Word: solider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...manufacture both the Jupiter (Army) and Thor (Air Force) intermediate-range ballistic-missile systems. Today's snowballing result is a duplication in production facilities, costly ground-handling equipment and training, as Jupiters are being installed in Italy and Turkey while Thors go to Great Britain. In second-generation, solid-pro-pellant missiles, the Navy's submarine-launched Polaris fits the same general specifications as the Air Force's land-based Minuteman. By Pentagon estimates, $1.5 billion could be saved over the years by a combined program. Yet the two overlapping development programs continue. Other 1961 specifics...
Guards Jerry Weilder and George Waterman are graduating, but captain-elect Terry Lenzner and Bill Swinford can handle the starting berths with ease, with Roger Wilson, Dick Baker and Tom Gaston backing them up. With only Pete Eliades graduating, the centers look solid with Jon Christensen, Steve Cohen and Tony Watters...
...Waterville, Me., a tall, friendly man of 65 sat back and mused: "I think I was born to teach, not to be a college president." J. (for Julius) Seelye Bixler should have known better. Last week, as his successor prepared to take over solid little Colby College, retiring President Bixler's 17-year record looked hard to beat...
...visit gives us all a chance to renew our faith in Yale, to see that the boys are still freshly washed and pressed, still sing sentimental songs, believe in good fellowship. We hope that today's pilgrimage to the Gothic halls will reassure us that the old, solid collegiate virtues still flourish...
...press of demand is so great that the steel companies will fill back orders as they appear on the books on a straight first-come, first-served basis. For the time being, many companies are not accepting new orders. As one steelman says: "We're backed up solid with orders for six months at least...