McNamara Pushes Merit Based Military Promotions
Secretary of Defense McNamara proposed shifting from seniority to merit in promotions, drawing cautious praise from Rep. Porter Hardy Jr. and Sen. Leverett Saltonstall. He asked Army Navy and Air Force to report by July 15 on current policies and the next decade. Critics warn of clashes with a traditional officer corps and urge swift legislation to resolve the issue.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Rep
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
House
Armed Services Committee
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Senate Armed Services Committee
Associated Press
McNamara
Army
Navy
Air Force
Warren G Harding Elected President While Senator
Warren G. Harding was elected president while serving in the U S Senate. The note records his ascent to the nation’s highest office during his tenure as a senator.
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Warren G. Harding
Senate
Bank commemorates 100th anniversary with giant plaster coins
The First National Bank marks a century with a permanent display of five oversized plaster coins. Designed by Pete Rudokas and conceived with Bob White, the 8 foot backdrop coins mirror U S mint pieces except for a 1965 mint mark. Charles Palmer, bank vice president, notes the joke earns the slogan Money is our business.
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First National Bank
Pete Rudokas
Charles Palmer
Geneva Rioters Face Fines After Holiday Disturbance
In Geneva Ohio 29 people were processed on charges from the Geneva on the Lake riot. Judge Howard T. Warner imposed fines from 15 to 150 dollars with costs and jailed one man for 10 days. Most pleas were guilty or no contest. eight vowed innocence for later trials.
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Geneva
Ohio
Geneva-on-the Lake
Howard T. Warner
Ashtabula
Wilbur E. Bliss
Warner
Edward G. Kemerall
on-the-Lake
Talking Chief Sunia Struggles to Speak at South Pacific Meeting
In New Guinea delegates at the South Pacific Commission meeting pressed Talking Chief Josefa F. Sunia of American Samoa to speak louder as they discuss industrial development in the Pacific Islands. Sunia explained his title as the tribe's orator and noted the emphasis on speechmaking.
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Sae
New Guinea
Josefa F. Sunia
American Samoa
South Pacific Commission
Pacific Islands
Sunia
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Julius Pitrat
Uwimwear
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Madras
Oxford
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Coats
Liz Mabley
Buceroni
Mabley
Caren
Dacron
Mabley ,Carew
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