Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Another career diplomat, Foy David Kohler, was sharply disciplined by the State Department last week. A competent veteran of 21 years' service, once director of Voice of America and recently assigned to the department's important Policy Planning Staff, Kohler was arrested for drunkenness by Arlington. Va. police early last month. He and his wife Phyllis, motoring home from a party, ran into an Arlington telephone pole; Mrs. Kohler, who was at the wheel, was charged with drunken driving. In the car was Kohler's briefcase, containing secret documents which he was carrying home to study...
...Essentials. Tony tried again in Florida last January, but was again set down for incompetent riding. During the layoff, Tony started working out with a veteran rider who taught Tony a few essentials. Tony soon improved enough to qualify for a license as an apprentice jockey. Back in the saddle, he traveled up & down the Eastern seaboard, and wherever he went he whipped home winners...
...place, was turned down by Newsman John Daly ("I think Kaufman's dismissal was both unnecessary and absurd"), Comic Garry Moore ("Responsible people shouldn't give way to the small segment of the public who are all too anxious to hunt for things to condemn"), and Veteran Fred Allen, who snapped: "This thing is ridiculous. There are only two good wits on television, Groucho Marx and George S. Kaufman. With Kaufman gone, TV is half-witted." Finally, CBS found a substitute in Steve (Songs for Sale) Allen...
Blake warned that the law allows the Korean veteran but one change of course. He said that before using up any of his entitlement, the ex-GI should decide whether his goal is purely educational--such as obtaining a college degree; professional--such as becoming a lawyer; or vocational--such as training to be a steamfitter...
Within certain limits, a veteran may choose any program of education or training needed to reach the educational, professional or vocational goal to which he aspires. Also within certain limits, he may select his own school or training establishment, as long as it will "accept and retain" him in whatever field it finds him qualified...