Word: naval
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...each of the last five years is far less than the 35 to 45 cadets a year which Army and Navy programs have produced. The AFROTC's monthly allowance of $27 does not begin to compare with the Navy's Holloway Plan, which pays all costs of a naval cadet's college education. The Army's low active-duty requirement of two years is one of its prime drawing cards. On the other hand, the Air Force requires its ROTC graduates to serve four years...
Three Lovely Days. Between banquets and receptions, the King and the President got to know and like each other. Hassan even canceled a scheduled visit to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to have additional talks with Kennedy. Their conversation ranged over many world problems, from Middle East tensions to Cuba, to NATO. There was also quiet affirmation of decisions already taken, including the U.S. pledge to evacuate three big SAC airfields and a naval base in Morocco by year's end, and to continue an unspecified amount of financial aid to Hassan's kingdom (last year...
...many admirals, asking the Navy to justify the carrier is akin to asking it to explain why there should be a navy. Outwardly, they profess confidence that they can ease McNamara's doubts. "I'm not defending carriers," says Admiral George Anderson, Chief of Naval Operations. "Carriers defend themselves-for the good of the U.S. They represent the only weapon system simultaneously prepared to wage general war, limited war, sub-limited war, or simply to make a show of force whenever and wherever necessary in support of our national policy...
Chain of Events. Ward arranged an unsuccessful screen test for Christine with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., introduced her to a naval attache at the Russian embassy, and to a "senior naval officer of the American fleet who sorted out her problems." But Christine, said Ward, also had "occasional foolhardy adventures in the completely different world of colored men." One day last December, Johnnie Edgecombe, Christine's West Indian lover, showed up outside Ward's West End flat, where Christine was visiting, and fired several shots at the door. Police carted Johnnie away and tagged Christine to be the principal...
Crimson sailors expect stiff competition from Brown and Yale when they seek to capture the McMillan Cup, at the U.S. Naval Academy this weekend. The event will be sailed by 44-foot yawls in three fifteen-mile races...