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...This chart shows the line of succession as it is today. If Prince Charles dies or abdicates without heirs, his little sister Anne will inherit the throne. Next in line after Anne: the new Queen's sister, Princess Margaret. Thereafter, the succession goes through the late King George VI's brothers, nieces and nephews: first, to the Duke of Gloucester, and his sons William and Richard; then, to the children of George, Duke of Kent, who died in World War II when his R.A.F. flying boat crashed in Scotland. They are: Edward, now Duke of Kent, Michael (whose...
...time being, and perhaps for a long time, we must sail a middle course in an uncertain sea," wrote the President of the U.S. to Congress last week. Harry Truman's middle course, as he went on to chart ft in his budget, lay somewhere between guns and tools on the starboard, and butter on the port. A year ago he had insisted on a "pay-as-you-go" tax program. Now it was clear that he was sailing directly-if regretfully-back into the perilous waters of deep-deficit financing...
...bits of metal bearing serial numbers. Then the party scrambled back to its own lines. By last week, the plane had been identified as a light L19 spotter, and in the G.R.S. laboratory at Kure, Japan, the pilot's skeleton had been assembled, his height determined, dental chart plotted. If the data obtained from this work checks with a name listed on a unit roster, another U.S. fighting man's name will be transferred from "missing in action" to "killed in action." In the fighting lull, the unsung men of Graves Registration were busy trying to bridge...
...front, the cold-weather men live in foxholes to find out how frostbite creeps up on troops, and whether the Army's new insulated, gum-rubber shoepacks are working effectively. Special weather stations have been set up to chart temperature, humidity and wind velocity every hour, day & night. The information is checked against the flow of field casualties to determine the exact conditions under which frostbite occurs. Everywhere, team members ask a steady stream of questions: Did your feet perspire? Were you asleep? How were you dressed...
...income. Taxes and inflation have dented the dollar to the point where a U.S. couple with two children must earn $6,072 a year to enjoy the same standard of living that $3,000 a year brought in 1940. And the higher the income, the higher the ratio (see chart...