to warn the victim. Mrs. Naka Sakai, a Japanese metal scavenger, off the dangerous area.
The group remained out under the broiling sun for two hours while Girard directed his soldier buddies through the incident.
Stakes and markers indicated the places where the principals were at the time of the shooting—Girard, his buddy SP/3 Victor Nichol, who was on guard with him, Mrs. Sakai, Hidetsuki Onozeki, who was with
Mrs. Sakai and the other metal-pickers.
The reconstruction showed Girad was on top a very steep hill guarding a machinegun and equipment when he fired toward Mrs. Sakai. She was on the same summit about 10 steps away, according to the position of the stakes.
At one point, Levin told the reporters to get back.
Newsmen pushed in close to Girard and his lawyers to hear their conversation.
"We will present the evidence in court," he told them, "not in the newspapers."
CHICAGO — (UP) — Two young gunmen who failed to get their heads together in time, faced charges today of robbing a suburban finance company of $300. Working on a clue that one of the gunmen had a "duck tail haircut," police quickly spotted Douglas Fletcher. 18. Fletcher's companion, police said, is a barber.
Haircut Doesn-t Pay Off
SAN FRANCISCO — (UF) — Teamster leader James Hoffa, brushing off charges that he once worked with convicted labor extortionist Johnny Dio, met Thursday with other union leaders to draw up reforms in the teamsters union constitution.
Hoffa Denies Any Contact With Dio
Hoffa also said he planned to take advantage of his visit to the west coast to drum up additional support for his candidacy for teamster president to succeed Dave Beck.
Appearing calm and confident when he landed at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday, the Detroit teamster leader shrugged off accusations linking him to Dio.
The charges came from Robert F. Kennedy, counsel for the special Senate Rackets Committee in Washington. The committee has begun exploring relationships between some union leaders and hoodlums in the New York area.
"They have a job to do, I suppose," Hoffa said, "but I can say that their statements concerning me are based on rumor, misstatements and misunderstandings. It will clear itself up in time."
Hoffa flew here to attend the first meeting of the Union's constitution committee, which will prepare recommendations to the teamsters international convention in Miami Sept. 30 to Oct. 5.
He said he believed the new president should be an administrative officer serving under the direction of the international executive board
Oklahoma's Football Team May Face Difficult Season
NORMAN, Okla.—(UP)—Will University of Oklahoma Coach Bud Wilkinson be able to field a team capable of defending the 40 game all-time collegiate scoring record set by last season's defending football champions?
Maybe not, if you believe the opinions expressed in the 1957 Oklahoma press - radio - television guide, the official Sooner fact book, released Thursday. It paints a bleak picture of "lost speed, lost run-pass option threat, lost experience and lost poise."
wilkinson himself is quoted as saying, "We cannot hope to be nearly as strong as we were last year."
Sources close to the team, however, term this year's outlook "uncertain." With the loss of 18 lettermen, including such standouts as All-Americans Tommy McDonald, the rabbit-like left half, and crushing center Jerry Tubbs, a new team must be built.
Oklahoma, defending the national title for the second straight year, enters the season with 40 straight victories, the distinction of scoring in 116 consecutive games and a long list of individual and team records.
One problem which worried Wilkinson most in spring practice was the quarterback position. This year marks the first time he has ever lost both his first and second quarterbacks, Jimmy Harris and Jay O'Neal.
This has caused Wilkinson to consider changing the Oklahoma offense, varying the basic split-T with
One sure bet this fall is that defense and kicking will be emphasized more than ever.
even more deviations than last year. Fans got a sample last season when Oklahoma used plays off the "swinging gate," single wing and the split-T from a balanced line.
Also missing from the lineup are starters such as fullback Billy Pricer, tackles Ed Gray and Tom Emerson and end John Bell.
"Lack of experience is the big handicap. Our main problem is to find a left half who can play like McDonald, a center who can lineback like Tubbs, a fullback who can block like Pricer, quarterbacks to succeed Harris and O'Neal and tackles to replace Emerson and Gray.
"Our new squad played very defensively in spring practice," Wilkinson said. "Most of them made a determined effort to improve.
"Players of the caliber and speed of these come along as a group only once in a decode. We cannot hope to be nearly as strong as we were last year."
Basel, Switzerland, though 500 miles from the sea, handles some four million tons of ship cargo each year, the National Geographic Magazine says.
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