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Chicago Tribune, Monday, November 11, 1974 Section 1 27 r-, From page ono Torture in Brazil told A $4 divorce? If simple if you never got married instead of beatings, I was given electric shocks." The shocks continued as the clips were moved from chest J' "i lilllllr''' to ear to toe to He said he silently recalled Continued from page one lington Heights, began to play tapes he made immediately after hi txpulsion from Brazil, lVi detailed recollec-tiv 4 iis experiences. was, told to remove my tuning except for my shorts," he said. "I was rushed off to a cell about 6 by 7 feet." In about 15 minutes, he said, the 23d Psalm as he was led to interrogation. than $500 must be taken to Municipal or District Court. In most cases the onetime lovers waive any amount over $500 to have the matter heard in Conciliation Court, often at a night session.

he wanted about Russian life. The peasant was skeptical about how free he was to speak but after insistence from his superiors, he looked at the tele vision camera and said: "H-E-L-P!" WHEN HE told this in Portuguese his interrogators saw the humor, the Rev. Mr. Morris said, recalling, that one officer responded, "You're something new to us." Hooded but dressed, the Rev. Mr.

Morris was taken to the headquarters of the Army Fourth Communications Bat- tallion where he was to meet the consul. There, he said, he had "one The problem for the judges the door was thrown open, a Is not easy, but it usually boils down to deciding whether the property in question was a gift or a loan. "It wasn't a foxhole, religious kind of thing," he said. "It was a reminder to myself that they would kill me but they weren't going to get to the real me.v There was more to me than the Fourth Army the forces headquarters at the Northeast city of Recife, where he was held wa3 seeing." THE REV. MR.

Morris was told after the fourth day that he would be taken to see Rich "What was a gift when it was given often turns. into a loan after a couple breaks said Judge Roland Faricy. ST. PAUL, Minn. UPI They call it a "$4 divorce" and no doubt there are some advantages, as long as you're not married.

The partners split the fee. There is no alimony and no one stands to lose more than $500. Then it's not actually a divorce because the two persons parting ways were never marriedonly living together. The settlement involves only property rights. St.

Paul municipal judges say the new social phenomenon of young people living together is finding its way into the courts. FOR star-crossed lover who wants out with what he thinks is his or her property, the only recourse is is Conciliation Court sometimes known as small claims court. "There is no other legal forum for these people," said Judge Joseph Summers, who coined the term "$4 divorce." "A few years ago this was hood was placed over his head, and he was handcuffed and pushed about 20 yards into a room. The walls were covered with accoustical tile. Morris said Army officers kicked and beat him when he failed to give the kind of answers they wanted 'about his alleged subversive activities and his alleged contacts with Communists.

IT WAS the beginning of four days of torture which tapered off into, 13 more days of inter Summers said: "We have had several couples in here fighting over who gets the waterbed." THE PATTERN Is common. Two young lovers decide to live together. They rent an apartment, buy furniture together, and have other financial dealings. "In this type of relationship, property rights are created," Summers said, "and if the lovers quarrel there often is a problem over dividing the property." Take the young man who moved out of his girl friend's apartment in a huff. He returned later to claim his queen-size bed.

The girl refused to give up the bed and presented him with a bill for money she had loaned him for car payments, rent, and spending money. THE MATTER wound up in Conciliation Court, where each had to pay $2 to have a judge hear the case. Controversies involving more of the worst experiences." AS SUMMERS views It, When there is affection be tween two people and money changes hands, I have to as ard Brown, the United States consul in Recife. His interrogators, however, warned him to "be very careful what I said to the consul, i 1 tm II tW i liar fc-rMrWWi-. mm.

(WPWI I UPI TtltPhoto sume it was a gift unless there was a definite agreement beforehand or if there is a record of the transaction." He said canceled checks can be proof the money was given "I heard a noise outside the window and saw thru the screen a Brazilian soldier dropping out of a tree about 15 yards outside the window. He had an automatic weapon of some sort with a tripod at the front of it. He went belly crawling thru the grass until he got in a position to line the rifle up, aimed directly at my forehead. "I was convinced for that time that I really was going to be executed. I was not frightened by the experience, strangely enough.

Well, I didn't feel fear. I felt very sad that my life would be terminated at this point because I enjoy life." TUESDAY: Kissinger Inter- rogation. "After a period of beatings," he said, "they and poured water on the floor around where I was standing and put an electric wire on the second toe of my right foot. I knew what was coming be unheard of, but now we get two or three cares a week," speak in Portuguese, and not exaggerate the treatment I had received because I would be coming back. At this point I laughed," he said.s'" The Brazilians were "nonplused by my laughter," he said.

When he-told them he was thinking of a joke, they insisted on hearing it. The Rev. Mr. Morris recalled a story about President Eisenhower's trip to Moscow and the Soviets' insistence that a peasant appear with the President on television to say whatever AntiiTanaka rally another Judge said. or loaned.

Faricy said he usually tries to see whether one person was being used. "Sometimes the man goes off and says, 'Keep then changes his mind later," he $aid. "I usually find against him." There are no lawyers and each partner must present his or her own case. cause I had had friends who had. experienced this.

"They took an electric clip and placed it on my right breast which in itself gave considerable pain. Then the questioning began again. This time, Demanding the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, a labor leader addresses crowd at rally in Tokyo Saturday. Tanaka has been under attack since a magazine implied he has amassed personal fortune while in office. venes.

De Paul seminar on women, law r-; preliminary hearings where a complaint for possession of heroin was dismissed, selection of a jury to hear the prostitution charges, the trial, and a posttrial hearing on sentencing. During the "trial" and In closing arguments, the women attorneys demonstrated some of the problems women defendants face in the criminal jus tice system. Prosecutor Mary Sfasciottl actually an associate law pro fessor at John Marshall Law School relentlessly questioned Afterman about her friends, her drinking habits, and her social By Donna Marx THE YOUNG woman was describing the events of Nov. 1 in a small, clear voice, wrinkling her face to show disgust and embarrassment at having to review the night she "had sex" with Joe Doyle. The woman, Ellen Afterman, was on the witness stand Saturday before Circuit Court Judge Marvin Aspen.

Her lawyer, Arnette Hubbard, was trying to convince the jury her client was innocent of "offering and agreeing and Intending to perform an act of sexual intercourse for $20." The courtroom was packed as Afterman, in denim cap, blue knit shirt, vest, and chunks of silver jewelry, described how she met Doyle around 10:30 on a Friday night, flirted with him for about five minutes, and invited him to her efficiency apartment "to talk." EARLIER, THE jury had heard Doyle tell a version of how he saw the defendant aDDroachine cars on life. Prosecutor: Is it customary for you to invite a man to your apartment after a five-minute conversation?" Defendant Afterman explained that she and prosecution witness Joe Doyle were just "having fun," until Doyle revealed his identification as a vice -unit policeman and arrested her. LAWYER HUBBARD reminded the "jurors" to determine only whether her client offered to perform acts for money and Wilson Avenue and Broadway, TTOr.lG AT ARSfJ5! GET A MGl'J I'JDG G1D UJDG P1C50 "12.00 Now lo November 1 7th, 'Carsons allows you 13.00 or as much as 23.00 for your old wig or not to judge the morality of "certain kinds of behavior between adults." While the "jurors" deliberated, conference participants attended seminars on such topics as women in the labor force, women and madness, ana iaier ouering to pertorm certain sexual acts for $20. The "courtroom" was in the lower level of the Midland Hotel, the accused "prostitute" was actually a therapist and author, the judge and attorneys were volunteering their services for the mock "trial" as part of a three-day conference on women and the law sponsored by De Paul University. THE MOCK trial included employment discrimination, and reproductive freedom for women.

When they returned, they announced their The defendant was found not guilty, hairpiece toward the purchase of a new 25.00 Health tax urged or 35.00 wig by Europa! Capless easy-upkeep synthetics, they come in a complete range of colors. Come use your head and save! A. strong, tho there also is some rationale for our voluntary approach." The administration plan would require employers to Diamond, petite, tapered back, reg. 25.00, with trade-in, 12.00. B.

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leaders and urged their support for insurance compromises. On the controversial issue of whether health insurance coverage should be mandatory, Carlucct told Ford: "The arguments for mandatory cover age in the employer plan are "We should, in my view, 25.00, with trade-in, 12.00. E. Windswept, shag, reg. 25.00, with trade-in, 12.00.

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All old wigs will be destroyed. Sorry, no mail or phone orders. i i British peer hunted in nanny's murder LONDON API Police intensified their March Sunday for Lord Lucan, missing since the murder of his children's nanny and the attempted murder of his wife. Police Sunday afternoon found an auto used by Lord Lucan In the English Channel port of Newhaven, South of London. Investigators said they had been given two letters apparently written by the earl after the Thursday night murder at Lady Lucan's elegant London townhouse.

They would not comment on the contents of the letters to Lord Lucan's brother In law, William Shand-Kydd. BUT NEWSPAPERS said Shand-Kydd told them Lord Lucan described seeing a man attack his wife, but the attacker escaped when Lady Lucan rushed into the streets for help, and Lord Lucan fled. Lord Lucan, descendant of man who ordered the ill-fated charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, has not been named as a suspect but police say they want to find him for questioning. The nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found battered to death with a lead pipe and trussed in a large canvas bag at Lady Lucan's home. Chicago Tribune Family Want Ads 2 lines, 4, days, $8 call 222-4242 i.

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