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...MARINE CORPS. The corps now has three divisions of 18,000 fighting men each. Of these, the hallowed 1st Marine Division is in combat readiness at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The 2nd Division has sent slightly more than one-third of its men to the Dominican Republic, but the others remain at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on call for anywhere. The 3rd Marine Division is largely deployed in the Pacific area, and has furnished most of the corps' contribution so far to the Vietnamese fighting, particularly around the Danang airbase. Attached to each of the three divisions...
These scenes were enacted with grim realism last week in the fictional land of Lancelot-actually a segment of the Southern California coast at the Ma rine Corps' Camp Pendleton. It was all part of Silver Lance, the most massive and elaborate war game staged by the U.S. armed forces in the two decades since World...
...semipro, Feigner pitched a Walla Walla team to a 33-0 victory over Pendleton, Ore. "I'm so good," he said afterwards, "all I need is a catcher to lick you guys." The Pendle ton team took up the challenge. After considerable discussion, it was decided that Feigner would really need three players in addition to himself "in case we ever got the bases loaded." Using a catcher and two infielders, Feigner humiliated Pendleton...
...Southern California Edison's in partnership with San Diego Gas & Electric, at Camp Pendleton, Calif. (395,000 kw.) for 1966 at $100 million...
...Pendleton Act of 1883 never did away with spoils practices in the Federal Service; it merely encouraged more discreet abuses. Connections remain highly useful for getting jobs in the government. Although most hired employees must pass Civil Service qualifying tests, good rating alone seldom earn people appointments. This is true of close to 10,000 summer positions available in Washington each year as well as of permanent jobs. Few students who receive appointments as summer interns, clerks, and typists get them solely on the strength of their qualifications...