April 30, 1956: Most CAP Units Not Chartered

On this date in 1956, the Civil Air Patrol's national commander noted that less than a third of all CAP units were actually chartered.

An excerpt from CAP Charters Number History at TeamCAP:  

The National Commander, Maj Gen Agee, announced  out of 2300 units in CAP, only 685 units have been chartered as of 30 April 1956.

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March 19, 1956: Time Reports New York Wing of CAP Uses "Right Living Kits"

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On this date in 1956, Time magazine reported that the New York Civil Air Patrol was one of a number of organizations to use the National Council of Churches' "Right Living Kits" to try to bring religious and ethical discussion into the work place.


An excerpt from Time:

Even before last week's TV plug, the kits had begun to catch on, and hundreds of laymen's groups, from the General Electric plant at Erie, Pa., to the New York Civil Air Patrol, to soldiers at Ft. Belvoir, Va., were discussing common, everyday problems of conduct. As a result of the TV promotion, the National Council's Department of the Church and Economic Life got a fat flood of requests for the kits, plans to distribute thousands by year's end.

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