Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Vice Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary, 72, commander of U.S. Naval forces in the Southwest Pacific (1942), of a heart attack; in Newport...
...Office of Naval Research said today it has determined the exact cause of Friday's failure to launch a Vanguard satellite rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., but that the details cannot be made public...
This was the most contrary crew of football players ever to sail out of the U.S. Naval Academy on a leaky autumn afternoon. They seemed determined to scuttle all the pregame dope. Tradition would have had them decked out in white jerseys-a nice counterpoint to Army's ominous black. They trotted out in powdery pastel blue. Tough as they were, they were supposed to have a rough time with Army's roughriding halfbacks, Pistol Pete Dawkins and Bullet Bob Anderson. But the first time Army got the ball, the two highly-touted cadets were tossed...
...late. Navy had won, Academy Superintendent Rear Admiral William R. Smedberg III was already in the dressing room accepting an invitation to play Rice in the Cotton Bowl, and Ned Oldham, candidate for lieutenant commander in the Brigade of Midshipmen and scholar on the superintendent's list (Naval Academy equivalent of dean's list), had already insured himself a name and a place in Navy history...
...There were a few bugs in the rocket," said a high level source from the Office of Naval Research, "but I think we've ironed them out. It looks like we will be ready to blast...