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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soldiers," the President said to the cadets, "you will live by the traditions of the service, built in the halls and on the campus of this greatest of all academies of its kind, and on many battlefields, from Bunker Hill to the Korean mountains." The President counseled the cadets to be "stout of faith in yourselves, your alma mater and your God." So saying, the President stepped to the front of the dais and began to pass out the diplomas, characteristically reserving his most scrutinizing appraisal and his warmest words of encouragement for Cadet John Paul Doyle Jr., "The Goat...
...this central fact is built the snail merchandising profession. Cadart tells how snails are collected in the wild or raised in breeding establishments. In summer they are placed in "parks" (which date back to Roman times) and provided with shade and moisture. They are fed cabbage or other nourishing food and given loose soil to dig in. The idea is to bring them to bouchage in top condition. Fat and healthy, they dig their nests and seal themselves in for the winter. Then the snail breeders dig them up and ship them to buyers. When snails are broiled, the mucus...
COAL PIPELINE, first for the industry, will be built by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. to get around high railroad freight rates in the Great Lakes area. Costing approximately $10 million, the pipeline will run 108 miles between the coal company's Georgetown, Ohio mining properties and the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. plant at Eastlake, near Cleveland. It will carry as much as 1,200,000 tons of "slurry" (pulverized coal mixed with water) annually at an estimated $1 a ton cheaper than rail freight. Completion date: late...
...twelve-year, $2 billion southern revival program. Hampered by petty politics, minor graft and insufficient funds ($180 million yearly), the Cassa has moved slowly for the size of the job, but results are already apparent. It has stimulated $320-million worth of private investment in the region. It has built 18,000 new farm houses, 1,800 miles of road, and increased electrical consumption by 43% It has created new employment equivalent to about 200,000 full-time jobs, added 2% to Italy's national income and given land to the landless. As of last October, the Cassa...
...Anti-Communism "after all is only a new aspect of resistance to foreign ferments which might threaten national unity. It is not so much a political barrier against Russian supremacy as rivalry between two economic systems, both of which have been built up on semi-religious convictions...