Word: koreans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During the Korean war, Sharp briefly commanded a destroyer squadron, then began a series of staff jobs. In 1960 he was appointed a vice admiral and served in the top-brass "E" Ring of the Pentagon as deputy chief of naval operations for plans and policy. There he earned a reputation as a sharp-tongued perfectionist. Recalls one officer: "There was no loose thinking, no folderol permitted. He is a forceful, concise, meticulous...
...boast to a wartime OSS comrade that he would open a small foreign-currency exchange, steadily expand and become a millionaire. His route to riches was, and is, tricky. Dealing in all currencies except four that are proscribed by the U.S. Government (Cuban pesos, Red Chinese yuan, North Korean won and North Vietnamese dongh), Deak always risks being caught with funny money. But he rarely loses...
WHENEVER the Government needs a troubleshooter in the oil business, it turns to J. (for John) Ed. Warren, 63. Washington called him to duty as a consultant during World War II, the Korean war and the Suez crisis, and he is now a part-time Pentagon adviser. Last week Cities Service Co. named him chief executive to replace Burl S. Watson, 70, who remains chairman. A stocky, straightforward man with a whimsical twist, Warren treats his promotion lightly ("You can't take yourself too seriously"), but concedes that he always had his sights on the top job. Warren started...
...battalion in the 1942 invasion of North Africa, fought in Tunisia and Sicily. On D-day he landed on Utah beach as executive officer of the 9th Infantry Division. After the war, he served as chief of staff of the famed 82nd Airborne Division, led airborne troops in the Korean war, at 43 became the youngest major general in the Army, commanded the 101st Airborne Division, served as superintendent of West Point...
...flour companies intend to fight hard to beat the charges. "It is common knowledge in the milling industry," said Chairman Philip W. Pillsbury of Pillsbury, "that a good deal of bakery flour is sold at a loss." Since the Korean war, says he, the millers' profit margin in the sale of bakery flour has held at 1% of the retail price of a loaf of white bread. Actually, argues Pillsbury, the Government has a bigger hand than the millers in setting prices. The cost of wheat makes up five-sixths of the flour price, and Government crop-support programs...