Word: commanding
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Change of Command. The one Santa Barbara tradition which never seemed to change was Founder Curtis Gate himself. For 40 years "the King" had taught the boys classics and the Bible, led the hymns each morning in his booming bass voice. He had been a familiar figure galloping along the riding trails in jodhpurs and long English jacket, or driving pell-mell along country roads in his old Dodge touring car. But one day last week, more than 500 Santa Barbara schoolboys, parents and alumni gathered in the school gym to hear Headmaster Gate talk about one more change...
...account, the Huks have been constantly on the run.* Sometimes the rebels were without food and water. "The officers got the gravy while the men killed one another over a few pesos. Morale was very low, and most of the boys were tired of hearing the high command tell them not to worry as victory was at hand...
...territory, said Ronnie last week, "everything went fast and systematic. First there was a period of candidacy during which they taught me to breathe, eat, work and fight like a Communist." After two months of training, Ronnie emerged as a Communist Party member and adjutant of Huk Command No. 4 in charge of operations in southern Luzon. A full colonel, he had under his direct command 25 bodyguards and 400 other Huk guerrillas...
...plummeting earthward. The three bailed out -Kepner at 500 feet. Then Bill Kepner moved on to airplanes. In World War II he wore a general's stars, but frequently left his desk to fly combat missions. He was chief of the hard-flying Eighth Air Force Fighter Command, a principal Allied weapon in the destruction of the German Luftwa...
...last fortnight were notable for launching both "total diplomacy" and specific means to that end: the Schuman plan to pool French and German heavy industry, a sensible division of military labor by which each member nation will eventually do one main defense job for all, and a unified high command for the cold war on Communism. The meeting had still another achievement, announced last week: during the talks, Messrs. Acheson, Bevin and Schuman reached their first accord on the Near East...