Air Cadet Dedication to U S Defense at Lowry AFB
At Lowry Air Force Base the Air Force Academy trains cadets to be officers defending America in the air age. Major General Briggs stresses service, courage, and duty as essential cadet ideals amid growing atomic and jet-powered threats from Russia, with the academy established July 11, 1955 to forge long-term air careers.
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James E. Briggs
Pearl Harbor
Russia
Briggs
Academy
Air
Navy air officer academy grows toward Colorado Springs home
Congress funds 2496 cadets but plans small annual classes starting with about 300 per year. By fall 1958 the academy moves from Lowry to a 17500 acre site near Colorado Springs with a rampart view of Pikes Peak. Cadets study for four years earning bachelor degrees while undergoing airmanship training and flying courses.
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Congress
Lowry
Colorado Springs
Rampart Range
Rocky Mountains
Pikes Peak
Bulgarian envoy reveals arrests of reactionaries in Bulgaria
Berlin based Bulgarian diplomat confirms large scale arrests of critics of Communist rule in Bulgaria. He cites unrest among intellectuals and unemployment, notes heavy industrial drive copied from the Soviet Union, and mentions impending expulsions of workers to the USSR. Two concentration camps reportedly opened to detain arrestees with arrests continuing.
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Berlin
INS
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
East Berlin
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U.S. Defense
Air Force
Hemen Ray
Sparkling Jewelry Dept
Precision Watch
Albrook
P.m
Craemers
Fabriganza
Craemer's
Craemer
Beye
Peg
Cedar, An
Havane
Amarks
Merinique
Autowind
Fleetwood
Windsor
Mirrorpitas Shed
Stalnions
Smulekoff
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