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Their first notice of trouble came when a hatless Secret Serviceman dashed down the hall past the pressroom. The newsmen chased after him down the long block...
Entrepreneur. In Bloomington, Ind., the Monroe County clerk got a letter from one Walter Sadlick, an ex-serviceman, who explained that he had married to get a bigger student's allotment under the G.I. bill, but that now, as his eligibility for benefits was running out, "we would naturally like to abolish the marriage...
Perhaps the greatest task over handled by the staff was the "checking in" after the Coconut Grove fire in 1940. Every serviceman in the New England District as well as civilian College students had to report to the University switchboard. While there is nothing quite so glamorous in the way of public service these days, operators are often called on to do more than put the right plug in the right hole for many callers. Of people wanting information, contest enterers are the most demanding; they ply the Harvard operators with an infinite variety of obscure queries. And then there...
...civilians who have been working for the Army, Navy and Air Force at everything from tapping typewriters to hammering rivets into ships. At the time of Johnson's order, there was one civilian employee in the armed services to every two men in uniform; now many a serviceman would have to work harder...
...strict. Any veteran whose teeth went bad while in service is entitled to free care. If cavities or other dental troubles show up within a year after discharge (provided the veteran has served at least six months), the trouble is presumed to be "service-connected." The ex-serviceman can get free dental service for as long as he needs it on any tooth treated in his first year out of service...