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...first North American F-100 Super Sabrejet fighters to units in Europe; three demonstration planes were already overseas, with full squadrons to follow soon. The news caused little splash, yet it was one of the most significant announcements of the jet age. It meant that the whole new breed of radically advanced "century" series jets was coming into service...
...Californians have watched growing formations of the new planes howling overhead or sitting on airfield ramps, Air Force security is still so tight that comparatively few details have been given out about the new supersonic planes. North American's F-100 is only one of the new jet breed. To date, the U.S. has earmarked some $6 billion for a complete arsenal of century-series jets which Air Forcemen like to call the "city-savers...
...With the Golden Arm is a grim indictment: of narcotics, of the subhuman "men" who sell it, and of the slums and poverty which breed the addicts. It is not a pleasant film, for director Otto Preminger has ground the lens of his camera in the dirt of human degradation, and the audience who follows the descent is left raw and hurt. But there is also a measure of triumph in the picture, since it shows how one addict throws off "the monkey on his back...
...recommendations of America's athletic Bernard Baruchs. While Russia is currently presenting itself as the essence of gentlemanly sportsmanship, America's coaches are stressing their newly discovered political responsibility, adopting the eager-beaver attitude of the Soviet Union and lamenting the fact that our social system doesn't breed Amazons. Soon IBM machines will be clicking in Washington, and selected Harvard freshmen will be abducted to Dartmouth to be taught the diplomatic art of skiing...
Agriculture. The committee forecast a worldwide revolution that will boost farm productivity and lower costs. Radiation has been used to breed high-yield barleys, leaf-spot-resistant peanuts; radioisotope tracers have shown the way to more effective use of fertilizers...