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...after the decision was announced, a smiling, determined Matlovich held up a Bicentennial half dollar and observed: "It says 200 years of freedom. Not yet-but it will be some day." Then, with his friends, many of them homosexuals and in uniform, he retired to the Cue bar in Norfolk to drink beer...
Wind of the incident wafted back to his superiors in Norfolk, and Stevenson was relieved of his command "for cause." His kiss on Cat's cheek, said the Navy brass, "tended to demean the position" he held. Stevenson had even, huffed the Navy, taken up a collection for the dancer from the crew, and "that was in bad taste...
...town of Chaves (renowned for its smoked ham), Costa Gomes entered the military at an early age, graduating from cavalry school at 19. He rose slowly through the ranks, earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Oporto in 1944, and served two years of NATO duty in Norfolk, Va. He commanded Portuguese forces in Angola from 1970 until 1972 and was armed forces chief of staff until shortly before the coup, when he and Spínola were sacked during the old regime for refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to former Premier Marcello Caetano...
...Wheeler sees a bright future for commuter airlines like his. With traffic rising steadily, he is contemplating adding flights to Richmond and Baltimore during the next two years. Piedmont appears unworried, even though Wheeler already competes with his employer between Raleigh, Charlotte and Norfolk. "They say do your own thing," says Wheeler. And he has. Not long ago, Wheeler turned down a promotion to captain at Piedmont because the added flying duties would cut into the time he needs to nurture his airline...