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In January and again in June, the young officer slated by the Navy to do the job flew to Washington to brief President Eisenhower on the possibilities. Nautilus' commanding officer: Commander William R. Anderson, 37, Tennessee-born Annapolis standout (class of '42), submariner veteran of Tarpon, Narwhal, Trutta...
Hours in advance of the President's decision, a second wave of telephone calls went out from the Pentagon. Before sunup more than 50 plans officers of all services were at their desks. When the Navy's Arleigh Burke steamed into his office at 7:30 a.m., he...
Yet Dr. Fry, who has not had a pastorate for almost 14 years, is known as the best man with a grease gun in the business. He has a phenomenal memory (which serves him well on a dais or a Double-Crostic), a lawyer's avidity for meticulous briefing...
The CBS star also ruled politics out of bounds for such interlopers as Defense Secretary Neil McElroy and his predecessor, Godfrey's former good friend Charlie Wilson: "As far as I'm concerned, professional politicians are the men who should be the leaders in Washington. This business of...
Forty-eight minutes later, press-service teletypes across the U.S. were clattering with news of the conference, copy boys were ripping off the white sheets of the Associated Press and the yellow of the United Press, and editors began making over their front pages. Jim Hagerty had done well; only...