Word: captain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After ham and eggs one night last week, Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger, 31, drove up to a 2 a.m. rendezvous in the clear, cold New Mexico desert and methodically climbed into one of the strangest costumes ever worn by man. First he put on two suits of insulated, porous underwear, then a partial-pressure suit, heavy, quilted long underwear, standard Air Force flying suit, heavy G.I. socks, electrically heated socks, heavy woolen socks, rubberized boots (called Li'l Abners), nylon gloves, high-altitude pressure gloves, electrically heated flying gloves, glass-faced space helmet...
...advance sale.'' The show itself, in accordance with Rodgers and Hammerstein's desire not to repeat themselves, goes to Austria at the time of the Anschluss for its story, to the famous Trapp Family Singers, who dramatically escaped from the Nazis' clutches. Besides Captain Georg von Trapp, there were his seven children and their governess, a young novice from a neighboring abbey, who taught the children to sing, won their love, and married their father. As musicomedy, The Sound of Music combines the cloister and the kindergarten. nursery rhymes and Nazi salutes...
...Brennan was indicted for impersonating a federal employee, but the charges against him were dropped.) The testimony, as printed in the Sun-Times, showing that from gambling the candidate had become the "richest cop in the world," led to his defeat. The candidate: Daniel ("Tubbo") Gilbert, onetime Chicago police captain, who had been the state's chief investigator in the Touhy case...
...line situation is much clearer, and very promising. Five men are graduating from the first two lines, but the nine returnees form the nucleus of a potentially excellent unit. Captain Hank Keohane and Dave Cappiello, the starting ends, will be missed, but the second pair of Bob Boyda and Bert Mennsenbaugh was outstanding all year and can fill the gap beautifully, with Alex Hart and freshman Ron Bonebrake behind them...
Guards Jerry Weilder and George Waterman are graduating, but captain-elect Terry Lenzner and Bill Swinford can handle the starting berths with ease, with Roger Wilson, Dick Baker and Tom Gaston backing them up. With only Pete Eliades graduating, the centers look solid with Jon Christensen, Steve Cohen and Tony Watters...