National Affairs: Big Switches

Ever since Ulysses failed to make a prompt return from the Trojan War, the cheers welcoming an end of hostilities have been marred by a few notes of marital tragedy. Korea's Operation Big

Switch, no exception to the rule, brought to light a few switches on the home front:

ΒΆ News that Corporal Ralph Meier of White Lake, S.Dak. had been freed by the Communists prompted some soul-searching by his 17-year-old wife Avis. Last March, after having heard the previous fall that Meier had died in prison camp, Avis Meier married Herald Kapsch of...

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