Word: civilians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flag in place of the U.N. flag on the UNEF headquarters," said the Cairo newspaper Al Ahram. "He was hit in the back and fell in a pool of blood while still holding the Egyptian flag in his hand." Thereupon, because the forces of the U.N. had fired "at civilian inhabitants," Nasser announced that Egypt would "assume its responsibilities in the strip immediately." He appointed Major...
Another area where the major companies could look for new profits is in the big market for light civilian plane engines. Of the estimated 24,500 engines 'built in the U.S. last year, more than half were for civilian aircraft, most of them small business or personal planes. Enginemaker Lycoming, with half a dozen small piston engines already in production, is busy developing a light turboprop engine for greater speed and altitude. Continental has moved into baby jets, looks forward to a big market for its 920-lb.-thrust jet as the power plant for Cessna...
...field coordinator for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at top-secret Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala. Colonel Nickerson was ordered to face a Third Army court-martial on 18 tough specifications charging that he 1) included secret information on the U.S. missile program in documents sent to unauthorized civilian businessmen and newsmen (as well as-although the charges did not say it-to several Alabama Congressmen), 2) had violated national-security laws by sending three secret documents to Managing Editor Erik Bergaust of Missiles and Rockets magazine, and 3) had lied under oath in denying that he had distributed secret material...
...fleets and shore bases, learned to be a persuasive spokesman for the Navy's hopes and ambitions in the jet-missile age and an ardent defender of its more venturesome officers. But Thomas, World War I naval aviator, was no Navy zealot. He paid proper heed to his civilian bosses, Defense Secretary Charles Wilson and President Eisenhower, was equally forceful in passing the civilian word back to the Navy. Result: Charlie Thomas ably kept the Navy on course as it steamed at flank speed into the heady age of nuclear submarines, larger carriers, jet planes and missiles, kept...
Nominated to replace Thomas as the Navy's new civilian helmsman was Under Secretary Thomas S. (for Sovereign) Gates Jr., 50, Philadelphia investment banker (Drexel & Co.) and Main Liner. Lanky (6 ft. 2 in., 190 Ibs.) Tom Gates, son of a onetime president of the University of Pennsylvania, won two Bronze Star citations as a World War II intelligence officer, left active duty with the rank of commander. Appointed Navy Under Secretary three years ago, he made a name as a quiet, hard-working administrator and top assistant to Secretary Thomas. By boosting Gates to the Secretary...