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...found that Turncoats Bell, Cowart and Griggs, who had gamboled about Communist China for 18 months before changing their minds and returning to the U.S., were entitled to their U.S. Army pay from their capture until their dishonorable discharges. In January 1954, while all 21 turncoats were still in Redland, Defense Secretary Charles Wilson ordered the Army to give them dishonorable discharges. Normally, such a discharge is given only by court-martial, not by administrative decree. The total amount of back pay due Bell, Cowart and Griggs as a result of last week's Supreme Court decision...
Until last January the school board of Dade County, Fla. thought it had a pretty good scheme for dealing with the children of migratory Puerto Rican farm hands in the Redland district some 15 miles south of Miami. Most of the children were dark skinned enough to be sent to the Negro school, and for those considered white, there was a special school at one of the labor camps. But last year, appalled by the labor camp's filth, the special school's teachers refused to work. The board had no alternative but to admit 30 Puerto Ricans...
...citizens of the Redland district the whole deal was an outrage. The migrant children, they insisted, were not only dirty, they also tended to slow the other pupils down. When Principal Joseph L. Logan refused to put them out_ the parents began a boycott. By last week 470 white children were staying at home...
Umpires praised the skilled British-Dutch-Belgian "Blueland" defense. Withdrawing in order to gain time to mobilize, they kept their vehicles properly spaced, lost only a few units in traps. The Belgians did particularly well fighting off a night paratroop attack. U.S. units in the "Redland" invader force were commended for aggressiveness-their patrols ranged far behind enemy lines, cutting off two companies. All units were cocky and enthusiastic; black shiners blossomed on both sides. Young officers argued bitterly with umpires. Americans of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment, slipped off nightly to deflate the tires of "enemy" vehicles...
...complained about British caution. They wanted more "hell-for-leather" lunges, George Patton-style. In the event of a Red attack on Germany, argued the British, the NATO troops should roll with the punch, save themselves for the counterattack. One major omission: "Counterthrust" featured no breakthrough and infiltration by "Redland"-favorite Red tactics...