Word: general
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before boarding his plane next day, Herter conferred with President Eisenhower, then paid a brief visit to ailing John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Army Hospital. As Herter left the hospital suite, Dulles called out a farewell that voiced a general sentiment: "Good luck, Chris...
...Favorite Son Johnson's chances by moving the Texas primary (tantamount to election) up from July to May, thereby giving Johnson early opportunity to wrap up another six-year Senate term before the Democratic convention. Fortnight ago the legislature ruled that a candidate could run on Texas' general election ballot for President or Vice President as well as a statewide office (including the office of U.S. Senator from Texas...
...with red tape and interservice tensions in his joint command, four-star Air Force General Earle E. (for Everard) Partridge drew up plans months ago for reorganizing NORAD, the U.S.-Canadian North American Air Defense Command. His principal complaint: he did not have enough authority over assignment of NORAD's Army, Navy and Air Force officers and materiel (TIME, May 19, 1958). But nothing much ever happened about West Pointer Partridge's proposals. Fortnight ago, the Pentagon announced that able "Pat" Partridge, 58, was retiring from the Air Force, effective July 31, after 41 years of service...
...replace him at NORAD's headquarters in Colorado Springs, President Eisenhower last week tabbed four-star General Lawrence S. (for Sherman) Kuter, 53, Air Force commander in the Pacific. A brigadier general at 36-he was then the youngest general* in the nation's armed forces -slim, mustached West Pointer ('27) Larry Kuter saw duty in Britain, North Africa and the Pacific during World War II, was the first boss (1948-51) of the Military Air Transport Service...
...Pointer ('28) who earned the Distinguished Flying Cross soon after Pearl Harbor for his solo B-17 attack against Japanese warships off the Philippine coast, led the first B-29 raid on Tokyo. Now the Air Force's hard-driving deputy chief of staff for personnel, Lieut. General O'Donnell can look forward to wearing a fourth star in his new post...