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Since the battle of Quemoy began Aug. 23, the Nationalists have downed 29 MIGs, damaged nine. Nationalist losses: none. A major factor is the superiority of Nationalist pilots, many of whom have logged up to 1,400 hours in the air, boast more flying and combat experience than U.S. pilots stationed on Formosa. The Communist pilots, kept from training by a jet-fuel shortage, have proved no match for them. The gun camera films show that the Red Chinese pilots scatter across the skies. Trained in U.S. tactics, the Nationalists fly in tight pairs and foursomes, allowing them to jump...
...scarcely scathed when I left, bared its broken windows. Fewer civilians, more soldiers padded through the streets, and the cheerful horde of children was gone. Parents keep the kids indoors, and civilians, who once seemed amused at the sight of long-nosed foreigners, now pass quickly and silently. Since Aug. 23, Red shells have killed 65 civilians on Quemoy, wounded at least 200 others. Military casualties exceed...
...comes up Monday noon, the Seawolf will have been below the Atlantic Ocean's surface for exactly 60 days. The submarine sailed on Aug. 5, went down two days later to begin what the Navy then described only as a "routine environmental test...
STUDEBAKER-PACKARD plans to go into show business. A. M. Sonnabend, the man ailing Studebaker invited in to find nonauto firms to merge with it (TIME, Aug. 18), is dickering to buy Imperial Records (sales: $10 million) for stock and cash, also smaller Cadence Records (sales: about...
What the exchange attempted to pin on Garvin, Bantel was some of the responsibility for the debacle in Government bonds this summer (TIME, Aug...