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...Cartoonist Milton Caniff, whose syndicated (550 papers) Steve Canyon promptly got his jet base out of a jam with local townspeople. Last week, in Shotgun Wedding, ADC men read the even more instructive how-to-do-it story of a real but unnamed jet base commander (actually, Colonel Harry Shoup of Truax Field at Madison, Wis.). The story...
...city airport, which was named for a local hero, and then tried to change the name. For 18 months two local papers complained about the "Air Force grab." When two jet squadrons moved in with a roar-angry petitions were passed around. Relations were at "breaking point" when Colonel Shoup went to work. First, he decided to take and chart all phoned complaints...
...always called in the evening. One complaint: "My bridge partner has made four bids in a row which I have missed in the last half hour because of the noise of your damned airplanes. At a penny a point, I can't afford this." Colonel Shoup patiently explained his air-defense mission to all callers, replied to all mail complaints, even sent "his most personable officers" calling on annoyed householders...
...Peter L. Shoup '55, president of the Dramatic Club, said "Marco" will not be give because of "technical difficulties, which I cannot discuss." Shoup added, "I deeply regret that 'Marco' is not going to be presented...
...more fundamentally, policy making is not the business of any outsider, no matter how it is done. The policy itself and its execution alone are subject to criticism. Thus Mr. Shoup is liable to criticism only as the producer of the club's choice. In this role I believe he deserves great praise, more than the CRIMSON reviewer has given him, to say the least. Thomas Blandy