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The following first appeared in the Tribune on Dec. 26, 1995.
We were living in a tiny two-room apartment at the time of our second World War II Christmas. I was on a year's leave from Christian College, and Chub was a Coast Guardsman assigned to teach at the General Motors Institute of Technology. He taught men from the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marines -- and some officers and civilians, too -- how to operate and repair the gray marine diesel engine used to power landing craft and other vessels.
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NORFOLK - , known to family and friends as Jerry, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 24, 2009, in his home after a courageous battle with congestive heart failure.
Jerry was born 1931 in Brooklyn, N.Y. As a child, he moved with his family to Norfolk, where he attended Granby High School, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and later served in the U.S. Coast Guard during the Korean War. A prominent businessman, jeweler and accomplished pianist, Jerry became regarded throughout the Norfolk area as a "man of distinction and unrivaled class." As co-founder of Allied Jewelers and Distributors, he was a pioneer in the development of the catalog showroom business model. His dedication to his business enabled Allied to serve the Hampton Roads area for over 22 years. He also owned and...
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...CHAPTER I: COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. SUBCHAPTER... courses conducted by the Coast Guard Institute at cost when the furnishing of such courses does n...
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In 1944, Chub was a first class motor machinist's mate with the U.S. Coast Guard, teaching at the General Motors Institute of Technology in Flint, Mich. I was teaching swimming and lifesaving at Christian (now Columbia) College. But that summer we rented a hot and stuffy upstairs apartment in Flint.
The city Parks and Recreation Department employed me to go to each of its four swimming pools to help kids learn to swim. It was a new thing in Flint to teach swimming to the masses. If a person could keep his head up, he was swimming! I had sold the idea that I could teach those eager kids.
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TOKYO - Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima - site of one of World War II's most horrific battles - at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an identity they say has been hijacked by high-profile movies like Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima.
The new name, Iwo To, was adopted Monday by the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute in consultation with Japan's coast guard.
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Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima - site of one of World War II's most horrific battles - at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an identity they say has been hijacked by high-profile movies such as Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima.
The new name, Iwo To, was adopted Monday by the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute in consultation with Japan's coast guard.
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Dr. Craig Brandt served as an instructor of security assistance management during his last tour of duty in the United States Navy, and as Director of Research, the Dean of Academic Affairs, and the Defense Institute of security Assistance Management (DISAM) Deputy Commandant as a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employee until his retirement on 31 July 2007. For two years the ship was occupied with the logistics build-up in Vietnam and as a support vessel in the Mekong Delta for Swift boats and Coast Guard cutters on "Market Time," a maritime interdiction operation.
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TOKYO -- Japan has returned to using the prewar name for the island of Iwo Jima -- site of one of World War II's most horrific battles -- at the urging of its original inhabitants, who want to reclaim an identity they say has been hijacked by high-profile movies like Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima.
The new name, Iwo To, was adopted Monday by the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute in consultation with Japan's coast guard.
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This final rule announces updated requirements that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH or Agency), located within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), will employ to test and approve closed-circuit respirators used for escaping atmospheres considered to be immediately dangerous to life and health, including such respirators required by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for use in underground coal mines. NIOSH and MSHA jointly review and approve this type of respirator used for mine emergencies under regulations concerning approval of respiratory protective devices. NIOSH also approves these respirators for use in other work environments where escape equipment ...
...Navy and Coast Guard personnel. The purpose of these updated requ...
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