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...When one of these treasures (a gas-station owner, waterworks superintendent or hotel manager) was found, they tried to persuade him to report visibility, ceiling, and rain or snow every 90 minutes. Sometimes Rossby would borrow a pilot and airplane from the Army Air Corps and buzz a remote small town. When all the inhabitants were craning their necks at the glamorous flying machine, he would land in the flattest field, parade into town in an air fan's car and confer with the mayor. The result of this showmanship was usually a group of weather reporters...
...York City area there are at least three other installations, in New England five. Detroit's suburban Highland Park Presbyterian Church (one of four in Michigan) lists its "Lifeline" phone number in the newspapers, and when Minister Robert C. Young, 36, hears from his office the low buzz of a new call, he makes a short, silent prayer for the caller...
...battle smoke and bitter cries of the crisis gave place last week to the buzz of debate, the world's gaze and the world's hope were directed toward Washington as rarely before. Hungarians, almost unreasoningly, sought the U.S.'s solace and help, some believing that the mere appearance of G.I. paratroopers in Budapest would have sent the Soviets scuttling. Arabs cheered the Stars & Stripes that fluttered from U.S. cars in Cairo and Port Said. Asians talked of Eisenhower's "honesty and integrity." The U.S., dedicated to freedom for all, was surrounded by staring millions...
...briefings took effect. "Washington is a-buzz," wrote the Christian Science Monitor's William H. Stringer, "with the talk of the 'disastrous failure' of the Dulles foreign policy in the Middle East." "It is generally conceded here that the Soviet Union and Egypt have scored a tremendous victory," the New York Times's James Reston reported nonsensically. In a piece called "The Kremlin's Shattering Triumph," Joseph and Stewart Alsop ranted: "Even among the Administration policymakers the almost hysterical emotions generated by pique against the British and French are now beginning to subside." Two days...
LOCKHEED F-104, the U.S. Air Force's hottest jet fighter, is working out so well that Air Force is boosting orders, possibly by as much as $200 million. Airmen buzz that needle-nosed ship, already a Mach 2 (1,320 m.p.h. at 30,000 ft.) performer, has done close to Mach 3 or nearly 2,000 m.p.h...