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...ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIOLATION OF THE HONOR CODE BY 90 CADETS U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY WAS A PROFOUND SHOCK TO US ... MORE DEPLORABLE IS THE FACT THAT SUBJECT HAS BECOME CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN PRESS AND AMONG OUR PEOPLE. WHEN ISSUE OF VIOLATION OF HONOR CODE BECOMES OVERSHADOWED BY CONCERN OVER LOSS OF ATHLETIC STANDING, THE EVER-INCREASING APATHY TO NATIONAL MORAL TURPITUDE ... BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE [IS] ALARMING. [IN THE PAST] SOME CADETS FAILED TO LIVE UP TO RIGID REQUIREMENTS AND WERE QUIETLY DISMISSED. THE REST OF THE CORPS WENT ON TO GRADUATE AND SERVE OUR COUNTRY . . . NOT ALL WERE TO BECOME...
...Rican mulatto, was a quiet, intelligent student at Harvard and a patriotic lieutenant in the R.O.T.C. The son of a wealthy Spanish sugar merchant and his Negro mistress, he was proud of his Spanish blood. But when the U.S. Army assigned him to a Negro regiment, it was a shock to Albizu that twisted his whole life. Back in Puerto Rico in 1921, he began to build a political career based on two ideas: hatred of the U.S. and national independence for Puerto Rico...
...Michalek gave100-milligram injections to Jack Clifford, 30, a lab technician, and Mrs. Ardys Pearson, 26, a secretary. As he reached for the methadon bottle to give the much smaller injections to another secretary and himself, the physician drew back in shock. He had used that bottle the first time. He looked quickly at Mrs. Pearson; she was already in deep distress. Dr. Michalek called for antidotes. Then he picked up the phone and told the dean: "I think that maybe I might have made a mistake on the dosage, perhaps...
...chance comes when Haas goes stone deaf. While his pension is being arranged, the railroad sends a husky young replacement (Allan Nixon) to join him and his wife in the line shack. Haas suddenly regains his hearing in the shock of an automobile accident, but before he can tell anyone his exultant news, he runs into another shock. He hears Nixon wooing his wife, and his wife egging Nixon on to murder Haas-both blandly confident that he is deaf. While he goes on feigning deafness and eavesdropping in full view of the conspirators, the movie becomes a fascinating game...
...used to scandals in which somebody steals something, takes a big bribe, or runs off with another man's wife. But they were taken aback by the trouble at West Point-which raised more delicate and difficult moral questions than the customary hearty fare. After the first shock, the nation plunged into debate...