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Frank Nahigian at 27:43 and Jerry Whatmough at 28:42 were the other members of the varsity to score as they placed 82nd and 124th respectively. Don French, who took a surprising third in the Heptagonals last week for the Crimson, was stricken ill the night before the race. He kept up with the leaders for the first mile but then had to drop back to finish 135th. Had he been well, the varsity might have been among the first ten teams...
...recent weeks that hope has been shadowed by the possibility of deportation, since her temporary visa has expired. Last year two special bills to grant her citizenship died in committee when the 82nd Congress adjourned. And a fortnight ago, an Immigration Service official ordered Joey to leave the country, but gave her the privilege of voluntary departure. Last week. however, Joey's future was brightened again. Immigration officials in Washington promised that no action toward her deportation would be taken for several months. That will give Congress time to consider another private bill granting her permanent U.S. residence...
...five years he taught French and Spanish. Later spent nearly two years in Tokyo learning Japanese. Went through the Command and General Staff School and the Army War College. In 1942, as a colonel, he was assigned to help organize the Army's first airborne divisions, the 82nd and the 101st...
World War II: Commanded the 82nd Airborne's artillery in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. In 1943, running risks which Eisenhower called "greater than I asked any other agent or emissary to undertake during the war," Taylor slipped through German lines into Rome for armistice negotiations with Italian Premier Pietro Badoglio. For 24 hours, wearing a U.S. uniform, he went about his mission in Rome under the noses of the Germans. Promoted to command of the 101st Airborne Division, he parachuted into the Cotentin Peninsula with his troops the night before Dday, thereby becoming the first U.S. general officer...
Currently the Senate Armed Services Committee is considering a UMT bill sponsored by Senator Leverett Saltonstall (Rep.-Mass.) requiring all eligible males 18 years of age to undergo a six months training period, and then serve as reservists for seven and a half years. During the 82nd Congress, a similar bill passed in the Senate, but was defeated in the House. This time, Saltonstall has altered his bill in several minor ways to pacify House members: the term of training has been increased from four to six months, and the UMT trainees will wear different uniforms and insignia to distinguish...