Harper Tops as Air Force Head at Barkdale Base
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Harper runs the Air Force training command with a hands-on, informal approach. He favors quick phone calls over red tape and keeps a door always open, mixing discipline with a friendly rapport that surprises many from Washington to base offices.
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Maj. Harper ‘Tops
Air Force
Scort Air Force Base
Belleville
Air Training Command
Robert W. Harper
Bob Harper
Bob
Washington
Barkdale Air Force
Shreveport
Texas
Barksdale
Med Fraternity Plans 26 Initiates at 50th Dinner
Alpha Kappa Kappa medical fraternity will initiate 26 pledges during its 50th anniversary dinner at Hotel Syracuse. Dr. Walter Retan will toast two charter members, Dr Jason Ren and Dr Thomas Manley. Syracuse chapter, organized 1888 at Syracuse University, has 50 faculty doctors and 75 active alumni.
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Alpha Kappa Kappa Medical Fraternity
Syracuse
Walter Retan
Jason Ren
Sandy Creek
Thomas Manley
Norwich
Syracuse University
Dartmouth
Syracuse University College of Medicine
Arl Blaisdell
Byron West
William Ayling
Lee Stoner
Three Policemen Seek Scholarships at Northwestern Institute
Three members of the Police Department took examinations at headquarters for scholarships in the Northwestern Traffic Institute part of Northwestern University. George Larson Jr. conducted the tests. Examinees were Motorcycle Patrolman Frank Ventre, Patrolman Louis Heller, and Acting Sgt Dennis Flynn. The scholarship covers a 16 week course. Heller previously completed a 30 day course in 1945 and Flynn in May 1948.
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Police Department
Northwestern Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
George Larson, Jr
Haiwaii
Frank Ventre
Louis Heller
Dennis Flynn
Heller
Flynn
Traver Renamed For Builders Post
Raymond B. Traver, county highway superintendent, nominated to serve another term as director of the county highway officials division of the American Road Builders Association. Election to be decided at the ARBA annual meeting in Cincinnati next March.
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Raymond B. Traver
American Road Builders’ Association
Washington, D. C
Traver
Cincinnati
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Chappell
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