Word: staatsburg
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Senator Javits, the first Senator to nominate a girl for the coveted job of Senate page, this week will announce that his principal appointment to Annapolis will be a woman. His nominee is Barbara Jo Brimmer, 17, of Staatsburg, N.Y., an A student and New York State Regents scholar who came by her interest in Annapolis naturally: her father is an Annapolis graduate and her mother was once a WAVE officer. Brimmer has been the subject of a lengthy debate between Javits and Secretary of the Navy John Chaffee. Argued Javits: "I seek only to have the academy conform...
| 1 |