Word: aug
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Three Things. At the Pentagon, General Earle G. ("Bus") Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, picked up a direct line to the War Room at the Pearl Harbor headquarters of Admiral Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Jr., the supreme U.S. commander in the Pacific (TIME cover, Aug. 14). Sharp was discussing the attack with his aides when the amber light on his dialless gold telephone flashed on. Wheeler wanted to make sure that the Seventh Fleet was ready. Sharp assured him that...
...Wayne Morse has stated that (Con. Record-Aug. 5, 1964). "I have been briefed many times, as have other members of the Foreign Relations Committee and all this time witness after witness from the State Department and from the Pentagon have admitted under examination that they had no knowledge of any foreign troops in South Vietnam, from North vietnam, Red China, Cambodia, or anywhere else." Rather, "the sad fact is that the only foreign troops that have been in South Vietnam in any numbers have been American troops...
...crime that frightened hundreds of New York career girls, not to mention their parents, occurred on Aug...
...visitors to inspect. The inspectors have quite an assignment: to help bring off the largest ship purchase in history, a deal of $200 million or more. Up for sale was almost the entire armada of that hero of the modern Greek shipping legend, Stavros Spyros Niarchos (TIME cover, Aug...
...Paddle. The atmosphere at St. Aug's is warm but strict. Misbehaving students are whacked with an oak paddle; homework averages three hours a day. Entrance is by competitive exam, but the school's principal, the Rev. Robert H. Grant is committed to the idea of a comprehensive high school for youths of different intellectual capacities, and the IQs range from 75 to 130. Every pupil writes a weekly 300-word composition to counter the prevalent weakness in verbal skills. Math and science come easier because in those subjects "we are dealing with a kid's natural...