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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1965
Page
7
The Army will revise NCO titles and insignia effective Sept. 1. It ends dual insignia for E-3 to E-7 and removes specialists E-8 and E-9, which have not existed since 1958. New insignia include sergeant major, chief master sergeant, and a lance corporal stripe for E-2 replacements, aiming for clearer grade identification.
A 1964 survey shows less than a third of NCOs in E-5 to E-7 wear older insignia. Of 260,294 NCOs in these grades, 70,465 had dates of rank before June 1, 1958. The record notes 8 specialists in E-9/E-8/E-9 groups. E-8 specialists promoted in 1958 have moved to NCO grades and no further promotions are allowed. Insignia and titles for E-8 and E-9 specialists will be eliminated.
The Frederick Construction Co. Inc employees profit sharing trust held its annual dinner for about 80 at Town and Country Restaurant. The fund now totals 326,898.38 with 23,420.74 income in 1964, a 9.22 percent return, plus a 61,118.81 contribution from the company.
The article lists ranks from Sgt to PFC and NCOs and describes a employee benefit trust established in 1957. Frederick Construction Co. Inc. funds the trust for employee benefit, with workers contributing nothing. Members may draw retirement at 63, or receive full account value to beneficiaries on death before retirement.
Hood College will host a two week Oak Ridge Mobile Radioisotope Laboratory unit from March 8 to 19. The program by Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies and supported by the Atomic Energy Commission offers training in radioisotope techniques for faculty and advanced students with evening lectures and public access at times to be announced.
A series of lectures on radioisotope applications arrives in town with Dr. Joseph H. Hamilton and Dr. Geoffrey I. Gleason presenting March 8–19 in Hudson Science Hall room 203. The program, begun in 1958, features demonstrations of Geiger counters and spectrometers and has reached 900 faculty and 73 colleges in 29 states since 1959.
In Notre Dame Indiana AP reports on Franz Jagerstatter a German Christian who saw the Hitler regime as immoral and faced moral testing during World War III era events. The piece contrasts fanaticism and sainthood in his wartime choices and beliefs.
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