Word: commissioner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last month the troops were pulled out and the shrine ordered returned to the Benedictine order, which owns it. Inspection by Roman Catholic and Israeli officials revealed severe damage: tapestries had been destroyed, the altar smashed, gaping holes torn in the circular ceiling of the chapel. On behalf of the...
Harry Truman had invited to Blair House 14 high military, diplomatic and congressional figures, including Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission and Vice President Alben Barkley. Secret Service men shooed people away from the sidewalk out front, and forbade...
Atomic Energy Commission Chairman David E. Lilienthal and General Lucius D. Clay shared the 1949 Freedom Award. Said Freedom House President and onetime Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson: "Each has had to overcome almost insurmountable obstacles, thoughtless opposition and totalitarian pressures."
In a typically ambiguous statement, the Federal Communications Commission last week announced that it "proposed" to add 42 UHF (ultra high frequency) channels to the existing twelve television channels. No one would explain exactly what this mysterious announcement meant, but it looked important. It could mean that all TV sets...
The Girl from Jones Beach (Warner) turns out to be blonde Virginia Mayo, a high-minded schoolteacher with a photogenic figure and a low I.Q. in matters of romance. To Ronald Reagan, a New York commercial artist, she looks like the perfect model for the perfect cover girl. To Eddie...