Air Force backs cadet honor code amid West Point scandal
The article compares service academies amid a West Point cheating scandal. Air Force Academy cadets and officials defend strict reporting of cheating and uphold the honor code. Navy and Annapolis favor a more flexible, educational approach with counseling alternatives. The Navy superintendent calls honors a training tool rather than punishment.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Edders
Annapolis
Naval Acade
Cheating A Way Of Life At West Point Downey Says
Rep. Thomas Downey cites interviews with cadets and West Point officials to claim cheating is pervasive. He estimates about 30 percent of the junior class violated the honor code and that 200 of 823 cadets directly cheated while 4 to 5 hundred tolerated cheating over their careers. He notes the exam involved was not unusual.
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Bruce Drake
Washington
West Point
Thomas J. Downey
Dn.y
U.S. Military Academy
Pra
Downey
Vial
Astalt
Three Lockheed Officials Face Subpoenas in Testimony
A. Carl Kotchian along with A. H. Elliott and John W. Clutter confront subpoenas to testify in a Payoffs scandal probe linked to Japan's Liberal Democratic Party. Judge Chantry rejects delays as proceedings begin, with three Japanese prosecutors and a secret, sealed testimony plan.
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Lockheed Aircraft
Lockheed Vice
A. Carl Kotchian
Kotchian
Ltd 1
A.H. Elliott
Lockheed Far Eastern
John W. Clutter
U.S. District Court
Albert Stephens
Justice Department
Kotehian
Chantry
Stephens
Clutter
Elliott
Atty
Robert Clark
Asst
U.S
Carolyn Reynolds
Tokyo
Takeo Miki
Japan
Liberal Democratic Party
Reynolds
FBI seeks to drop computerized criminal history program
Attorney General Edward Levi said the FBI has asked to discontinue the NCIC based program that would store criminal records from state and local agencies. He noted low participation from states limits its value and requires purging about 859000 records if ended.
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San Antonio
Tex
Edward H. Levi
FBI
Levi
National Crime Information Center
NCIC
Congress
CIA plans to destroy domestic spying files sparks debate
The CIA informs Senate leaders it will destroy records from Operation Chaos and other domestic spying probes, including mail opening. Courts and a Justice Department inquiry may block mass destruction. House lawmakers consider notices to citizens targeted by intelligence activities.
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CIA
Washington
Senate
George Bush
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Rockefeller Commission
Senate Intelligence Committee
Scott
John Shattuck
American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
Department
CEA
Bush
Mansfield
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
House
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