Similar restrictions on the strength of the Army National Guard contained in the 1960 Department of Defense Appropriation Act should likewise be dropped.

I again proposed a reduction in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve -- from their present strengths of 400,000 and 300,000, respectively, to 360,000 and 270,000 by the end of the fiscal year 1961.

When Governor Al Smith offered New York National Guard planes to fly the mail in and out of the state, it seemed a likely temporary solution, easing Burlington's bottleneck and that at Montpelier too.

Burlington aviator John J. Burns suggested the parade ground southwest of Fort Ethan Allen, and soon a dozen hastily-summoned National Guard pilots were bringing their wide-winged `` Jenny '' and DeHaviland two-seaters to rest on the frozen sod of the military base.

Anticipating delivery of medicines and yeast by plane, Granite City citizens formed an airfield committee and with the aid of quarrymen and the 172nd Infantry, Vermont National Guard, laid out runways on Wilson flat, high on Millstone Hill.

Also included in the entourage: a dog in a black sweater, Frankie and Peter had an urgent mission: to stage a mammoth Inauguration Eve entertainment gala in the capital's National Guard Armory.

* 1934 – The U. S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6, 000 strikers and picketers.

Napoleon became a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corsican National Guard.

The National Guard of Bulgaria, founded in 1879, is the successor to the personal guards of Knyaz Alexander I.

On 12 July of that year, the guards escorted the Bulgarian knyaz for the first time ; today, 12 July is the official holiday of the National Guard.

In 2001, the National Guard unit was designated an official military unit of the Bulgarian army and one of the symbols of state authority, along with the flag, the coat of arms and the national anthem.

The popular General Lafayette, as captain of the National Guard of Paris and confidant of the king, took his oath to the constitution, followed by the King Louis XVI.

The name " Branch Davidian " is most widely known for the Waco Siege of 1993 on their property ( known as the Mount Carmel Center ) near Waco, Texas, by the ATF, FBI, and Texas National Guard, which resulted in the deaths of their leader, David Koresh, as well as 82 other Branch Davidians and four ATF agents.

The battle over disposition of People's Park resulted in a month-long occupation of Berkeley by the National Guard on orders of then-Governor Ronald Reagan.

The Military of Chad consists of the Armed Forces ( includes Ground Force, Air Force, and Gendarmerie ), Republican Guard, Rapid Intervention Force, Police, and National and Nomadic Guard ( GNNT ).

The Army is going to be called the Cape Verdean National Guard, and it will be divided into three semi-autonomous branches:

# the Infantry Battalion of the National Guard.

Costa Rica has no military but maintains domestic Police and armed National Guard forces securing its interests.

In 1974, following a coup sponsored by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and executed by the Cypriot National Guard the invasion of troops from Turkey ( citing its authority as one of the three guarantor powers established by the Constitution ), the Turkish Cypriots formally set up their own institutions with a popularly-elected separatist president and a Prime Minister, responsible to the National Assembly, exercising joint executive powers.

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* Guarda Nacional Republicana ( Portuguese National Guard )

Coincidentally, at that time many patrons of the restaurant were uniformed members of the Nevada National Guard, having gone there after a meeting at the nearby headquarters.

* Ex-guardsmen of the Nicaraguan National Guard and other right wing figures who had fought for Nicaragua's ex-dictator Somoza – these later were especially found in the military wing of the FDN.

High-speed buses on the George Washington Memorial Parkway, operating between downtown Washington and Cabin John, Glen Echo and Brookmont, would constitute an alluring sample of what the new National Capital Transportation Agency can do for this city.

The long-range objective is to hold the damage from destructive agencies below the level which would seriously interfere with intensive management of the National Forest System under principles of multiple use and high-level sustained yield of products and services.

The Republicans some weeks ago served notice through Senator Thruston B. Morton ( R ) of Kentucky, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the Kennedy administration would be held responsible if the outcome in Laos was a coalition government susceptible of Communist domination.

What could rescue the bill would be some quick progress on a bill amending the National Defense Education Act of 1958.

With regard to historic properties ( those properties that are listed or that are eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, or properties designated as historic under State or local law ), those facilities must still comply with the provisions of Title III of the ADA to the " maximum extent feasible " but if following the usual standards would " threaten to destroy the historic significance of a feature of the building " then alternative standards may be used.

Instead the two court owned theaters would be reopened under new management, and partly subsidized by the Imperial Court, as a new National Theater.

Its fiery leader Ban Johnson railed against the National League and promised to build a new league that would grab the best players and field the best teams.

During the rough and tumble years of the American-National struggle, player contracts were violated at the independents as well: Players that the team had developed would sign deals with the National or American leagues without any form of compensation to the indy club.

For 1908, the National League club returned to wearing red trim, but the American League team finally had an official nickname, and would remain the " Red Sox " for good.

Johnson would be dealt along with Johnny Oates to the Atlanta Braves for catcher and 1971 National League Rookie of the Year Earl Williams.

She supported the efforts of the National Trust to preserve not just the places of extraordinary beauty, but those heads of valley and low grazing lands that would be irreparably ruined by development.

Yet there were a few recruits, such as Clement Davies, who had deserted to the National Liberals in 1931 but now returned to the party during the World War II and who would lead it after the war.

The story got around that he had refused to join the new party because he feared he would not be able to keep his Hamilton seat at a general election ; local Scottish National Party supporters nicknamed him " Chicken George ".

Executive responsibilities are vested in a president, who is elected directly by the voters, not by the National Assembly as it would be in a parliamentary system.

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

The UK's National Health Service announced in 2008 that more therapists would be trained to provide CBT at government expense as part of an initiative called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ).

However, Herbert Morrison argued that the party would not accept this, and the Labour National Executive Committee agreed with him.

In July 1957, former Conservative President Laureano Gómez ( 1950 – 1953 ) and former Liberal President Alberto Lleras ( 1945 – 1946, 1958 – 1962 ) issued the " Declaration of Sitges ," in which they proposed a " National Front ," whereby the Liberal and Conservative parties would govern jointly.

These are a popular compromise for ( American ) shooters who would like to own a submachine gun but cannot due to local restrictions or the prohibitive cost of buying a civilian legal submachine gun ( full automatics or semi-automatics with barrels shorter than are restricted under Title II of the National Firearms Act ).

While the original Sterling semi-auto would be classed a " short barrel rifle " under the U. S. National Firearms Act, fully legal long-barrel versions of the Sterling have been made for the U. S. collector market.

In 1987, shortly after it was decided that Charlotte would receive an expansion National Basketball Association franchise ( the Charlotte Hornets ), former NFL player Jerry Richardson met with a group of potential backers to discuss the possibility of bringing an NFL expansion team to the Carolina region.

Baseball experts felt the Cubs would have better represented the National League and would have won at least two World Series games.

However, that would be the only time during that season that the club would have a record over. 500, finishing at 53 – 64 and in last place in the National League West in the strike-shortened season.