Word: staffs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Support. The high-flying trip was no flight of pilot's fancy. Last month Air Force headquarters in Europe proposed to the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the U.S. challenge Soviet claims to the right to limit flight altitudes in the corridors. The Chiefs weighed the idea, agreed that the U.S. ought to establish its right to fly the corridors at any altitude it deems necessary; in the event of another Berlin blockade, the Air Force will certainly use the huge C-130s for long-distance hauls, which would require higher altitudes than the short prop hauls made...
...American general) are the only men who matter." A speech by NATO Commander Norstad opposing a thin-out of Western forces in Europe was called "a threat to the hopes of world peace." The comments before congressional committees on U.S. preparedness made by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Twining and Air Force Chief of Staff White were the Mirror's proof of U.S. warmongering: "The men with the medals are meddling too much...
...committee, "don't have the slightest idea who is to be called, but we can read the witness lists in the newspapers. The witnesses are gangsters, and you can't defend them. Even so, a lot of the things that are done are unfair. For example, staff investigators will be put on the stand and will make statements without any proof. These statements become part of the record, but often they are nothing more than the investigator's belief. There is no effective rebuttal. The effect is that some witnesses who might testify if they...
Dodger pitching last year came up with a woeful 4.47 ERA last season and it has not been noticeably improved. The staff could be a surprise if Johnny Podres stays well and Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, and Danny McDevitt live up to their press notices...
...Banks, who is everybody's All-American at shortstop, the rest are either very slow fielders or are feeling the ravages of age. Alvin Dark plays third base and hit .295 last year but he is just about through. As for youth the Cubs have it in their pitching staff, but last year, it proved something less than impressive. Dick Drott, Moe Drabowsky, Glenn Hobby, and Taylor Phillips were supposed to tear the league apart; instead they proved to a frightful fizzle. If they do not produce this year, all the power in the world will not save the Cubs...