Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reorganization bill, pushed through a balky Congress by the Administration, was a solid step toward solving the Pentagon's problems. And the historic transpolar voyages of nuclear submarines Nautilus and Skate were sharp reminders -along with three satellites aloft, and a spectacular series of record performances by U.S. aircraft-that the nation is much farther along in technological progress than it seemed in the flap after Sputnik I. ¶ President Eisenhower's decision to send U.S. troops to Lebanon diverted public attention from the Adams-Goldfine affair -and boosted the President's popularity with the voters...
...would hold to its ban as far as Communist Asia (China, North Korea, North Viet Nam) is concerned. Other nations follow no such double standard for Eastern Europe and Asia. They will now be allowed to export to any country that wants them such newly freed items as civil aircraft (including turboprop), all kinds of trucks, tankers under 18 knots, industrial diamonds, all petroleum refinery equipment, all turbines and diesel engines. But for all their cries that the relaxed embargo was a victory of "common sense," the U.S.'s allies expect no dramatic rise in trade with Communist countries...
...story is the usual daffy maize. Andy, now a prospering lawyer working for a West Coast aircraft manufacturer, returns to the sleepy Midwestern town of Carvel to negotiate for a plant site. Judge Hardy (the late Lewis Stone) has long since died. But Mom (Fay Holden), Aunt Milly (Sara Haden) and sister Marian (Cecilia Parker) are still settin' in the comfortable chairs of that old white house on Ames Avenue...
...onetime airline hostess, and son Kevin, 9, Boling soon was soaking in a hot bath, relaxing under an alcohol rubdown, then slipped gratefully into bed. He was $3,140 richer for the flight ($1,000 of the money pledged to the Seventh-day Adventists) because properly proud Beech Aircraft had guaranteed $1,000 for his reaching Seattle and $10 for every mile beyond. But for Pat Boling there was a greater satisfaction. Said he: "Those were the best hours of my life. Everyone likes to see his plans come true...
...Lockheed Aircraft...