Word: cementation
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...Matsu, diplomatic weapons--still backed by rifles and regulars--must take precedence. One of the strongest weapons that the U.S. now has for negotiation is recognition of the Chinese Communist government. The United States should extend such diplomatic recognition as part of an over-all settlement and thus help cement the Western alliance, reassure the Asian neutrals, and offer an appealing bargaining point to the Chinese in return for important Communist concessions...
North Viet Nam, one of the world's most densely populated regions and never selfsupporting, once imported 300,000 tons of rice a year from the south. It paid with its coal, textiles and cement. Thanks to the Communists, however, trade in the north is now at a standstill, and there is heavy industrial unemployment. French and neutralist Indian businessmen are moving out. All but Communist official cars have disappeared. Ironically, Ho's own picture is becoming the symbol of Ho's economic distress: Viet Minh currency, which bears Ho's picture, is worth less than...
...Brazilians reported that Higgins Inc., New Orleans shipbuilders, talked seriously of investing in a shipyard project, that a Texas group was buying shares in a machinery-import corporation, that two U.S. investment syndicates were interested in a new $2,500,000 cement plant...
...cement that can be mixed with soil to make airport runways, driveways, canal linings and dam facings...
...most solid base for the new enthusiasm and optimism of cement men is President Eisenhower's proposal for a $101 billion, ten-year state and federal highway program. It is the biggest reason why they are ordering enough rock-crushers, conveyor belts, tube mills, rotary kilns and other equipment to boost the industry's capacity by about 30% in the next five years...