Word: naval
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...stampeded." As for the Arab line that Isa allows Britain to use his territory "for dirty intrigues," the Sheik shrugged: "We know who our friends are. We intend to continue our close friendship with Britain." As it happens, the British are under heavy pressure to give up their naval base at Aden when the Federation of South Arabia gains its independence in 1968; the logical site for it would then be Bahrein. Last week, after a visit from Britain's Defense Minister Denis Healey, Sheik Isa let it be known that he would gladly cooperate in such a move...
...Defense Department, in an effort to stem the outflow of gold from this country, has cancelled all cruises to foreign ports by members of the Naval ROTC. About 20 Harvard undergraduates - and scores of other students at the Naval Academy and in 51 other college NROTC programs - will be affected by the directive...
...students enrolled in the Navy's college ROTC program must take at least one summer cruise aboard a Naval vessel. At Harvard, about half of the midshipmen taking cruises in a given summer are assigned to ships visiting European or Far Eastern ports...
...Robert C. Wiley, assistant professor of Naval Science, said yesterday that "a lot" of ships are assigned to the Second Fleet to undergo maintenance. Wiley said that it was "possible but not likely" that some students might spend the summer attached to ships that were tied up in Boston. He noted that two students who were assigned to ships that would be in dry dock for the summer have been reassigned...
...cautioned against getting involved in a predominantly land war in Viet Nam. "The great lesson learned in the Korean War," said Clark, "was that we must not fight the Communists in a manpower war. The way to win is to hit hard and use all our air force and naval aviation powers." Above all, said Clark, the Reds must be made to feel the brunt of overwhelming force. Communists, he added, "respect force and stop, look and listen when they...