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Instead, these U.S. soldiers on the Cold War beat-all Army careermen-put on just the kind of on-the-spot performance that made all the police-blotter calculations back home seem worthwhile. Said Army Major George Kemper into the Communist microphones: "They are holding us as political hostages. We are being used as tools." Other Army men shouted at the Communists: "You're kidnapers!" And when, in a quiet moment, the AP's Topping told the Army's Kemper that the U.S. was 1) demanding his men's release but was 2) refusing...
...loaded question could be asked or rash answer given, Topping quickly dug his Defense Department credentials card from his hip pocket, flashed it before the eyes of his suspicious compatriots and said: "Topping, Associated Press. May I see your senior officer?" Out of the group stepped Major George Kemper. Topping, a World War II infantry captain, promptly warned the major that the other newsmen were Communists and added: "I suggest you and your group get together and decide whether you want to hold a press conference and, if so, what you would like...
Topping's tactic worked. The Communists left the prisoners alone. Wisely the armymen agreed that Major Kemper would be their spokesman...
...contrast, Ramfis' younger brother, Rhadames, 15, is well liked at Kemper Military School in Boonville, Mo., 100 miles east of Kansas City. When he overstayed leave to attend sister Angelita's wedding (TIME, Jan. 20), he walked off his twelve demerits in the yard, like any other cadet. Bradford's agents also patrol outside the school, but are not allowed on the grounds. Rhadamés' official allowance, possibly augmented by money from home, is the standard $3 a week...
...plan allows college graduates planning to teach one year of experience teaching at Andover, before entering graduate school, according to John M. Kemper, Headmaster at Andover...