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...Massive Airlift. India's food situation is not as bad as it was made out to be in last week's hearings of the House Agricultural Subcommittee, where experts predicted that "tens of millions will starve." But it is bad enough. The present shortage began after lack of rain ruined many of India's crops, and could develop into a crisis if anything happens to the winter harvest. In that case, even foreign aid might not be able to avert widespread famine, since India's overburdened ports and railways would probably be unable to distribute food...
...Stream. The lethal edge of the storm was a savage 50-60 knot gale. In rural Maryland, gusts blew a rescue helicopter to the ground, killing the pilot, after an attempt to airlift an expectant mother to a hospital. (Mother and baby survived.) In central New York, two people were found dead in their car 300 ft. from the warm refuge of a house that they could not even see in the white glare...
...airlines in 70 countries. In the heart of the jet age, the DC-3 still accounts for nearly one-third of the world's air-transport fleet. It has always thrived on abuse. Designed for 21 passengers, it has carried as many as 72. During the 1948 Berlin airlift, one set down on the runway with 13,500 lbs. of steel beams -twice the safe maximum load-blowing all three tires. The authors, both U.S. Air Force officers, have also overloaded their favorite plane with a lot of World War II heroics. But their love is palpable-the book...
After almost a month of operation, the Cuban refugee airlift is shaking down into a steady, efficient rescue of people fleeing Castro's Communist dictatorship. The flights are now up to two planes a day, five days a week, and the Pan American DC-7s bring their full load of 95 passengers. In the first 24 days of the lift, some 2,500 Cubans left their unhappy homeland. Less than half settled in the Miami area, which already has 100,000 Cuban refugees. The rest of the newcomers went to other cities throughout the country...
...more Cubans whose turns on the flights may not come for months, Castro promises a cruel waiting period. To government agencies and state-run businesses went an order to fire all workers who sign up for the airlift. To make life doubly difficult and possibly discourage any more Cubans from signing up to leave, the Communists also announced that before departing, would-be exiles must return every peso withdrawn from their bank accounts since Sept. 28-the date of Castro's "open door" speech...