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During a meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Chief of Staff Nathan Twining excused himself, strode back to his desk in Room 4E929 in the Pentagon. He smoothed his jacket, laid aside his inevitable cigar, nodded to an aide. At the signal a door swung open and a Russian officer resplendent in a white uniform walked in and introduced himself: Colonel Philip Bachinsky, the Soviet air attache in Washington. Bachinsky politely conveyed to Nate Twining the compliments of Marshal Vasily Sokolovsky, chief of staff of the Red army, and presented an invitation: Sokolovsky requested the pleasure...
...Raised an interested eyebrow at the possibility of top U.S. military officers visiting Russia. Following a phone call by the Soviet embassy last week inviting Air Force Chief of Staff Nathan Twining to send two or three high-level airmen to Moscow's Aviation Day, June 24, Assistant White House Press Secretary Murray Snyder told newsmen he "wouldn't be surprised" if all the Joint Chiefs accepted a Red invitation. Diplomatically, this was a gaffe, because an invitation had not even been issued. But was it a hint? Next day Senate Republican Leader William Knowland, who can take...
...Detroit, Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan F. Twining suggested a method for meeting the critical shortage of high-school science and math teachers: "Within the Air Force are thousands of technically trained men who could teach high-school science subjects . . . Naturally, this is a voluntary program both for the schools and for our men. We see this as one way to help until the current teacher shortage is remedied...
...Force, as Navy Secretary Thomas did when he told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee: "With its newest planes, now being introduced into the fleet, there will be few important targets in the world that the Navy, if called upon, could not reach with atomic weapons." Replied Air Chief General Nathan Twining last week: "We must be realistic about such factors as the probable [offshore] location of the carriers, as well as the amount of striking power they could contribute, which is small." But Nate Twining generally has gone down the line for the Navy's budget requests. Of the Army...
...Nathan P. Reed '59 of Hollis Hall and East Walpole, Mass., and Robert V. Goldstein '59 of Wigglesworth Hall and Omaha, Neb., have been elected managers of freshman heavy and 150's crews respectively. David L. Price '58 of Massilon, Ohio, and Dunster House and John F. Fraetzer '58 of Concord, Mass., and Dunster House were elected assistant managers of the varsity heavy and 150's crews respectively...