Fort Sill NCO Academy trains leaders in rugged six week program
The Fort Sill Noncommissioned Officers Academy runs a six week course begun in 1959 turning out over 1500 top NCOs. Cadets endure 4:30 a.m. wakeups, extensive classwork, field tests on the West range, and training in land navigation tactics camouflage and survival. They receive instruction from senior NCOs then graduate after presenting three classes and completing chemical biological and radiological warfare, small arms and maintenance training plus physical drills.
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Fort Sill
West Range
Wichita Mountains
4Th Battle Group
30Th
NCO Academy
Blalock Heads Sill Academy at Fort Sill
Maj. Douglas W. Blalock serves as commandant of the Fort Sill Noncommissioned Officers Academy since December 1962. A Fort Hoyle, Maryland native, he joined the Army in 1942, earned a commission in 1947, and has held multiple artillery roles at Fort Sill. He is decorated with the Silver Star Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal and enjoys fishing and hunting with wife Florence at Fort Sill.
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Douglas W. Blalock
Fort Sill
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Maj
Blalock
Maj. Blalock
Florence
Lauman Ave
Bendix Wins $2 Million Air Force Contract for Europe Sites
Bendix Field Engineering Corp. announces a $2 million incentive contract from the Air Force to supply technical services for mobile and fixed missile sites in Western Europe. The deal covers deployment and support activities across multiple European locations.
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Bendix Owings Mills
UPI
Bendix Field Engineering Corp
Air Force
Europe
College of Wooster Expands Language Offerings
Wooster Ohio officials announce new courses Hebrew Mandarin Chinese and Sanskrit to be offered this year. The program adds elementary Hebrew as a credit course for the first time in about 40 years while Greek Latin German French and Spanish remain regular offerings. Chinese and Sanskrit are noncredit classes.
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Wooster
Ohio
College of Wooster
Royal couple arrives in New York for US visit
Prince Rai nier and Princess Grace of Mona co tour the United States for five weeks beginning in New York. They will attend Broadway shows and visit friends before Rai nier returns to the Mediterranean principality on May 24 for the Grand Prix. Grace returns May 28.
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New York
UPI
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace of Monaco
Philadelphia
United States
Mediterranean
Brando Leaves Hospital After Illness On Set
Actor Marlon Brando was released from St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica California and returned home after a brief illness attributed to a virus. He was taken ill last Friday on the set of the movie King of the Mountain and left hospital Monday.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Marlon Brlando
Brando
St. John’s Hospital
U S Relaxing Its Pressure On Hungary
The State Department indicated a relaxation of pressure on Hungary after the 1956 Budapest revolt. It said it would not oppose accreditation for the Hungarian delegation at the United Nations this year, while reserving the right to oppose Hungarian membership if Congress strongly objects. The U S delegation to Hungary remains headed by a charge d affaires. Further policy changes depend on additional developments.
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UPI
State Department
Hungary
Budapest
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U.N. Activies
United States
Joseph W. Reap
U.S
Red
Reap
U.N
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