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...writer in the London Times described the effect it is having on the mores of the new alumnus. Example: "One physicist I know has spent every weekend since he came down from the university voyaging up and down the country in first-class compartments to interviews, lodging at four-star hotels, dining with directors and drinking more than is good for him. He has no intention of taking any of the posts he is offered, since he is very well placed already, thank you. But these weekly outings have become a hobby with him. He is learning to live graciously...
France's new Resident General in Morocco, replacing Gilbert Grandval: four-star Lieut. General Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin, 59, the 14th man in 43 years to hold the difficult job. He is often referred to as General Boyer de Latour...
...Four-star General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, 53, appointed chief of the U.S. (and United Nations) Far East Command only seven weeks ago, was named Army Chief of Staff by the President last week, succeeding General Matthew B. Ridgway, who retires June...
...Fletcher Aviation Corp., retired veteran of 32 years' service with the Air Force, postwar commanding general of U.S. Air Forces in Europe; of a heart attack; in Arcadia, Calif. Trainer of hundreds of military pilots (among his pupils: Generals Nathan F. Twining, Hoyt Vandenberg, Curtis E. LeMay), four-star Uncle Joe won renown as one of World War II's great tactical airmen; devised "Operation Strangle," which severed Nazi rail transport to central Italy in preparation for the push on Rome...
With 8,000 flying hours, he ranks second in Air Force seniority (first: Chief of Staff Twining). A four-star flyer entrusted with one of the nation's most vital commands, he is unpublicized and virtually unknown. But in 36 years of service he has piled up vast all-round experience. He has been a pursuit pilot, a flight instructor, one of the early 6-17 pilots who worked out U.S. long-range bombing techniques. A top technician, he helped to develop retractable landing gear, variable pitch propellers, and a long line of U.S. combat planes. In World...