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...amendment to the Constitution. Last week three more state legislatures approved the anti-third-term proposal, bringing to 34 the total of states to ratify it. This week Utah and Nevada became the 35th and 36th-and wrote the 22nd Amendment into...
...36th state to enter the union, Nevada deliberately held off until Utah had passed the measure, to gain the honor of being the 36th and deciding state to vote its approval...
Nevada clinched the ratification at 7:30 p.m. (EST) by becoming the 36th state to approve the amendment, which was passed by Congress in March, 1947. President Truman is specifically exempted...
Wrote an Air Force captain of the 36th Fighter-Bomber Squadron: "Individually and collectively we feel that it has a deep, sincere message for all the people in and from the United States of America . . . Are people at home realizing that this isn't a police action but a fight for survival? Do people realize the import of your statement about the number and excellence of our weapons...
CAPT. "WHISTLIN' JOE" ROGERS, 26, of the 36th Squadron, Eighth Fighter-Bomber Group, had probably killed more North Koreans and Chinese than any other flyer. During World War II, to his disgust, he had been an instructor, saw no combat. He had made up for it in Korea. Air Force men liked to talk about Joe's exploits- his trick of barrel-rolling when he came in for a strafing run, the time he attached a whistle to one of his wings to scare the enemy, thus earned his nickname. The story they liked best...