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...dress uniform, move on to a dance floor. Last week, after years of fretting over the dreary appearance of its enlisted men, the Army finally gave G.I.s a break. On formal occasions, enlisted men as well as officers may now sport a dress uniform consisting of a dark blue coat with gold chevrons and sky blue pants with a gold stripe. To acquire this finery will cost a G.I. about $80 (roughly a month's pay for a private...
Just a Transition. They have built benches, desks, bunks and tables, have lined the ranch-house walls with book cases, installed cupboards, coat racks and window screens. They have cut and hauled several cords of wood, started clearing a ski trail, piled, loaded and sold 4,000 bales of hay to help fill up the school's near-empty coffers. Meanwhile, they have also done their housework-cooking, cleaning and making beds...
...first great steps in getting it there are not up to Congress, but to the Executive. In foreign affairs, Eisenhower has been trying to turn the Government toward a more effective policy. This was not a simple matter of Ike's "assuming leadership," like putting on a coat. The terms of leadership had to be hammered out between Ike and the Departments of State and Defense, which would have to supply the bone and muscle of policy...
Gratitude. In Tucson, Ariz., provided with shelter, warm food, and a new coat by the Salvation Army, Charles Demitus, 35, got a new start in life by robbing the Army's local headquarters and cashing $53 in forged Salvation Army checks...
...Marchese Guido Serra di Cassano, was decorating a town house by buying wholesale lots of pictures at a few pounds apiece. Browsing about one run-down little antique shop, he spied a medium-sized (29 in. by 24½ in.) canvas, showing an aged man in dark brown coat and dark velvet hat, staring moodily out at the world with large, pained eyes. The dealer was glad to include the picture in the sale for an extra $25. Then the marquis had it cleaned, and experts identified the picture as an authentic Rembrandt, probably painted around 1660, nine years before...