Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Your report of the ambassadorial appointment of Vice Admiral Kirk states that he "ran the Navy's show in the invasion of Sicily" [TIME, May 2]. In this operation Admiral Kirk commanded one of the Task Forces under the command of Admiral H. K. Hewitt, U.S.N. Admiral Kirk was the [U.S.] Navy's commander at the invasion of Normandy...
...Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper angrily added a report of another case. It involved a science scholarship with a $3,600 stipend, but he did not identify the student. Iowa's Hickenlooper wanted to know why no loyalty check had been made of fellowship recipients. An answer of sorts came from Princeton's Dr. Henry DeWolf Smyth, up before the committee for confirmation as a $15,000-a-year member of AEC. "These men," said Dr. Smyth, "have no access to secret material." He thought that the best potential scientists had "an inquisitive turn...
Supporters of Burke pointed to his greater experience, especially as an officer of the Council, in dealing with the Deans and other officials, while Poskanzer partisans praised his handling of the committee which produced the Poskanzer report. The final tally gave Burke seven votes, Poskanzer three, and Goodman...
Other Council business of the evening included final allocation of up to $600 to Adams for a washing machine, with the understanding that Adams would pay back the money within two years; brief discussion of a report on charities drives next year, the whole question being postponed until the last old Council meeting of the year; and appointment as alternate delegates to the National Student Association of Burke and George W. Miller...
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