Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Strongly Recommended." Before his term in Washington, Richie Mack had kicked around Florida all his life, working as an insurance salesman and a credit manager, was secretary and general manager of the Port Everglades Rock Co. at Fort Lauderdale in 1947 when then Governor Millard Caldwell appointed him to the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission. Eight years later, President Eisenhower named him to fill a Democratic vacancy on the Federal Communications Commission. Said Florida's Democratic Senator Spessard Holland at Mack's Senate confirmation hearings: "I may say that he was strongly recommended for this post...
...Fort Devens will play host to the current juniors, who hope to improve on the performance of last summer's group. The Army's training program for the ROTC students will include M-1 rifle practice, real boot camp food and instruction in bed-making and the displaying of equipment...
...Fort Leonard Wood...
Safe & Comfortable. After his usual two-day sojourn at the Ambassador last week, Ramfis climbed into a dark green Cadillac and rolled northwest along State Highway 45 to Fort Leavenworth, Kans. His driver stuck to a prescribed route, minding strict instructions to "watch the high bluffs [where a sniper might lurk] and proceed swiftly." Through the day Ramfis sat attentively with his 620 classmates at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College...
Money to Burn. The close-knit, tight-budgeted Army society of Fort Leavenworth is irritated that Ramfis "doesn't mingle" and "has money to burn." Upon arrival in Kansas City, he. opened bank accounts totaling $1,000,000. When he wants leave from school, the Dominican embassy in Washington arranges it; e.g., this weekend he headed south for a few days at New Orleans. Next week he is throwing a big party at Kansas City's Muehlebach Hotel, to which 200 of the area's best names have been invited. His classmates, many of them combat veterans...