05 Aug 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1951
Page
1
Passa Ridgway demands a satisfactory explanation and assurance of non recurrence before his truce delegation can return to Kaesong for further armistice talks. The general sent a strong protest to Gen Kim Il Sung and Gen Peng Teh-Huai, addressing top North Korean and Chinese commanders.
Unofficial returns from over a third of Kentucky precincts give Gov Lawrence Wetherby the Democratic nomination for a second term as armed forces radio stations report from Pyongyang and Peiping. No reply from the Communists, armoured Chinese troops near the armistice conference house as discussions on a cease fire stall. Ridgway states further talks hinge on removal of armed forces from the neutral zone.
West Point Aug 4 a West Point graduate and father of one of 90 cadets accused of cheating charged today that snibbing has gone on at the academy for years He revealed his son Harrison Travis 20 a cadet sergeant and member of the B football team is among the 90 He sent telegrams to Congress and others condemning the system as severe and destructive to many youths careers.
A looming expose alleges widespread cheating at West Point tied to examination bribery. The Army plans to withhold the names of 90 suspected cheaters while promising a broader reckoning of the university’s scandal amid similar university basketball cases.
Flash floods in Big Thompson Canyon and Buckhorn Creek killed seven people and damaged property across Colorado. Among the dead were four members of a single family, two Bellview residents, and an 86 year old man. Harold Johnson survived a car strike by the flood. his wife Sally and three daughters perished. Bodies of the Post couple and others were recovered as searchers continued.
The Army announced that limited rotation of personnel on foreign duty will resume in September on a world wide basis. Troops in Korea are already being rotated and each overseas command will set its own policy based on service needs and replacement availability.
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