Coast Guard Academy: Small but Strict Discipline
New London Conn. The Coast Guard Academy runs a tight schedule with 6 10 am wake up and 10 pm lights out. Cadets endure limited recreation and high discipline as the 65 acre campus overlooks the Thames River and houses about 600 cadets in peacetime service under the Treasury Department.
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Conn
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
America
Coast Guard Academy
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Coast Guard
Army
Navy
Air Force
Thames River
Treasury Department
Coast Guard Academy admissions and attrition insights
The article explains that entry is via competitive exams and high standards, with most cadets from top high school ranks. It notes many entrants arrive with external scholarships and may leave when the going gets tough, causing early attrition. About 53 to 54 percent complete the four-year program, with this rate rising over time.
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Fense
Coast Guard
Charles I. Steele
Academy
Frank V. Helmer
Helmer
Return of Gold Bolsters Dollar
The article notes a return flow of gold to the United States in 1962 aided by Soviet gold sales and the international gold pool, boosting the dollar and U.S. trade prospects. It cites Treasury and Federal Reserve roles, exchange stabilization fund activity, and a net gain of about 132 million by January–April, with gold reserves near 15.46 billion.
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New York
United States
Europe
International Gold Pool
U.S
Treasury
U.S. Treasury
Exchange Stabilization Fund
Federal Reserve System
Space Group Studies Flying Saucer Plans for Satellite
NASA researchers study an expandable flying saucer design 267 feet in diameter as a communications satellite. The concept passed its first test with a 20 foot model inflated in Langley Research Center vacuum chamber in Hampton Virginia.
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Raomauruy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Boy Drowns in Fond du Lac River at Railway Bridge
Thirteen year old Tom Christus drowned Monday while swimming with companions beneath a railroad bridge in Fond du Lac River. Local authorities investigated a lost item as the cause, noting no other details available.
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Fond DU Lac
Tom Christus
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