Army shifts to new rifle training after Korea study
At Fort Benning the army discards 180 year old drill in favor of Trainfire a system stressing initiative and rapid rifle use. Cadets train from sandbag trenches on mobile targets with 87 hours of live fire learning to move and shoot within seconds and to identify camouflaged foes.
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Army Junks
Army
Korea
Baron von Steuben
George Washington
Valley Forge
Continental Army Command
E. S. Sanders
Iceland
Sanders
Frank B. Pierce
Columbus
Fort Benning
Father of Quadruplets balances life in the Bronx
Charlie Collins, 37, father of eight, raises quads Barbara Linda Edward Andrew born May 5 1949 in the Bronx. The quads attend PS 24. each child gets four gifts on special days. older brother Stephen remains central to family life. Cardinal Spellman visited with four medals.
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EW York
Charlie Collins
Collins
Barbara
Linda
Edward
Andrew
Ethel Collins
Dad Collins
PS 24
Bronx
Dad
Stephen
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Sneeze Snuff Prices Rise in Wholesale Costs
Memphis report says the U S Tobacco Company and the George W Helme Company will raise wholesale prices on snuff as part of the rising cost of living. The move signals higher consumer costs for tobacco products nationwide.
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Memphis, Tenn
U.S. Tobacco Company
George W. Helme Company
Washington Wonderland: Women Run Government Spotlight
INS reports a mid-century trend of women showing stamina in government while male officials face recurring illnesses and retirements. Cabinet and Senate members, from Dulles to Johnson, experience health scares, aging, and disruptions as women observers like Pat Nixon and Eleanor Roosevelt project energy and resilience.
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Ruth Montgomery
INS
Ashington
Eisenhower
Wall Street
Montgomery
Richard M. Nixon
Pat
Frances Bolton
Ohio
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harry
Thomas C. Hennings
Missouri
Irving Ives
New York
Matthew M. Neely
West Virginia
Senate
William Langer
North Dakota
Adam Clayton Powell
Wayne Aspinall
John V. Beamer
J. Carlton Loser
Edward T. Miller
Joseph P. O'Hara
Capitol
Leonor Sullivan
Bohemian Life Approved by Paris Court
A Paris tribunal ruled that occasional noisy parties by art students and their models do not justify evicting Otello Zavaroni from a Latin Quarter studio. The court found no breach of decency and noted the artists’ role in supporting the National School of Fine Arts nearby.
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Seine
Otello Zavaroni
Zavaroni
National School of Fine Arts
Taxpayer tours police HQ end in tire theft outside
William E. Lee visited Salt Lake City police headquarters to inspect police protection, received a tour, then returned to find his car outside had one tire and wheel missing. Police offered assistance as the theft was reported.
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Truman
White House
Bess
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ike
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bethesda Naval Hospital
William Jenner
Indiana
Berthesda
Frederick Payne
Maine
Salt Lake City
William E. Lee
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Arthur E. Summerfield
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Oveta Culp Hobby
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