Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...afternoon last week, Norman Morrison, 31, his clothing doused in kerosene and his youngest child, 18-month-old Emily, cradled in his arms, stood outside the river entrance to the Pentagon and burned himself to death. As hundreds of departing officers and civilian workers watched-no photographers were on the scene-Army Major Richard Lundquist grabbed the child away from the flames. Army Lieut. Colonel Charles Johnson, who had seen two Buddhists incinerate themselves on the streets of Saigon, and two Air Force sergeants tried to smother the flames with coats and jackets. By the time an ambulance arrived...
During the Civil War, the peace churches in the U.S. joined forces to gain Government recognition of the rights of conscientious objectors. In 1940, they again cooperated to set up the National Service Board for Religious Objectors, which arranged for assignment of C.O.s to Government-approved civilian jobs in time of war. The Mennonites, Brethren and Quakers accounted for more than half of the 10,230 men who were conscientious objectors during World...
Stephen Underwood, 13, entered the march in civilian clothes and said he was a member of the Army Security Agency. He said he enlisted in the Army eight months ago, but had decided that he wanted to get out. Displaying his Army identification card to newsmen and hecklers who gathered around him. Underwood said "I was a private first class yesterday, and I don't expect to be tomorrow...
...National Palace, Bunker strongly reminded Garcia-Godoy that alienating the military was hardly the way to run a government of reconciliation. He got the President, and later Rivera Caminero, to agree on the pacification of Santo Domingo through a house-to-house arms search by military, police and civilian teams. Garcia-Godoy then ordered OAS troops into the rebel area to make sure that the searchers would be able to do their jobs...
...vehicles that are designed for camping, recreation and family hauling. To satisfy this market, Chevrolet has introduced the Chevelle El Camino, Ford has brought out a Ranchero on a Falcon chassis and a rugged, all-purpose Bronco roadster. Harvester is pushing its Scout, and Kaiser has a strong-selling civilian model of the Jeep...