Word: recruits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...further condemned churchmen and churchgoers who worship with Jim Crow, urged ministers to create "a social climate . . . which will encourage a free concourse of men of good will, regardless of their race, status or national origin." Too often, said the Presbyterians, churches "mistake social compatibility for Christian fellowship," and recruit members from only one stratum of society...
...Australian Swimming Union is doing its best to aggravate the problem. The British Empire Games are a year away and the Rome Olympics are four years in the future, but this week the A.S.U. is already passing the hat among Aussie fans for $112,000 with which to recruit and train faster and flashier teams...
Brooding over the court-martial of the best D.I. in his Platoon 399, Lieut. William D. Conroy, 26, strode four days later into the platoon barracks, found Recruit Porter and slugged him. Last week at Parris Island, in the same courtroom where Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon had stood trial for the death march into the boondocks (TIME, July 30; Aug. 13), another court-martial convened. Lieut. Conroy, a regular officer, pleaded guilty to conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. After deliberating 50 minutes, a general court ordered him dismissed from the service...
...What they save on the tobacco bill cigarette companies are pouring into the hottest race in history to lure buyers from their usual brands and to recruit new smokers. To do this they are not only bringing out new brands (nearly one-third of the market is held by brands that are less than five years old) but also new tastes (youngsters find it easier to learn on mentholated cigarettes) and new packaging. Each major company is hedging its bets by marketing at least three of the four major cigarette types-regulars, filters, kings and mentholated...
Both sales and store highlighted Ward's fast comeback under John Barr, 48, who took over the company after crusty old Chairman Sewell Avery surrendered his one-man rule two years ago (TIME, May 23, 1955). As boss. Barr's first move was to recruit a new force of officers; he gave them a stock option plan as incentive, equipped them with real, independent authority and then set to work on a new-look for the company. In quick succession, Barr formed a new department to pump life into merchandising and displays at Ward's 562 retail...