Word: staff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Said saddened Air Force Chief of Staff Tommy White, referring to the newsmen who died on Cocoa: "We share with them the conquest of time and space. They share with us the dangers of that conquest . . . The men who observe and report the achievements of science and skill ... are partners in these achievements. They are also partners in the sacrifices that are sometimes the price of progress...
...Shall Not Appease. Kennedy's decisions have aroused protest, particularly from New York City's Youth Board, the municipal agency that allots some $4,500,000 a year of city and state funds for juvenile recreation and rehabilitation projects, also maintains a staff of 100 conscientious street workers who work in crime-ridden neighborhoods to counsel gangs and to reduce their violent activities. The Youth Board believes in allowing gangs to remain intact because they provide a juvenile sense of security and comradeship. The board distinguishes between "bopping" (attacking) gangs and defensive gangs that fight back only when...
After a smiling, muscle-clutching reunion with an old wartime friend, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, President Carlos Garcia of the Philippines flew off to a banquet in Phoenix, fell victim to feckless staff work in ad-libbing a surprise, honor-giving speech for Arizona Newsman Fritz Marquardt. Said Garcia: "I would like to award a decoration to one who has done a great deal for the Philippines: Governor Ernest McFarland." Democrat McFarland sat by red-faced as an aide rushed up to announce that the award was meant for Marquardt. Leaping after the fumble, Garcia failed to clear...
...regal acknowledgment of British inflation, Queen Elizabeth II ordered a 6.4% pay hike for her staff of 200, the second cost-of-living increase in Buckingham Palace wages in five years...
...Overhaul of the Army's training program, increasing the training period from nine months plus a year's probation to two years' training and a year's probation. ¶ Revision of criteria for the 600-man teaching staff; in addition to good character, familiarity with the Army and the Bible, teachers will henceforth be required to know how to teach. ¶ New emphasis on spiritual counseling and instruction in Christianity. ¶ Modernization of the Salvationists' "religious language" and increased use of the printed word, radio and television...