Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...senior year, and remembers it sketchily as being "no better or worse than most--just abysmal." As he acted in many college productions, his interest in the theatre grew, but, receiving no Broadway offers on graduation, he sequestered himself as an instructor at the Berkshire School until he joined Naval Intelligence...
...Britishers, who are stationed at the Pensacola, Florida naval base, replied that their only open date was this weekend--the same day which the Crimson had reserved for a match with the New York All-Stars. As a result, the varsity will field two separate teams Saturday, and will attempt to sweep both ends of the doubleheader. "Due to the progress individual players have made since Bermuda, we have a 50-50 chance of winning both games," notes player-coach Tom Calhoun...
...last week Dodge let the Pentagon know that he plans to get the 1955 budget down to $35 billion by cutting: 1) the Air Force's goal from 143 groups to 110, and 2) the Navy's supercarrier program (from three carriers to two) and other naval activities. With the approval of Defense Secretary Wilson, Dodge issued an order restraining the Air Force, which has on hand appropriations for 143 groups, from spending any money for building up beyond no groups. Most of the cuts are to come from the Strategic Air Command...
Chairman. To replace General Omar N. Bradley, 60, the top prospect is Admiral Arthur William Radford, 57, naval aviator and commander of the Pacific Fleet...
Navy. Although his term doesn't expire until 1955, Admiral William Morrow Fechteler, 57. a sea dog with a somewhat tenuous hold on world politics and the art of interservice maneuvers, will probably be replaced as Chief of Naval Operations. Front runner for the job: Admiral Robert Bostwick ("Mick") Carney, 58, a Navy air enthusiast who has shaped up a first-rate land & sea fighting force as NATO commander for Southern Europe...