European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday june 24,1977 ousted cadets return to Point pick up careers West Point . Cadets disgraced in the . Military facade my s cheating scandal have returned to West Point to pick up the pieces of their army careers. It s Good. It s said Cadet Kenneth Curley after he had checked in. Everybody s trying to be another Cadet said. It s the begin Ning of my career now. As far As i m they were among 60 cadets due to report wednesday under a leniency plan announced last summer at the height of the scandal. An additional 38cadets arc expected to arrive next week. Widespread cheating on electrical engineering Homework Given to the class of 1977 came to Light 14 months ago and disrupted the 173-year-old Academy with a swirl of allegations about a cover up and widespread Viola Tion of the Honor code. Honor system questioned a special commission headed by former astronaut prank Borman concluded that cheating was endemic and the Honor system grossly inadequate. Since then a number of changes have been implemented. Of the 152 cadets forced to resign from the Academy 105 applied for rein statement. All were found fit to return. Cadet Kenneth Curley left is Back at the Point after a year s suspension. A but seven chose not of the ousted cadets spent the year away from West Point As enlisted men. And most of the rest went to other schools said col. Jack l. Capps who is in charge of readmission. Most will Lake electrical Engineer ing 304 again and their grades in that class will be used to determine class standing As if nothing had happened. But they won t be eligible for some prestigious class leadership posts for at least one semester. Spent year As Steeple Jack Cadet Curley. A native of Long Island spent his year in exile working As a Steeple Jack Kitchen Helper and plumber s Cadet who asked not to be identified said everyone lost a Little in the affair. The Academy lost because it had to change unwillingly and we lost be cause we lost a year of education he said. I think they la be better for it and i think we re better for . Capps said the cadets will spend a few Days settling in and getting briefed on the year old coeducation pro Gram changes in the Honor system an summer training. And they la have to attend to one other detail. From what i be seen they re going to have to get their hair Capps said with a smile. Ramsden dedication ceremony River rats remember lost Viet comrades i nought about thai giant Oak whose branches touched the sky. Bowed Down beneath the howling winds. I be often heard it Winter s icy Wintis now Calm that tree i love s faced the storm of countless years and weath ered Many gales. I know Irani where i draw my strength the late that helps me stand for like Hal Reg Fly oaf. My roots Are in the Fertile by fix cd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ham Stein. Germany Sis those Are the last lines of a poem written by an american prisoner of War while he was held captive in North Vietnam. They were read by a col. Kenneth w. Cordier. Who was also a pow for More than six years during a ceremony held Here to dedicate an american Oak tree to the memory of the men who Are missing or were killed in action during the Viet Nam War. The tree was planted near the front of the officers club by the Itam Slein chapter River rals of the red River vally fighter pilots association. The association is made up of air Force pilots who flew combat missions in the red River vally Between North and South Vietnam. One of their primary objectives is to generate awareness an concern for those missing in action Mia or killed in action k1ai and their be Ore an audience of about 100 people. Cor Dier reminded them that there Are still nearly 1.000 mias unaccounted for even though the War ended More than four years ago. Now that the Issue of human rights is raising a lot of concern around the world we the River rats feel it is appropriate to Call attention to the human rights of the men still missing and their families who have waited and hoped for so Many years he said. The comrades that we Honor Here today made their ultimate sacrifice in an unpopular War which was ended task Force begins probe of ways to improve mail service in military by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is officials of the . Postal service uses and the department of defense have organized a task Force to look for ways to improve Overall mail service to and from military Post offices chief postal inspector c. Null Benson of the uses and Paul h. Riley. Deputy assist ant Secretary of defense Supply maintenance and service signed the task Force charter june 14. The task Force is considered an advis Ory body charged with presenting its find Ings and recommendations to uses and Dod management within 120 Days. Specific objectives include documentation of present mail distribution identification of Short term and Long term modifications of mail processing improve ment in service and reduction in . Among Ether things the Force also will Stek ways to make optimum use of mechanization of the mail and make Mure efficient it of both uses and Over seas military postal addition the task Force is expected to recommend revisions to the Dod uses postal agreement postal officials said. The task Force has two chairmen Charles Lueck of uses and Charles j. Smith of Dod. Representatives of All Mili tary departments Are assigned to the task Force. While the task Force is going about it work a congressional subcommittee has Pakistan s Bhutto agrees to new elections in fall Rawalpindi Pakistan a prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has agreed to hold new National elections by the end of the year in Hopes of ending three months of violence that has claimed 300 lives. Spokesmen for Bhutto and his opponent told reporters that the prime minister and his Cabinet would remain in office until the outcome of the new vote which they said would probably be held in the fall. Delayed its plan for holding hearings on the Dod uses operation of overseas military postal service. Rep. Charles h. Wilson d.-calif., chair Man of the postal personnel and modernization subcommittee said in late april that he had planned to hold hearings in Early june. A subcommittee staffer said tuesday that the hearings have been temporarily delayed perhaps until september because of a higher priority however i can say unequivocally they will be Wilson and some of his panel members went to Europe in Early april to investigate the military postal operation. Upon his return to Washington. Wilson issued a negative report on the panel finding and said bearings would be Iolj to look for ways to improve the military postal operation and Speed up deliver Lime. At the time. Wilson charged that uses and the Dod were not Dong enough to improve the military Prital operations an service. By snatching defeat from Victory. However they did their Job and did it Well and they will not be the guest speaker for the occasion was i. Gen. John w. Pauly. Vice commander in chief Safe. He commented on the worthwhile activates of the association and called attention to the fact its members have contributed nearly $100.000 in scholarships to the children of air Force Mia or Kia Crew members. In dedicating the tree he said i m sure that in your lifetime you younger people in the air Force you will see Many More dedications. Because we will not forget those who have made the supreme sacrifice and those who Are still unaccounted for from the Vietnam similar remarks were made by Bernard Diehl a German who had also been held prisoner in Hanoi for More than four years. His comments were followed by a missing Man flyover by it aircraft of the 86th tac fighter Wing. The ceremony was concluded to the tune tie a yellow ribbon round the old Oak tree while a number of women from the audience did just that. Senate panel refuses to Block a bomb funds Washington Upil on a tie vote enclosed session the Senate appropriations committee refused wednesday to prohibit production of the Neutron bomb despite arguments no one. Including the president knows enough about the weapon to add it tothe Arsenal. An undisclosed amount of Money or production of then bomb which is sup posed to destroy people but not buildings was tucked away in a House passed ver Sion of an appropriations Bill financing Public works water and Energy research and development projects for fiscal 1978. Sen. Mark Hayfield a Ore. Tried and ailed to restrict bomb funds in the Senate Bill approved wednesday by the appropriations panel. Defense officials say its concentrated radiation would kill individuals within its radius within minutes and allow military occupation of the area within hours with Little damage to buildings and other installations
