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According to crewmen, tensions began to mount on the Kitty Hawk almost as soon as Captain Marland W. Townsend Jr. took command in June. Formal and aloof, Townsend replaced Owen Oberg, a popular commanding officer who was given to moving among his crew and not above on occasion going over the side of the ship in a bosun's chair to wield a symbolic chip hammer. "He treated everyone as a minority of one," explained one sailor. Oberg had a way of sympathizing with the crew even when passing out an unpopular order, like the frequent extensions...
...ignored painting, sculpture and craft that stretches from colonial America to the 20th century-is inexorably spiraling: it affects every type of object from embroidered samplers to John Singleton Copleys, from decoy ducks and Windsor chairs to Hudson River School landscapes, and especially for fine antique furniture (a Goddard-Townsend kneehole desk that fetched $12,000 in 1957 recently sold for $120,000). The scramble for Americana is on. But only in America; there are no transatlantic clients...
Head Coach Sallitto and defensive coordinator Townsend Clarke were both pleased with the dominating performance of their team, but also acknowledged Army's weakness. "We thought they (Army) would be stronger, but we were really up and just beat them. Our boys have a lot of 'esprit de corps...
...Victorian rector, Geoffrey Francis Fisher was crowned the 99th Archbishop of Canterbury-Primate of All England and spiritual leader of the world's 42 million-member Anglican Communion-in 1945. He opposed progressive education, took a strong stand against the romance between Princess Margaret and the divorced Peter Townsend, and shocked millions by asserting that man's nuclear destruction might be God's will. Despite his critical attitude toward Roman Catholic dogmatism, Fisher was an ardent ecumenist and made a precedent-setting visit in 1960 to Rome, where he met with Pope John XXIII...
Advocates. A debate on Vietnam in light of the North Vietnamese offensive. Guests include Rep. Michael Harrington (D-Mass.), journalist Don Luce, and former Pentagon official Townsend Hoopes. 8:30. May 16. Chan...